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Clare County Council has announced an additional €1.1m investment in service delivery and tourism, business and community development projects around the county during 2015. The announcement follows the publication of the local Authority’s unaudited annual financial statement (AFS) for 2014, which shows that the council ended the year with a €611k surplus on a total revenue expenditure of circa €105m. Clare County Council billed a total of €42.4m in commercial rates in 2014, which represents approximately 40.4% of Clare County Council’s revenue expenditure in the year. The council collected €40.9m in rates in the year. Announcing the unaudited AFS for 2014 at its May meeting, Clare County Council also confirmed additional allocations in 2014 to the Municipal Districts (€400,000), Shannon Area (€100,000), proposed acquisition by the Council of Holy Island on Lough Derg (€100,000), a Visitor Services facility at Doolin Pier (€100,000), Library and Museum Development (€100,000), and Kilrush’s participation in the 2015 International Entente Florale competition (€50,000). Provision has …
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