{"id":593857,"date":"2026-08-15T07:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593857\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T07:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:46:14","slug":"finn-welcomes-mcdonalds-as-vote-of-confidence-in-claremorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593857\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn welcomes McDonald\u2019s as vote of confidence in Claremorris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Local independent councilor Richard Finn has welcomed the arrival of McDonald\u2019s in Claremorris, describing the decision by the major international company to locate in the town as a significant vote of confidence in the area.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"488\">In his submission to Mayo County Council, he said the town could not afford to miss what he described as a \u201conce in a lifetime opportunity\u201d to encourage more visitors and investment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"868\">Mayo County Council has now granted planning permission for the new drive-thru, subject to a number of conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1179\">The planning application had attracted concerns from some residents over traffic, noise, parking and the potential impact on existing local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Councilor Finn has been speaking with Midwest Radio\u2019s Stephen Grealis and praising this move\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FINNMCDONALDS.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.midwestradio.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FINNMCDONALDS.wav<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local independent councilor Richard Finn has welcomed the arrival of McDonald\u2019s in Claremorris, describing the decision by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-593857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}