*Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin & Cllr Cathal Crowe meet pupils from St Caimins Community School in Shannon. Photograph: John O’Brien In the run up to polling in the 2020 General Election, few would have predicted the make up of the Government that would, four months later, be formed.
Aer Lingus will need to be subsidised if it is to have a future at Shannon Airport, a leading travel expert has affirmed.
Timmy Dooley is expected to be announced on Saturday night as one of the eleven nominees of the new Government to the Seanad.
*Clare Fianna Fáil PRO Michael McTigue, Micheál Martin & Cllr Cathal Crowe. Photograph: John O’Brien As Civil War politics look to be ending, tensions are rising within Fianna Fáil in Clare as party members have disputed the findings of a survey carried out by the county’s CDC Chairman.
Political columnist, Eoin Neylon examines what the Programme for Government means for Co Clare.
B&B operators must be equipped with support measures to aid them in recovery, a Clare TD has maintained.
No health and safety issues were recorded in the past week during two Departmental inspections of The Central Hostel in Miltown Malbay which houses asylum seekers.
*Shane Ross with Rose Hynes & Mary Considine during his November visit to Shannon Airport. Photograph: Arthur Ellis Workers in Shannon Airport and the Mid-West “are petrified” over the Airport’s future post COVID-19.
Workers at three Clare tourism sites owned by Shannon Group have been temporarily let go for the remainder of the year.
19.2% of Clare pupils are in classes in excess of 30 with Cathal Crowe (FF) worried that social distancing cannot be maintained in schools with the current pupil to teacher ratio.