People with “the disability of ignorance” are taking advantage of designated spaces for drivers with disabilities and EU parking permits.

In a passionate address to protesters seeking the reopening of the Ennis General Hospital Accident and Emergency unit, Cllr Ann Norton described the fear her daughter must deal with in visiting University Hospital Limerick’s A&E.

A crowd of almost three hundred people gathered in Ennis on a wet Sunday afternoon at a public meeting/protesting seeking that the A&E unit at the county’s general hospital be reopened.

Elected representatives of the Ennis Municipal District want to see the accident and emergency unit at the county’s hospital reopened.

Landlords are being urged to register with the Private Residential Tenancy Board by certain members of Clare County Council.

There will be a serious discussion this January on the price of parking in Ennis.

Clare’s Oscar Traynor winning team were honoured by Clare County Council with a civic reception on Monday evening.

Comhaltas and members of Clare County Council are at odds as to whether or not the County will put in an application bid to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2018.

A feasibility study has been completed by Clare County Council looking at the potential of covering sections of Parnell Street in Ennis as well as delivering public realm enhancements in Parnell Street, High Street and O’Connell Square.