i'm a little confused as to why the former branch members of clontarf are not playing the game. Why are they working outside of the comhaltas structure and trying to get back in?
As far as i am aware none of the members (families, musicians, adults and children) of the dissolved branch have been told they cannot become members of comhaltas. So if the reported 400 members of the dissolved branch all decided to join the newly formed Craobh Cluain Tarbh branch we would have a situation where:

1. Everyone would be back in comhaltas, with voting rights, and information which is afforded to members of the organisation, and the branch given full recognition in the fleadh programmes.

2. A branch majority substantial enough to force a branch EGM and elect its own officers and committee democratically.

Admittedly this would not solve the clasac issue, but it would force a continuation of the dialogue, and it would also be interesting to see if the former committee members from the dissolved branch were re-elected to their posts following the complete mess that has been made - assuming no party is completely without blame.