Clare County Council has defended the pace of progress on flood relief works in Shannon. €27 million in Government funding was allocated towards the Shannon Town and Environs Flood Relief Scheme received in 2018. However, at a special meeting of Shannon Municipal District Councillors, where the Schedule of Municipal District Works for 2023 was adopted, […]
The Chair of Clare County Council’s housing committee says the local authority will most likely only construct two houses in the county this year. New figures contained in the Government’s Summary of Social Housing Assessments shows 1,185 households in Clare qualified for social housing support as of November 1st last year. There was a 7.7% […]
A Shannon Councillor claims the consultation process on both offshore and onshore wind turbines is currently ‘not accessible’ for the affected communities. At this month’s meeting of Clare County Council, Fianna Fáil Councillor Cillian Murphy proposed that the local authority put forward a submission to the Department of Housing to have the development area for […]
Clare County Council is to consider implementing new bye laws in an attempt to reduce the number of dog attacks happening across the county. It follows concerns expressed by elected representatives at the Council’s monthly meeting last evening, with calls for extendable leads to be banned locally and to have dangerous breeds muzzled. The local […]
‘HELL’ has been predicted, when people start to receive tax bills on zoned land in their ownership, under next year’s Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) regime.