Up to 550 passengers per hour can be facilitated in new €2.5m Shannon Airport screening system
A new €2.5m security screening system has been unveiled at Shannon Airport.
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REBECCA O’NEILL: Making the most of your days
Since last week was mental health week, I really wanted to discuss how structure plays a major part of how we live.
Blues back in Clare SHC semi-finals for first time since 2017
*Eoin Guilfoyle of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Trailing by six points at half time, Newmarket-on-Fergus looked to be in trouble in the first of the Clare senior hurtling championship quarter finals at Cusack Park on this Saturday afternoon.
Mike Kelly wins Woodstock Masters competition
Mike Kelly (12) won the Woodstock masters competition at the weekend with 48 points. He had five to spare over John Dempsey (14) with third spot filled by Noel Casey (10) who also finished with 43 points.
Do-or-die at both sides of senior divide
*Liam Corry and Jason Loughnane will cross paths once again this Saturday. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The stakes are heightened this weekend at both ends of the senior hurling championship as the race for the Canon Hamilton Cup heats up just as much as the relegation ‘Group of Death’.
Oireachtas members confident Clare will be included in defective concrete block scheme
*Senator Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Natasha Barton. Clare’s inclusion in a defective concrete block scheme has been assured by the Minister for Housing, a Government Senator has claimed while members of the county’s pyrite action group have warned that thousands of homes are affected.
Lifford continue to climb up the ladder as Avenue hold top spot
*Lifford’s Jean Ganda in action against Shannon Hibb’s Mickey Wall, Photograph: Natasha Barton Soccer fixtures were disrupted last weekend as all pitches in Shannon were waterlogged and thus unplayable which led to the cancellation of the games set for those venues.
Hospitalisations & falls of ‘ageing Shannon population’ blamed on footpaths
Poor condition of footpaths in Shannon have been blamed for a number of falls and hospitalisations of elder members of the community.
O’Dea nominated for Player of the Year
*Niamh O’Dea in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Kilfenora’s Niamh O’Dea has been shortlisted for the TG4 intermediate ladies football player of the year.
Up to 180 job losses at Lufthansa following AAG acquisition
Up to 180 redundancies are to be sought following Lufthansa Technik Shannon Limited’s sale to Atlantic Aviation Group.