Cillian Murphy, your local West Clare Councillor

Hi, I am Cillian, your local councillor for West Clare and I live in Kilkee.
Originally from West Cork, I came to the Loop Head Peninsula at the age of 7 when my father, who was a fisherman, brought us all up here in the early ‘70s. I have lived in Kilkee since the late ‘80s.
My wife, Mary and I have been in the hospitality industry since 1990 when we took on her family business, The Hideout Bar. In 2004 we opened Murphy Blacks Restaurant and operated it to a very high standard, winning many awards, until we sold it in 2020.
In 2009 I co-founded Loop Head Tourism, a community based organisation whose principle objective was ensuring tourism development would primarily benefit the local community
I was elected to Clare County Council in 2019, representing the West Clare Municipal District. My principle concern is rural depopulation and my main objective is to ensure our rural and coastal communities maximise the use, and control of, the resources we have to become sustainable places to live, work and visit, in that order.
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What I did this month
All activities, meetings, both with council and community organisations.
Latest from my blog
Long term funding for Playgrounds in Clare
Back in September 2020, I, along with my colleagues Cllr. Ian Lynch and Cllr. Joe Garrihy, brought a 'notice of motion' before the chamber asking that Clare County Council would look into taking all playgrounds in Clare under the local authority insurance… this was in...
Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan II
OREDP II Consultation At the March meeting of Clare County Council, I brought a Notice of Motion with regards to the consultation on the 2nd Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan currently being undertaken by the Department of Environment, Climate and...
Regional Health Forum
At the Regional Health Forum today I had asked a series of questions looking for what I consider to be fairly basic data with regards to where patients attending the Emergency Dept. (ED) in UHL come from and what percentage of them actually needed to be at the...