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.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN APPROXIMATE 300 asylum seekers will be accommodated at a State owned property in the Shannon Industrial Estate.
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.
*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.
CLARE TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) made history when becoming the first TD to bring their baby into the chamber of Dáil Éireann.
*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.
*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.
*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 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 need to be provided to assist community groups in welcoming Ukrainian refugees to the county, a West Clare representative has emphasised.
AN APPROXIMATE 2,000 Ukrainian refugees are now residing in Co Clare.