A Shannon Councillor insists urgent clarity about the Council’s capacity to invest in the area is needed amid ongoing uncertainty around the county’s heritage sites. It’s after the matter prompted heated exchanges at last evening’s meeting of Clare County Council, with elected members divided on whether a debate on the matter of a potential loan […]
The Chair of Clare County Council’s Housing Committee says the government has ‘scored an own goal’ by introducing a concrete block levy. The 10% levy, which will be used to provide redress to homeowners impacted by Mica, Pyrite and Celtic Tiger defects, has been met with criticism – including from Clare’s Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal […]
There have been fresh calls made for ‘more transparency’ surrounding consultancy fees paid out by Clare County Council. A Clare FM investigation last month revealed €5.5 million was spent by the local authority here on outside expertise last year, a threefold increase since 2017. The matter’s been raised at this week’s monthly meeting of elected […]
Clare Councillors have voted to maintain the local property tax at the higher rate for the next two years. Representatives have given the green light for homeowners to pay 15 percent above the standard rate, which is worth nearly €1.4 million to the Council’s coffers. However, a reduction in rate bands set by the Government […]
Calls are being made for Shannon Commercial Properties to relinquish ownership of a site earmarked for a community centre in the town to Clare County Council. A 99-year lease for the site, previously held by the directors of the Shannon Venue project, has been transferred to the local authority to allow them to build the […]