County chief against last-minute rezoning

CLARE county manager Tom Coughlan has recommended that councillors not proceed with a flurry of last-minute rezoning for housing in the Ennis area.

In a variation to the Ennis Development Plan in July, councillors rushed through changes, against the advice of planners, to rezone almost 100 acres of land around Ennis for housing on the southern fringes of Ennis at Clarecastle.

To compensate for the rezoned 100 acres, councillors agreed to dezone the same amount of land to the east of Ennis.