*Photograph: Paschal Brooks CLARE COUNCILLORS have unanimously backed a €6m offer from Government which will see the County Council boost its tourism offering and take over ownership of four Shannon Heritage sites.
*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park is among the sites now set to come under the Council’s control. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached to transfer the ownership of the four Shannon Heritage sites in the county to Clare County Council.
*John Moran. TWO NEW DIRECTORS have been appointed to the board of Shannon Airport Group.
FARES FOR US FLYERS have been up to €1000 more expensive at Shannon Airport than Dublin Airport, a Clare councillor has claimed.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON AIRPORT’S car park is at full capacity while it prepares for its busiest holiday period of the year to date.
SHANNON AIRPORT has received a boost under the Regional Airports Programme while passenger numbers are showing a strong increase.
VUELING AIRLINES are to cease operations of its service from Shannon to Paris in June.
SO FAR IN 2023, drones have forced the suspension of activity at Dublin Airport on six occasions, delaying thousands of passengers and prompting multiple flight diversions.
*Photograph: John Mangan BUSINESS OWNERS at one of the county’s main hubs of employment have voiced their frustration, claiming the common land of the Quin Road Business Park “was sold behind our backs to a complete stranger”.
*Cathal Crowe addresses Shannon Heritage workers. Photograph: Natasha Barton RENEWED CONFIDENCE has been expressed by a Clare TD that “appropriate funding and a satisfactory resolution” is on the way for the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to Clare County Council.
