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A CLARE county councillor told the January meeting of Shannon Municipal District that an issue with a Cratloe road is keeping him awake at night. Fianna Fáil councillor Pat O’Gorman is literally losing sleep due to a poorly fitted manhole on the road outside his house which is creating a racket when struck by vehicle. Each impact is creating a noise that has been eating into the nightly sleep of the Cratloe man. The matter of the manhole cover was one of three raised by Cratloe’s other county councillor PJ Ryan at the MD meeting. The others being the road subsiding near the cul de sac at Cratloe Cross and the road subsiding near Killeen cemetery. Regarding the manhole, Councillor Ryan said that it is poorly fitted and he left it open to his colleague to explain the matter further, to senior executive engineer Tom Mellett. “Tom, it’s keeping me up at night and that’s a fact, it’s bang, bang, …

A DO Not Consume notice impacting around 7,500 recipients on the Shannon/Sixmilebridge Public Water Supply was finally lifted on Tuesday. It had been issued due to elevated levels of manganese in the water supply. Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council PJ Ryan said it is unlikely the problem will arise again. “They tell me that it won’t ever happen again now, because they have invested in a new filtration system which should eliminate it. The last time we had the problem in 1995, a year everyone will remember, and that’s 26 years ago now.” He said that the Council had provided water to the public, but there was still a lot of disruption. “In fairness to the Council they provided a good supply of water to the area, but people weren’t able to wash clothes and things like that.” Communication needs to be better whenever future issues arise, he added, “People were very nervous, people with young children and expectant mothers. …

CRATLOE’S Pat O’Gorman is about to resume service on the front lines of Clare politics. There was a Fianna Fáil meeting late on Sunday evening to select a candidate for co-option to the County Council following the election of Cathal Crowe to the Dáil and the genial Cratloe man was victorious. Mr O’Gorman was on the Council from 1999 to 2004, before failing to win re-election. He was also unsuccessful in a couple of other local elections. However his long standing ambition of a return is now about to be realised. Unsuccessful candidates in the race for the seat were Robert Frost, Louise McNamara, Noel Broggy and Emma Begley.

FIANNA Fáil have selected four candidates to stand in the Shannon Electoral Area in next year’s local elections. Sitting councillors Pat McMahon (Newmarket-on-Fergus) and Cathal Crowe (Meelick) will be joined by former mayor of Clare Pat O’Gorman (Cratloe) and Louise Roche McNamara (Shannon). The newly defined electoral area is set to be the most competitive in Clare with eight outgoing councillors fighting for just six seats. The youngest county councillor in the country when he was elected in 2004, Cathal Crowe is hoping to retain his seat for the second time. While four candidates are standing, he feels Fianna Fáil can at best hope to win three seats. “At a minimum I’d hope we’d hold our two seats, but I believe we can gain a third seat. Four would be incredible, but I don’t think that’s realistic.” The re-drawn boundaries, which have brought him into the Shannon area, won’t do him any harm, he believes. “I’m happy with it, but …