Sean Lyons

Uisce Éireann is being accused of working off “erroneous information” as it looks to build a sewage treatment plant near a popular West Clare tourist attraction. With the decision date looming for the water utility’s application to construct a four-hectare development in the vicinity of Kilkee Cliff Walk, locals have launched a petition expressing opposition to the plans.

Clare’s Government TD claims the findings of the Clarke Report have copperfastened the need for the expedited delivery of a new Emergency Department in Ennis. It comes as the latest report into the death of Shannon Teenager Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick has determined the circumstances in which she died were “almost certainly avoidable”. The fundamental issue according to the former Justice Clarke’s report was the delay in treatment provided to Aoife Johnston.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland claim broadcasting policy in Ireland is “totally letting down the nation’s independent radio stations and their millions of listeners”. The IBI is calling for a “level playing-field and for urgent action” amid claims that the State us failing to produce measures to support the needs of radio stations in the sector.