€17k Ennis 2040 hoardings removed from Francis St site to improve pedestrian access
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon ENNIS 2040 HOARDINGS which cost almost €18,000 have been dismantled from Francis Street.
Burren two-day symposium to chart restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral
*Photograph: Eamon Ward IRELAND’s built heritage will be the focus of an upcoming two-day symposium in The Burren.
Newmarket Celtic B win First Division for sixth time
*Dan Frost, Jamie Cronin, Seamus Considine and Eoin Kelly with some of their youngest supporters. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET CELTIC B were crowned First Division champions for the sixth time.
‘Munster final defeat not the end of the road for Clare footballers in 2025’ – Ikem
*Ikem Ugwueru. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. AN ELEVEN point loss to Kerry in the Munster final is “not the end of the road” for Clare’s senior footballers, Ikem Ugwueru has said.
Fire officers back new urban search & rescue hubs for Galway, Cork, Dublin & Laois
*Dennis Keely. A GOVERNMENT plan to establish four new Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) regional hubs in Galway, Cork City, Dublin, and Laois has received unanimous support from Ireland’s Chief Fire Officers.
TUI resume new weekly Shannon Airport service to Majorca
SHANNON AIRPORT’s new weekly serve to Palma Airport in Majorca has taken flight.
Lanigan laments ‘unacceptable’ Clare start in Munster final but signals intent to take scalp in All-Ireland series
*Ronan Lanigan chases after Killian Spillane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s showing in the Munster senior final was “unacceptable” and the side must respond by taking “a scalp” in the All-Ireland series, defender Ronan Lanigan stressed.
One change for Clare U20s Munster semi-final vs Cork
*Goalkeeper Mark Sheedy will make his tenth successive start in the Munster U20 championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 hurlers starting team shows one change for Wednesday’s semi-final with Cork.
Shannon Airport’s 14 new ASU officers join security team for busy summer season
*Katie Duggan-Hastings, lead instructor, with new recruits Niall McGuane, Corbally, Emma Vihera, Lissycasey, Jamie Noonan, Newmarket on Fergus, Peadar Harding, Barefield, Kevin Neylon, Ballyea and Teagan Keane, Ennis. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. FOURTEEN new members have joined Shannon Airport’s security team in advance of a predicted busy summer for the International Airport.
Ireland at risk of failing to capitalise on potential as renewable energy superpower warns Kelleher
*Billy Kelleher MEP (FF). AN IRELAND SOUTH MEP has said the country is at risk of failing to capitalise on its potential as a possible renewable energy superpower because of a lack of grid capacity and interconnectors to mainland Europe.