Intent: That Clare County Council calls on the Minister for Agriculture to arrange a meeting between the Chair of Bord Bia, Larry Murrin, IFA, ICMSA and other farming stakeholders in the interest of dialogue. For the Chair to brief the stakeholders and answer fully and comprehensively all questions to the satisfaction of the farming organisations.::Should the Chair of Bord Bia fail to answer the questions or fail to answer the questions to the satisfaction of the farming organisations that the Minister will request his resignation.
Intent: To strongly reject proposals recommending that Clare Local Authority would use CPO (Compulsory Purchase Orders) powers as an option to confiscate private land from farmers on the famous Cliffs of Moher coastal walk.::To emphasise that this is an attempt to intimidate the landowners and will be resisted outright. Many years ago landowners on the Cliffs of Moher agreed to allow a permissive walk through their lands and they are now being threatened with a CPO::To call on Clare County Council to immediately withdraw the CPO option and threat from the draft report.::To call on Clare County Council to engage constructively with the farmers and the IFA so an appropriate and effective arrangement can be agreed on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk which reflects the scale of up to 1.5m tourists and estimated revenue of €19m annually.
Intent: The meeting and engagements aimed to provide an introduction to Regnum and the proposed Dehomad Wind Farm, ahead of community engagement, and to establish lines of communication with elected representatives in anticipation of future correspondence from the community.
Details: Regnum Renewables and Ivan Yates (providing advisory services) briefed the West Clare MD councillors in advance of community engagement on a proposed wind farm near Lissycasey, Dehomad Wind Farm, and subsequently engaged with four Clare TDs to share information and request introductory meetings.
On 04/06/25 in the Kilrush Area Office, Ivan Yates and representatives from Regnum met with West Clare MD councillors to brief them on a proposed wind farm development near Lissycasey. Councillors in attendance included Dinny Gould, Rita McInerney, Ian Lynch, Michael Shannon, and Joe Killeen, with Shane Talty and Joe Garrihy joining remotely. The meeting was to introduce the project and to establish lines of communication in advance of engagement with local residents the following week. - MeetingOn 1 August 2025, Daragh Browne of Regnum emailed Minister of State Timmy Dooley (Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Climate, Environment and Energy) to provide information on the proposed Dehomad wind farm and request an introductory meeting. - EmailOn 13/06/2025 June, Daragh Browne of Regnum emailed West Clare MD councillors Gabriel Keating and Bill Slattery, who had missed the meeting, to share the information discussed and offer to meet at a later date. - Email
Intent: The meeting and engagements aimed to provide an introduction to Regnum and the proposed Dehomad Wind Farm, ahead of community engagement, and to establish lines of communication with elected representatives in anticipation of future correspondence from the community.
Details: Regnum Renewables and Ivan Yates (providing advisory services) briefed the West Clare MD councillors in advance of community engagement on a proposed wind farm near Lissycasey, Dehomad Wind Farm, and subsequently engaged with four Clare TDs to share information and request introductory meetings.
On 04/06/25 in the Kilrush Area Office, Ivan Yates and representatives from Regnum met with West Clare MD councillors to brief them on a proposed wind farm development near Lissycasey. Councillors in attendance included Dinny Gould, Rita McInerney, Ian Lynch, Michael Shannon, and Joe Killeen, with Shane Talty and Joe Garrihy joining remotely.The meeting was to introduce the project and to establish lines of communication in advance of engagement with local residents the following week. - MeetingOn 1 August 2025, Daragh Browne of Regnum emailed Minister of State Timmy Dooley (Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Climate, Environment and Energy) to provide information on the proposed Lissycasey wind farm and request an introductory meeting. - EmailOn 13 August 2025, Regnum issued emails to Deputies Cathal Crowe, Donna McGettigan, and Joe Cooney, sharing information on the Lissycasey wind farm project and requesting introductory meetings. - Email
Intent: To continue to strongly reject proposals that Clare County Council would use CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) powers to confiscate private land from farmers on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk.::To highlight that this is intimidation of landowners and is reneging on an agreement made many years ago that these landowners would allow a permissive walk through their lands.::To seek withdrawal of the option for Compulsory Purchase Orders from the draft report prepared for Clare County Council.
Intent: To invite local representatives to an IFA Solar Event to learn how solar energy can benefit local farmers, both financially and environmentally.
Intent: Clare PPN wanted the opportunity to explain the work of Clare PPN to the Councillors, some of whom are newly elected and haven't yet had this chance
Details: Clare ppn wrote to all Councillors in Clare to ask them for the opportunity for our organisation to be invited to a Council meeting to present on our work
Intent: To strongly reject proposals suggesting that Clare Local Authority would use CPO (Compulsory Purchase Orders) powers as an option to confiscate private land from farmers on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk.::To call on Clare County Council to immediately withdraw the CPO option and threat from the draft report.::To call on Clare County Council to engage constructively with the farmers and the IFA so an appropriate and effective arrangement can be agreed on the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk which reflects the scale of up to 1.5m tourists and estimated revenue of €19m annually.
Details: Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) on Farms at the Cliffs of Moher
Intent: To create a greater awareness among the elected members of Clare County Council about the lack of prevalence data, and need to progress with standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with FASD. Broader, to answer any questions that the elected members would have about the condition, the organisation, or how they could support our aims.
Details: Briefing to elected members of Clare County Council
1 x phone call with Cllr. James Ryan to organise the briefing. - Phone call3 x emails with Clare County Council staff to organise the briefing. - Email4 x phone calls with Clare County Council staff to organise the briefing. - Phone call
Intent: Invited all public representatives to a webinar on our project to research and devise a five year anti poverty strategy in Clare. Purpose was to engage elected representatives in thinking and strategising about poverty reduction in Clare
