*Adam Hogan starts at corner back. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ADAM HOGAN AND JACK KIRWAN are to make their National Hurling League debuts for the Clare senior hurlers this weekend while Doora/Barefield’s David Conroy gets his first start in the competition.
A DONEGAL singer with strong Ennis connections is vying to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision.
*Dominic Haugh speaking at Saturday’s public meeting. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN faces the risk of becoming divided even further as persons on either side of the debate on whether asylum seekers should be housed in emergency accommodation in the Industrial Estate air their views.
*Chairperson of the Shannon Residents Group, Elaine Kingston Durbin. Photograph: Joe Buckley PERSONS OPPOSED TO the arrival of asylum seekers to the Shannon Industrial Estate should not be brandished as racist, the Chairperson of the newly formed Shannon Residents Group has argued.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin TULLA’s Pipe Band are on the lookout for pipers and drummers while they are extending a welcome to any prospective new members as they resume practice this week.
STAFF AT ENNIS HOSPITAL have been dealing with five successive weeks on cancellations of elective day case procedures with a senior staff member warning that this will result in delayed cancer diagnoses.
*Malcolm Moran (left) at the public meeting in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley HAVING LIVED IN ENGLAND as an Irish immigrant for over two decades, Shannon based Malcolm Moran said asylum seekers should be given “a fair chance” in the Clare town.
*The building that is to be used for emergency accommodation. Photograph: Joe Buckley A STATE OWNED building in the Shannon Industrial Estate will be used for the purposes of emergency accommodation but the exact quantity of refugees living there and the length of their stay in the town has not been finalised.
*Sarah Ferrigan and Sarah Clancy of the Clare PPN. Photograph: Joe Buckley FAR-RIGHT GROUPS attempting to hijack community concerns regarding the arrival of asylum seekers need to be rejected, the Clare Public Participation Network (PPN) Secretariat has stated.
*Clare senior football manager, Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE FOOTBALL MANAGER, Colm Collins has warned that the current workload on inter-county players is not sustainable.
