Clare County Council has welcomed news that six projects in Clare are set to benefit from significant funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

The call is now open for applicants for a free initiative to help returned emigrants to Clare start and develop businesses in Ireland.

Independent T.D. for Clare Michael McNamara has questioned the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Dáil on the proposed plan to extract water from the River Shannon and pipe it to Dublin.

Major change can always be subject to glitches, and the current delays being experienced by hauliers and freight forwarders in transporting goods from Ireland to the United Kingdom, while linked to issues with technology, can also be partly laid at the doors of some exporters and importers who don’t have the systems in place for trading with the UK as a third country.

Clare Ógra Fianna Fáil is calling for healthcare workers who are currently in the process of applying for citizenship to have their application fast-tracked, in a appreciation for their contribution during the pandemic.

Clare Independent Michael McNamara has raised a number of the issues in Dáil Éireann today.

The Department of Public Health Mid-West is calling on people in Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary to help our frontline workers by staying at home and strictly following all public health guidelines under the current Level 5 restrictions.

The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the estimated 1,800 people living with heart failure in Clare to engage with new supports it has established during Covid-19 restrictions.