Applications open for CAP schemes
With the €9.8 billion CAP Strategic Plan providing a range of direct payments and rural development farm supports, the application process for the new Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes is now open. Over the coming days, farmers will receive their BISS maps and land details for 2023 to help with […]
Carey steps up campaign to have surgical hub based in Ennis
HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly has yet to indicate where a surgical hub for elective procedures in the Mid-West Region will be located as Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey steps up his campaign for the new facility to be based at Ennis General Hospital. Speaking in the Dáil last week, Deputy Carey asked Minister Donnelly […]
Almost €600,000 to improve rural roads and lanes in Clare
AN allocation of almost €600,000 from the Local Improvement Scheme will fund vital improvement work to rural roads and laneways throughout County Clare, Fine Gael TD Joe Carey has said. Welcoming the funding, announced by Rural and Community Development Minister Heather Humphreys, Deputy Carey said it would help communities improve non-public roads and lanes that […]