Councillors sink proposal to extract €5m annual levy from water plan
EAST Clare councillors have sunk a proposal that could have netted an annual €5 million windfall to Clare County Council for new rural waste water treatment facilities.
Councillor Johnny Flynn withdrew a motion calling on the government to put a funding mechanism in place to place a one cent levy per 100 litres of water abstracted from Lough Derg, if this project to provide water to the Midlands and Dublin region goes ahead.
The proposal met with opposition from East Clare councillors who described it as “premature”.
With up to €10 million annually shared by Tipperary and Clare Clare County Councils, Coucillor Flynn told a recent Council meeting a new strategy could provide waste water treatment to 55 Clare unsewered towns and villages and could also support rural tourism, enterprises and housing.
Clare FM
4th May 2021
Shannon Group’s CEO is warning that Ireland is falling ‘behind the curve’ on the return of international aviation.
It comes as those inside and outside the sector locally are calling for a clearer roadmap for the sector to emerge from the pandemic.
A new chairperson for Shannon Group is expected to be appointed before the summer.
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The Department of Transport has told Clare FM it’s engaging with the Public Appointments Service to begin the recruitment process for the role of Shannon Group chair once more, effectively meaning the position is being re-advertised.
Clare FM
3rd May 2021
The position of the Chair of Shannon Group is to be re-advertised again.
The Department of Transport has confirmed it’s engaging with the Public Appointments Service to begin the recruitment process for the role once more.
It comes after many of Clare’s Oireachtas representatives have called for clarity on the vacant position, with the group having been without a permanent chair since arose Hynes’ tenure ended back in August.
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Deputy Joe Carey has confirmed the move after contact with the Department, which says it will establish dates and a timeline for the full completion of the recruitment process for the role ‘in the very near future’.
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THE challenges faced by students and their parents when it comes to securing secondary school places in Ennis is “very negative and damaging” to their mental health. That’s according to Fianna Fáil Senator Timmy Dooley, one of a cross-party group of Clare Oireachtas members who have come together to try and find a solution to the ongoing issue. He has urged that a common application system be put in place for allocating secondary schools.
Party colleague Cathal Crowe TD also advocates the common application system, and is calling for additional school accommodation to be provided by the Department of Education and the appointment of additional teachers.