*Elected Members and local authority staff of Shannon MD pictured with Councillor Pat O’Gorman, Cathaoirleach of Shannon MD at the unveiling of tree sculptures at Shannon Town Park, County Clare. Photograph: Eamon Ward IN A first for a public park in Clare, the remains of felled trees have been transformed into sculptures.
Mela, a free arts and culture celebration, is coming to Shannon Town Park this June Bank Holiday Monday.
*Cathy Keane Bridges and her eleven month old grandson, Bobby Leahy in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley SWITCHING on of the Christmas lights in Shannon Town Park is to become an annual event.
PRIDE COLOURS are to be considered for new installations of footpaths and benches across Shannon Town.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SHANNON MAY have strong links to the current Clare senior hurling set-up but the lack of county colours in advance of recent big games has been criticised.
*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.
*Donna Marie O’Neill and Dominic Haugh try to put across different points of view at the meeting. Photograph: Joe Buckley TENSIONS ESCALATED in Shannon on Saturday morning as members of the public gathered for a meeting to discuss plans to accommodate refugees in the town’s industrial estate.
ASSESSMENTS ARE to be conducted at the mini roundabout outside St Patrick’s Comprehensive School and leading to the Shannon Town Park with a local representative predicting “somebody will be hurt” if action is not taken.
DEVELOPMENT of a pump track in Lahinch would offer an alternative to “drinking cans by the cliff car park” for young people, a Green Party councillor has claimed.
MORE THAN one thousand people came out in Clare across Friday evening to pay their respects to the late Ashling Murphy.
