Clare County Council

Clare County Council: Ennis, Ennistymon, Killale, Kilrush, Shannon local electoral areas LEAs

Danger at the Cliffs of Moher: the busy tourist walking trail and the question of who maintains it

The death of a Belgian student at the Co Clare tourist attraction in May brings into focus the challenge of managing a route ill-designed for the tens of thousands who walk it every year

Shannon Airport seeks green light for solar farm plan

Airport says initial 5.5-acre site will reduce costs, guarantee energy supply and lower reliance of fossil fuels

Revenue at Cliffs of Moher climbs to €13.8m

Clare County Council starts public consultation on draft development strategy

From candidates with migrant backgrounds to the main parties, here are the winners and losers of the local elections

As counts neared completion on Monday, here’s a guide to who had a good – and bad – June 7th election

Local Elections: Clare County Council results

Fianna Fáil wins half the local authority’s 28 seats including four of the seven available in Ennis

High Court begins hearing challenge to long-stalled Supermac’s motorway plaza

An Bord Pleanála and Supermac’s boss Pat McDonagh are contesting the case brought by a local engineer

Doonbeg on Trump: ‘People in west Clare don’t get too bothered with what goes on in the wider world’

Locals say they don’t really discuss ‘hush money’ trial, but are more focused on the success of the hotel and golf club which brings millions in to the village

Plan for Ennis data centre gets green light

Proposals had met local opposition

Bumper green fee income swings record profit for Lahinch Golf Club

Playing fees for Co Clare’s Old Course ‘jewel’ will rise from €275 last summer to €325 between April and October this year

Snail stalls Donald Trump’s development of Doonbeg golf resort

Clare County Council seeks report from Trump company on the impact of on the potential impact of works on the protected Vertigo Angustior snail at the resort

Donald Trump secures planning win near luxury Doonbeg resort

Saga began in summer of last year when council received a formal complaint about fencing at Doughmore Strand

Clear turtle with cheese straws? Bizarre and wonderful dishes on old Irish menus

My parents attended a lot of beautiful and baffling dinners around Co Clare in the 1960s and 1970s

Fintan O’Toole: Everywhere you look, Ireland has stark physical deficits

To adapt what Brendan Behan once said about Dublin Bay, you don’t swim off Ballyvaughan, you just go through the motions

Delays fixing faulty septic tanks threaten human health and water courses, EPA says

Number of inspections in Clare, Waterford and Offaly ‘well below requirements’

High Court challenge brought over permission for 289 homes in Ennis

Kilfenora resident wants order overturning approval for €65 million scheme

Camper van users plead for Ireland to catch up with Europe in providing upgraded facilities

‘We need to develop a continental model here, urgently,’ one said

Clare County Council backs transfer of visitor attractions from Shannon Airport Group

Assets to be transferred to the council include Bunratty Castle

Taxpayers pay €6m to fund tourist attractions’ transfer to Clare County Council

Deal ends dispute between Shannon Airport and local authority over Bunratty Castle and other businesses

Hen harrier helps to halt west Clare wind farm

Appeals board identifies ‘adverse ornithological impacts’ linked to the project

Clare County Council suffers setback in Cliffs of Moher legal row

Dispute focused on operation of council car park at visitor centre

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