State to end contract to house Ukrainians at Hydro Hotel in Lisdoonvarna
*The Hydro Hotel. 171 Ukrainians are to be relocated from The Hydro Hotel in Lisdoonvarna this July.
*The Hydro Hotel. 171 Ukrainians are to be relocated from The Hydro Hotel in Lisdoonvarna this July.
*The Auburn Lodge received the highest level of payments for accommodating Ukrainians than any other Clare hotel last year. A NUMBER OF Clare hotel operators last year shared out a €21.27m (all figures 23pc VAT) bonanza from accommodating Ukrainians.
REFUGEES FLEEING war-torn Ukraine have begun to arrive in Co Clare.
The operator of the Direct Provision centre in Lisdoonvarna received €2.35m (incl VAT) in fees from the State in 2020.
For the second year in a row, the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival has been cancelled.
A 97 year old bachelor farmer who attended the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival for 72 years has passed away without finding his soul mate.
Organisers of the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival have confirmed the festival will not be going ahead this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.