Tourism & Local Clare News

22 Apr

Need for Clarecastle Regeneration outlined in Dáil Speech

The Ennis bypass has removed a huge volume of traffic travelling through the village of Clarecastle. An opportunity now exists to push ahead with the implementation of the Clarecastle Regeneration Scheme which if implemented will lead to a dramatic improvement in the physical appearance of the village.” I have today called on Minister for Environment, […]

7 Apr

News that Kilkee Tourist Office to remain open Welcome

I welcome the news that Kilkee Tourist office is to remain open. In the past months I’ve led calls to maintain the service at the tourist office, writing to those responsible in regional tourism to try prevent that event happening and seek assurances that visitors to the region will continue to be serviced by an […]

29 Mar

Travel Tax

The Fine Gael party last week introduced a motion under Private Members time to abolish the disasterously counterproductive Travel Tax introduced in the Oct 2008 budget. The Government are to stand by this Tax, making them almost unique in Europe in their disadvantaging the possibility of a meaningful recovery of our important Tourism business. The […]

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