McNamara highlights concentration of land ownership in South Tipperary

Independent TD Michael McNamara has called on Dáil Éireann to set aside time for a discussion on the purchase of vast tracts of farmland in South Tipperary by John Magnier and called for measures to combat further concentration of ownership. The Independent TD for Clare has expressed his concern that the accumulation of thousands of […]

Impasse At O’Briensbridge Stalls Landmark Tourism Project

Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara has urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to directly intervene in an ongoing impasse involving a section of the preferred route for the Greenway project linking Limerick City with Scariff in East Clare.   While the ESB will facilitate the use of lands in its ownership in Killaloe, a pinch point remains […]

McNamara warns Holy Island could be dropped from UNESCO List

Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) in East Clare will fall off Ireland’s Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites unless Clare County Council pulls out the stops now, according to Deputy Michael McNamara.   The Clare Independent T.D. was speaking following a Dáil exchange with Local Government and Planning Minister Peter Burke on the issue. Holy […]