This article is from page 23 of the 2014-06-10 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 23 JPG
A NUMBER of high profile positions were divided up at last Friday’s AGM of Clare County Council with the power-sharing ar rangement extending far beyond the appointment of Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
Following the abolishment of local councils in Ennis, Kilr ush, Kilkee and Killaloe – and the redrawing of the electoral boundaries to abolish a stand alone council district in north Clare – there will be four separate Municipal Districts, who will each have a yearly chair person.
The power-sharing arrangement agreed between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Technical Grouping of Independents and Sinn Fein will see a Fine Gael chai rperson elected in Ennis this year, with a Fianna Fail councillor taking the West Clare and Shannon and a Fine Gael councillor taking the top job in East Clare.
The Ennis Municipal Chair person will be a Fianna Fail councillor in 2015, followed by a councillor from the Technical Group, Fine Gael and then the Technical Group.
Sinn Fein’s Mike McKee will serve as chair person of the Shannon Municipal District over the next five years, as will Independents PJ Ryan and Gerry Flynn.
The Fianna Fail councillor, understood to be Cathal Crowe, will be the first chair person later this month, followed next year by a councillors from the technical group, Fine Gael, and then two councillors from the technical group.
The chairperson of the West Clare area will be councillors from Fianna Fail, Technical Group, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Technical Group over the next five years respectively. In East Clare it will be Fine Gael, Technical Group, Fin Gael, and then two from Fianna Fail.
There was a host of other appointments made at last Friday’s annual general meeting with Pat McMahon (FF) and Bill Slattery (FG) appointed to the Regional Assembly.
All of the appointments were uncontested and received cross par t support.