Minister of State Tony Killeen, T.D. has received confirmation from Ennis Town Council that it expects work on the development of amenity facilities at Tim Smyth Park to commence in April 2010. According to the Local Authority, consultancy firm Commane Stratton Reynolds are preparing revised drawings for Tim Smyth Park and it intends to proceed to tender in mid February with work commencing on...
The decision some months ago by local media company Production 63, to concentrate on producing programmes on-line has proven to be a great success. The shift from live events to on-line podcasting came about in light of the economic downturn. The company is headed by broadcaster Ger Sweeney who explains “people are being very cautious about what they spend their money on and we could see that...
Minister of State and Clare T.D., Tony Killeen said that this week’s Government allocation of over 80,000 euro to Ennis-based Caring for Carers Ireland will greatly assist the organisation in meeting its operational costs during 2010. The grant allocation is being provided by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as part of the 2009 allocation for the Scheme to Support National...
Limerick County Council today signed a 1.3m euro contract with M. Fitzgibbon (Builders) Ltd to construct a new Fire Station in Kilmallock. The contract involves the provision of a three-bay Fire Station with ancillary areas and a 13m-high drill training tower on a green field site at the junction of the Bruff and Bruree Roads, adjacent to Kilmallock Business Park. Construction work commenced...
Mr Tony Killeen T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has welcomed the final package of measures agreed at the EU Fisheries Council in Brussels. Emerging from almost 36 hours of intensive negotiations at the annual ‘Fish Quotas’ meeting of the EU Council of Ministers, Minister Killeen expressed satisfaction that Ireland had, in the end, secured a package...
Dormant Accounts funding of 70,784 euro is being allocated to the Ennis RAPID Area. Welcoming the announcement from the Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Minister of State Tony Killeen T.D. noted that the funding allocation would go directly to three community-based projects dealing with disadvantage in the Ennis area. The Clare Deputy said that significant funding is being allocated...
Efforts to promote volunteerism across County Clare have been given a lift following the Government’s allocation of 32,410 euro to the Clare Volunteer Centre. Confirming the funding announcement, Minister of State Tony Killeen T.D. said that the funding would enable the Centre to facilitate members of the public interested in volunteering with local community organisations seeking volunteers. The...
The winners of the annual County Limerick Burial Grounds Awards and the Golden Mile Awards were announced at a ceremony held in Limerick County Hall this evening. 29 community groups and voluntary organisations from across County Limerick received awards. Crean Development was named overall winner of the sixth annual Golden Mile Competition, which was sponsored this year by Cold Chon (Galway) Ltd...
The inclusion in the Irish Government’s Budget for 2010 of the ‘Save as You Pay’ green financing model has been hailed as a visionary decision by the campaigner who introduced the idea. “Save as You Pay (SAYP) could enable us to energy upgrade virtually every building in Ireland over the next decade, so it is exactly the sort of policy that could help lift us out of recession,” said Jeff Colley...
Clare County Council has entered consultation with the Health Service Executive (HSE) to lift a partial drinking water boil notice that has been in place for over four years in Ennis and surrounding areas. The local authority confirmed that a new 9m euro water treatment plant at Drumcliffe, located on the outskirts of Ennis, is now fully operational. All tests on the water being produced at the...