Members of the Shannon’s Men Shed after receiving their Christmas dinners. Photograph: Joe Buckley ALMOST 600 Christmas dinners will be delivered by Shannon Gardaí to senior citizens in the locality this week.
*The M18. 25 road collisions have occurred on the M18 and N18 over the past two months.
BUNRATTY residents say housing should not be built on the old Shannon Shamrock Hotel site to protect the integrity of the area as a tourism location in a fresh appeal.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin BUNRATTY CASTLE and Folk Park was taken over by monsters, misfits and mayhem as it was transformed into a Halloween village for the October Bank Holiday weekend.
*The site of the Shannon Shamrock Hotel. PLANNING PERMISSION has been granted for the development of 58 houses at the site of the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty.
BUNRATTY CASTLE will host a sheaf throwing competition as part of its long running Traditional Harvest Day event.
*Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward AN “exceptional” term as Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District has been completed by Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF) according to senior officials in the local authority.
BUNRATTY based Melody Farm Eggs is one of twenty five new food and drink producers to have launched their products in selected SuperValu stores across Ireland.
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL paid €78m to contractors and €12m to consultants last year it has emerged after councillors probed senior management on the €8m deal to acquire lands by the Cliffs of Moher.
SHANNON LIONS CLUB will be holding a vintage car rally this Sunday in Bunratty.