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Pledge to keep landowners at centre of West Clare Greenway plan February 1, 2021 CONSULTATION with landowners will be central in the development of the West Clare Greenway, a senior council official had pledged. Leonard Cleary made his remarks in response to a request from Councillor Susan Crawford for an update on the long-awaited trail which will run through Ennis, Corofin, Ennistymon, Lahinch, Miltown Malbay, Quilty, Doonbeg, Moyasta, Kilrush and Kilkee. At the January meeting of the munici...

Green Party object to savage hedge and tree cutting in Mayo Published: Monday, 01 February 2021 12:31 The Green Party has objected to the type of hedge and tree cutting being undertaken by Mayo County Council in some parts of the region. Chairman of the Mayo branch Liam Heffron says their members were shocked by what they termed as the ‘savage’ cutting of trees and hedges by the council along a number of roads in the county. He claims trees and mature hedging have been completely slas...

Calls for reclassification and major upgrade of main Offaly road Reporter: );  ); There are growing calls for the main road between Edenderry and Tullamore to be classified as a national route and undergo major upgrade works. A motion to that end was brought a meeting of Offaly County Council on Monday by Edenderry councillor for Fianna Fail, Robert McDermott. His motion stated: "I call on Offaly County Council through its Chief Executive, Ms. Anna Marie Delaney and Director of Services incl...

Directly Elected Mayor for Limerick to be given significant powers Government aims to legislate to enable first election for directly mayor to take place before end of this year. First mayoral term will last until 2029. Minister Burke publishes Implementation Advisory Group report. The Government has today approved the drafting of legislation for the new role of a directly elected mayor for Limerick City and County with executive functions (responsibilities). The Minister of State for Local Gov...

Hundreds of New Jobs to Invigorate Economic Activity in Charlotte and Surrounding Lansing Region Used with Permission, Shyft Group, 2020 The Shyft Group Logo and last updated 2021-01-12 09:00:23-05 CHARLOTTE, Mich. — The Shyft Group, Inc ., formerly Spartan Motors, is ramping up hiring at its Charlotte campus with plans to add hundreds of new jobs to help the commercial fleet and specialty vehicle manufacturer meet fleet vehicle demand in 2021. Shyft’s expansion project will bring an ...

By Staff | December 31, 2020 | Filed under: News   MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that Jasper Lumber Co. and Canada’s Tolko Industries Ltd. have formed a partnership that will expand lumber production at a Walker County facility through a $45 million project creating at least 60 jobs. The investment will triple capacity at Jasper Lumber’s existing sawmill and create additional activity for its other subsidiary companies, which will operate under the parent compan...

Draft Kilkenny City and County Development Plan published and on public display Reporter: );  ); Kilkenny County Council has today published a Draft City & County Development Plan to cover the six-year period to 2027. The Draft Plan sets out the proposed policies and objectives for the physical development of the city and county to 2027. The Draft Plan will be on public display for a period of almost 12 weeks until March 12, 2021. People can inspect the Draft Plan at the Planning Office of Ki...

THE STANDARD By Simon Mordue | December 18th 2020 at 01:48:16 GMT +0300 On December 12 – the day that marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement – several world leaders came together to celebrate the resolve of so many across the globe in working towards a safer, more resilient world with zero emissions. In the past five years, that resolve has been tested many times. In the last year in particular, our global community has been hit by a virus that is having long-lasting seismic i...