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Dec 19 2024
Fresh optimism BAND OF BROTHERS for Ennis 2040 as Corrigan exits by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
KEVIN Corrigan’s shock resignation as Chief Operating Officer of the Ennis 2040 Designated Active Company paves the way to bring a fresh approach to the spatial and economic strategy. A €10m loan was approved to fund the Ennis 2040 strategy with €2.5m of this drawn down and spent since its launch in September 2021. Nine transformational sites were initially identified as part of the strategy with plans to build on car parks in Abbey Street, Parnell Street along with a proposal for The
Post Office Field receiving backlash from the public. Corrigan’s resignation was confirmed on Monday and he will exit as COO at the end of January. Deputy Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua (FF) revealed to The Clare Echo that she has not been introduced to Corrigan since her election in June. A post on the board of the Ennis 2040 DAC remains vacant since Ann Norton’s (IND) exit from politics. Elected members of the Ennis MD are optimistic that an altered approach for Ennis 2040 will become vis-
ible in the New Year. “I hope that the change of direction is seen throughout Ennis 2040 DAC upon his departure and projects that were highly contested are put on the shelf especially Abbey Street and the Post Office Field,” Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle (SF) told The Clare Echo. Mayor of the Ennis MD, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) said, “I believe the Ennis 2040 plan will be reaffirmed in the New Year by the County councillors at large, a project acquisition is underway which will take a positive direction for Ennis and county into the future,” Full Story p16/17
l Eoin O’Grady celebrates Scariff/Ogonnelloe’s U21 success with Patrick Crotty, Gearoid Sheedy, Keelan Hartigan, Shane Kavanagh, Sean Collins, Paul McGee and Eoghan Heffernan Photo by Ruth Griffin
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