*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.
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Molloy AMENDMENTS have been sought to a Fine Gael motion which is due to be debated in the Seanad.
Pictured to mark the official launch of the Lisdoonvarna Heritage Plan and Design Guide were (left to right): Ailish Drake, Drake Hourigan Architects; Cllr Joe Garrihy, Clare County Council; Helen Quinn, Acting Senior Planner, Clare County Council; Congella McGuire, Heritage Officer, Clare County Council; and John Hehir, Lisdoonvarna Historical Society. Photo: Eamon Ward. LISDOONVARNA’S future …
*Paul Tuohy makes a diving save. Photograph: Joe Buckley LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Avenue Utd moved back to the top of the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division while it took penalties for Tulla Utd to shake off the challenge of Shannon Hibs in the Clare Cup.
