*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON is still Ireland’s newest town, six decades on from its creation it can now lay claim to a TD following the election of Donna McGettigan (SF).
*Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN elected a Clare TD five years ago and they are “quietly confident” Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) can match the 8,987 first preferences received by the party’s candidate five years ago.
A TEN YEAR old Shannon boy has been moved by ambulance to Temple Street Hospital where he is in a critical condition.
*Pat Barry. RETIRED civil servant, Pat Barry (IND) has announced he will be contesting next year’s local elections as an Independent candidate in the Shannon Municipal District.
*Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN has selected Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) as its candidate in Clare for the next General Election.
*Members of Sinn Féin’s Ennis cumann. Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN are gearing up for next year’s local elections in Clare and hope to field a total of eight candidates across the county.
*Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN’s sole member of Clare County Council has been elected as the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District for the first time.
*Purcell Park in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley RESIDENTS are to be met as appeals to remove the gateway system from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne intensify due to motorists “playing chicken” and regular complaints of speeding.
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS have poured cold water on the potential of the granting of town status for Westbury.
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Connolly FORMER GENERAL AND LOCAL election candidate, Noeleen Moran (SF) has emerged as a contender to reappear on the next ballot paper when the decision to select Clare’s four TDs is put to the county.
