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Feb 29 2024
Johnny bows out of politics
DOING IT FOR DAMIEN
n ‘Unelected officials dictating Ennis’ future’ n Election race blown wide open n ‘An honour to serve for 20 years’ by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
EXCLUSIVE TWO-TIME Mayor of Ennis, Cllr Johnny Flynn (FG) has made the shock announcement that he will not be contesting this year’s local elections. Initially selected as one of Fine Gael’s l Seven year old Max Carmody who was man of the match in the U13 game in the Damien Carmody memorial tournament gives a speech at the event held in honour of his late uncle. More on page 10 Photo by Tom Micks
Bednight crisis causing strife in Clare tourism by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
THE Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) currently has contracts for one third of bed nights in Co Clare. Lack of accommodation for visitors to the county is proving to be one of the biggest issues facing tourism providers in the county and this is set to be de-
bated at the Tourism Together networking event which takes place on Wednesday. Chairperson of the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum, Sean Lally explained, “This event is as much about reimagining our approach to tourism development in the county as it is about identifying current challenges faced by our sector”.
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three candidates in the Ennis Municipal District last June, Cllr Flynn in an exclusive interview with The Clare Echo has confirmed his decision to withdraw from the race. Party sources in Fine Gael have described the decision as “a complete shock”. Cllr Flynn said the decision has been made for personal reasons but stated that the Ennis 2040 Designated Active Company has diluted the value and input of elected county councillors.
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