The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment.

[1][2][3] Originally meetings of Clare County Council were held at Ennis Courthouse.

[4] Áras Contae an Chláir, a new county council headquarters, was completed in May 2008.

[5] Clare County Council has two representatives on the Southern Regional Assembly who are part of the Mid-West Strategic Planning Area Committee.

[6][7] Members of Clare County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas.