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A PROPOSED windfarm development for Tulla has been refused this week by An Bord Pleanála, following an appeal taken by local objectors and the Irish Peatland Conservation Council.
Read More »‘Clare says no’ to boundary change
People from every part of County Clare converged on Westbury on Sunday last to register their protest at plans to extend the Limerick City boundary into South-East Clare. Dan Danaher reports The Clare Shout reverberated throughout Westbury on Sunday last as people from various parts of Clare participated in a demonstration to oppose the controversial proposed boundary extension.“Clare Says No,” was the chant of a group of teenagers on Athlunkard Bridge, which links Clare with Limerick. Dressed in the Clare colours of saffron and blue, people from North, West and East Clare joined people from South-East Clare parishes on the protest march from St Nicholas’ Church, Westbury to Athlunkard Bridge.The rally organisers, Clare against the Boundary Extension (CABE) erected a large blue banner with this slogan at the entrance to Shannon Banks Housing Estate and residents carried placards with messages such as “Westbury Says No to Boundary Extension” and “Parteen GAA Says No to Boundary Extension”.An articulated truck, driven by …
Read More »Stewart distances himself from West Clare windfarm
RTÉ presenter and award-winning architect, Duncan Stewart has requested the developers of a proposed wind farm in West Clare to cease using his name and photograph in future publicity literature.
Read More »Green light for Crusheen stop
AFTER years of campaigning, funding has finally been approved to ensure the reopening of a rail stop at Crusheen.
Read More »Dooley’s boundary stance
EDITORIAL
Read More »Tough choices ahead for Labour
Gilmore’s Labour can smell blood. Buoyed by positive poll results they are planning their rise to power and realising that their pool of potentially electable candidates is not as deep or as rich as they might wish it to be.
Read More »Drug-driving increase in Clare
IN a week where research presented at the Road Safety Authority (RSA) Annual Lecture on Road Safety revealed that drug-driving could be as serious a problem as drink-driving in Ireland, the head of Clare’s Garda Road Traffic Division, Inspector John Galvin, warned instances of drug-driving are on the increase in Clare.
Read More »Get Garret to knock some heads together
What we need in this country now is somebody who will knock heads together. A national consensus on how to get us out of the economic mess we are in is vital.
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