The Catholic church in Ennis has made a bid to secure a massive financial windfall in connection with a substantial landholding it owns in the town.

THE chief executive of Ennis Chamber of Commerce, Rita McInerney, has expressed concern over the “doughnut effect” in the town due to the negative impact of out-of-town retail centres.

A FLURRY of last-minute amendments rushed through by councillors against the advice of planners has rezoned almost 100 acres of land around Ennis for housing before 2014.

THE Department of the Environment has hit out at Clare County Council zoning land for development that could include a stadium on an active floodplain that contains the protected butterfly, the Marsh Fritillary.