Up to 300 asylum seekers will be accommodated in Shannon Industrial Estate
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN APPROXIMATE 300 asylum seekers will be accommodated at a State owned property in the Shannon Industrial Estate.
Roderic O’Gorman
Shannon locals frustrated on lack of information for industrial estate refugee plans
A PUBLIC MEETING is to be held in Shannon today (Saturday) as locals seek answers on plans to use a large industrial building for emergency accommodation for refugees.
Tented accommodation will no longer be used in Knockalisheen
*The tents in Knockalisheen. Photograph: John Cooke USE OF TENTED ACCOMMODATION FOR asylum seekers has ceased outside the village of Meelick and across the country, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has confirmed.
Deputy Violet Anne Wynne makes history by bringing Baby Collins into Dáil Chamber
CLARE TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) made history when becoming the first TD to bring their baby into the chamber of Dáil Éireann.
‘More betrayal’ for Mother & Baby Homes survivors with independent review of testimonies scrapped
*Lauretta Callaghan O’Dea. Photograph: Natasha Barton A KILRUSH WOMAN has expressed her disgust at the decision to scrap a promised independent review of testimony given by survivors of the Mother and Baby homes.
Green Minister confident they won’t be thrown to the wolves at next election
*Minister Roderic O’Gorman (GP) with Senator Roisin Garvey (GP), Cllr Liam Grant (GP) and Jacqueline Sheehan. A GREEN PARTY MINISTER has expressed confidence that their work in Government will be remembered when it comes to polling day.
Recruitment not funding the issue in tackling SLT backlog – Children’s Minister
*Jack and Kieran O’Loughlin in Ennis. Photograph: Natasha Barton DIFFICULTIES IN RECRUITMENT rather than funding is the main factor preventing the HSE from reducing the waiting list for speech and language therapy, a Government Minister has said.
Saying no to Ennis Data Centre means losing out on ‘significant number’ of IT jobs – Govt Minister
SAYING NO to a data centre in Ennis would see the county lose out on a “significant number” of jobs in the IT sector, a Government Minister has warned.
Staffing resources needed to assist community groups welcoming Ukrainian refugees
STAFFING RESOURCES need to be provided to assist community groups in welcoming Ukrainian refugees to the county, a West Clare representative has emphasised.
Up to 2,000 Ukrainian refugees now in Clare
AN APPROXIMATE 2,000 Ukrainian refugees are now residing in Co Clare.