Páraic McMahon, Author at Clare Echo

Shannon Aerospace fundraiser raises over €160k for local charities

*Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr. Alan O’Callaghan and the Cathaoirleach, Municipal District Cappamore-Kilmallock, Cllr. Martin Ryan, with Ben Whelan, chair of the Shannon Aerospace 35-year anniversary committee (centre), representatives of the four charities being supported by the fundraising, the organising committee, and representatives from Atlantic Aviation Group and Shannon Chamber at the launch of …

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Ruan’s Sharon Shannon is Grand Marshal for Galway City St Patrick’s Day parade

By Páraic McMahon

FAMED MUSICIAN and Ruan native Sharon Shannon is the Grand Marshal for the St Patrick’s Day parade in Galway City.

38k passengers for Shannon Airport over St Patrick’s Day period

By Páraic McMahon

*Pictured at Shannon Airport are departing passengers Mike Coughlan from Cork and Denis O’Connor from Tipperary, both travelling to New York for St. Patrick’s weekend. 38,000 passengers are to travel via Shannon Airport for the St Patrick’s Day holiday period.

Rivals Newmarket Celtic & Avenue Utd to meet in Clare Cup quarter-finals

By Páraic McMahon

*Eoin Hayes and Jamie Roche in action. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE SOCCER’s big two Newmarket Celtic and Avenue Utd have been drawn against each other in the quarter-finals of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.

‘He was never afraid to fight for what was right’ – Clare councillors remember Bishop Willie Walsh

By Páraic McMahon

*The grave of Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill A TRAIL-BLAZER, loyal friend and a man who brought the church forward “hundreds of years” in Clare is how county councillors have remembered Bishop Willie Walsh.

GAA pricing structures ‘have gone outrageous’ says Clare councillor

By Páraic McMahon

*Patrons attending Clare’s meeting with Kildare in the Allianz National Football League. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PRICING structures in the GAA have “gone outrageous,” a Clare councillor has commented while stressing the importance of the home of the All-Ireland champions “taking a lead” on tackling the introduction of a €5 charge for U16s.