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‘I didn’t get it wrong on Shannon Heritage funding announcement’ insists Crowe

*Cathal Crowe at the Shannon Heritage Workers Protest at Bunratty Folk Park. Photograph: Natasha Barton A CLARE TD has insisted he “didn’t get it wrong” on the transfer of the Shannon Heritage sites despite promising “a good deal for workers” before Christmas which later transpired as the Government offering Clare County Council a sixth of …

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Knockalisheen tents ‘unbearable’ for refugees

Refugee and migrant rights organisation Doras is concerned about the moving of over 80 international protection applicants into tents in Knockalisheen, Co Clare this week. “This is disappointing, given Minister O’Gorman’s assurances in December that tented accommodation would cease to operate,” said Doras CEO John Lannon. “Less than 4 weeks later they’re back in operation. …

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