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.
Joe and JJ Melody on their farm in Bunratty. Photograph: Joe Buckley FAMILY links remain strong with the Newmarket-on-Fergus Agricultural Show which returns this Sunday.
*TikTok influencer Eoin Reardon has been let go from Bunratty. CUTBACKS have been introduced in Bunratty Castle & Folk Park.
*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park. GOVERNANCE standards of Clare County Council have come under scrutiny over the manner in which a deal to purchase land in Bunratty was carried out.
Lady Longbottom and Madame Bloomers will be judging the Easter Bonnet Competition at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this Easter. Photograph: Eamon Ward MORE than 15,000 people are expected to pass through the gates of Craggaunowen and Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.
*The old Shannon Shamrock. PLANS TO DEMOLISH the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty and build 67 houses on the site have hit a roadblock with Clare County Council.
*The Bunratty Express. MID-TERM family fun events take place in Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this weekend.
*Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward DEPARTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling said the risk in acquiring the Shannon Heritage tourism sites is paying off for the county and criticised “legal loopholes” for slowing down works on projects such as Blake’s Corner.
*Blarney Woolen Mills. Profits at the Blarney Woollen Mills Group – which operates the Bunratty Castle Hotel – were hit last year after the group had to repay €1.13m to the Revenue Commissioners concerning an over-claim by the group in the Government’s COVID-19 Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS).
