Parked HGVs in Bunratty. Photograph: Joe Buckley ‘MAYHEM in Bunratty’ could be eased by the addition of parking facilities in Shannon for the heavy goods vehicles, local councillors have argued.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A UNIT in the Shannon Free Zone will not come into use for housing international protection applicants until 2024 if the building is still used, a Department spokesperson has told The Clare Echo.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP of Shannon Residents have circulated plans that a vacant unit in the Shannon Industrial Estate is set to house up to 600 International Protection Applicants.
*The former Molex building in Shannon. SEVERANCE costs concerning the closure of Shannon-based electronic manufacturer, Molex continued to be paid this year.
*Gerry Murphy, Mick Guinee, Darren Gavin. Photograph: Joe Buckley MICK GUINEE’s remarkable contribution to Ei Electronics was acknowledged last week.
*Chairperson of the Shannon Residents Group. Photograph: Joe Buckley ANGER has been voiced by the largest residents association in Shannon over the establishment of a new group in the town which has spoken out against the arrival of refugees.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN APPROXIMATE 300 asylum seekers will be accommodated at a State owned property in the Shannon Industrial Estate.
*Dominic Haugh speaking at Saturday’s public meeting. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN faces the risk of becoming divided even further as persons on either side of the debate on whether asylum seekers should be housed in emergency accommodation in the Industrial Estate air their views.
*Chairperson of the Shannon Residents Group, Elaine Kingston Durbin. Photograph: Joe Buckley PERSONS OPPOSED TO the arrival of asylum seekers to the Shannon Industrial Estate should not be brandished as racist, the Chairperson of the newly formed Shannon Residents Group has argued.
*Malcolm Moran (left) at the public meeting in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley HAVING LIVED IN ENGLAND as an Irish immigrant for over two decades, Shannon based Malcolm Moran said asylum seekers should be given “a fair chance” in the Clare town.
