Regional

A START date has yet to be confirmed for work to begin on the Kinvara Sewerage Scheme. Councillor Gerry Finnerty tabled a motion at a recent meeting of Galway County Council seeking information on the timeframe for the project’s completion. The answer he received from the council, he said is “unsatisfactory”.

FORMER Ennis priest Fr John Molloy will be in the presence of Pope Francis this summer. Fr Molloy will be accompanying three youths from his parish in Monte Sinai in Ecuador to World Youth Day in Rio de Janero in July. Speaking from his parish, Fr Molloy said, “We look forward to being with Pope Francisco in person.”

MORE THAN 600 people, decked out in pink raised, over €50,000 for breast cancer research at the fourth annual Pink Ribbon Walk.

FEARS about the potential effects of fracking on the county were expressed at a recent meeting of Ennis councillors where it was proposed that the town council support Clare County Council’s ban of the controversial process.

RICH in iconography and bathed in sunshine and silence last week, St Flannan’s Well in Drimanure has changed a lot since its namesake roamed the Clare countryside.

CALLS for Ennis Town Council to flush its contract with the operators of the town’s superloos have been poo-poo’d by the local authority. At this week’s meeting of Ennis Town Council, the €70,000 cost for the facilities was called into question, with one councillor suggesting the local authority construct its own public convenience.

A REVERSAL of bylaws to allow for the restoration of free parking at Cloughleigh has been described as “neither practical, feasible or in the best interests of parking management,” by officials of Ennis Town Council.

CHANGES, outlined last week, to the electoral boundaries in Galway will “have no real effect” on representation in the Loughrea Electoral Area, local councillors have claimed.