Teams profiled as race begins for Clare intermediate football championship
*Cooraclare’s Micheál Garry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION KICKS off in the Clare intermediate football championship where twelve teams will be vying for honours.
Shannon
Illaunmanagh works to reopen car park due for September completion
WORKS TO COMBAT difficulties outside the county’s main crematorium and Shannon’s biggest graveyard are to be completed by early September while the “ethnic status” of Travellers gives them “massive power” and weakens the ability to clamp down on illegal encampments, a local authority meeting has heard.
Shannon Venue site moves forward with lease transferred to Council
*Love Shannon members, Darragh O’Connor, Elton Good, Brendan Wall & Derek Clune at the site of what could have been The Venue. Photograph: Joe Buckley AGREEMENT FOR A TRANSFER of the Shannon Venue site has been reached.
Siemens investment a sign of Shannon’s tech growth
SHANNON’s tech growth is evident in the €7m investment announced by Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Tones eager to ‘maintain the momentum’
*Billy Connors battles with David Gough. Photograph: Ruth Griffin WOLFE TONES ARE DETERMINED to “maintain the momentum” following their opening round win in the Clare SHC.
Drivers ‘playing chicken’ on approach from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne
*Purcell Park in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley RESIDENTS are to be met as appeals to remove the gateway system from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne intensify due to motorists “playing chicken” and regular complaints of speeding.
More awareness needed for Shannon Aviation Museum on major road network
FUTURE VIABILITY of the Shannon Aviation Museum can be enhanced through the addition of signage on the county’s main road network.
‘If you call something future you have to live up to the name’ – Shannon based FMCI breaking new ground
*FMCI CEO, Russell Vickers. Photograph: Arthur Ellis A SHANNON BASED COMPANY continues to break new ground in the area of connected and autonomous vehicles.
‘Brain drain’ leaves South Clare & Shannon MD ‘suffering’
*Shannon Banks. A “BRAIN DRAIN” is impacting on the South Clare region falling under the auspices of the Shannon Municipal District.
Edwards Lifesciences to convert Shannon centre for lifesaving transcatheter heart valves
Edwards Lifesciences has announced it has begun renovations to convert its existing Shannon facility into a manufacturing centre for lifesaving transcatheter heart valves.