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It’s claimed some tourists have stopped coming to Clare due to the treacherous nature of rural roads and driver behaviour. Stakeholders in this county have been weighing in after almost 30 organisations nationwide have declared no confidence in the Road Safety Authority. A government led review of the RSA has been underway for almost a […]
For decades, Ennis shoppers would perform a style of step-dance to navigate the town’s medieval one-way streets, stepping off the kerb of the narrow footpaths to avoid oncoming pedestrians and out in front of the slow-moving cars circling the town in search of parking.
An Ennis community group believes a “happy medium” can be achieved when it comes to the pedestrianisation of Ennis’s main street. Prior to the re-opening to traffic of O’Connell Street last week, Ennis Fine Gael Councillor Johnny Flynn had expressed fears that pedestrianizing the street could lead to a rise in anti-social behaviour, a loss […]
THE chair of an Ennis retailers group has warned against “blanket pedestrianisation” of the county capital’s town centre saying it would lead to “commercial apartheid”.
Active Travel projects poised to capitalise on ‘transformative’ funding February 4, 2021 CLARE will ‘have its hand up’ when it comes to accessing a recently-unveiled fund of €1.8 billion, a briefing on the Active Travel has heard. The online event with Transport Minister Éamon Ryan was attended last Thursday night by up to 200 people and facilitated by Green Senator Róisín Garvey. Among the expert panel was Senior Engineer with the Project Management Office (PMO) who told the minister that Clare County Council is “a winning local authority,” ready to capitalise on the transf...