The Office of Public Works (OPW) has claimed the repeated flooding of a lake in Co Clare, that has again forced the closure of a rail line and a local road, is not it’s responsibility.
A Co Clare businessman says he has been forced to close his guesthouse and restaurant until at least Christmas while works to repair storm damage caused two years ago resume.
A contractor working on behalf of eir, formerly eircom, erected temporary traffic lights without permission on a road that had already been designated as a diversionary route for other major works in the area.
The public has been warned about the dangers of carrying out control burning without taking particular precautions following an incident close to Shannon Airport yesterday.
A 20ft high mural of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, which was painted over by a local authority in 2013, has mysteriously reappeared in Co Clare.
