*Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward DEPARTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling said the risk in acquiring the Shannon Heritage tourism sites is paying off for the county and criticised “legal loopholes” for slowing down works on projects such as Blake’s Corner.
*Saoirse Exton. Photograph: John Mangan O’BRIENSBRIDGE TEENAGER, Saoirse Exton has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General to a special advisory group on climate change.
*Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney (FG) with European counterparts. The past week has been nothing short of extraordinary. World events are hard to keep up with at the best of times, but the largest attack by one sovereign state on another in Europe since the second World War.
*Micheál Ryan’s remains return home. Photograph: Virgin Media News There was “a sense of relief” for the Ryan family of Lahinch as they buried Micheál, seven months on from his tragic death in Ethiopia.
*LI Yong and Michael Guinee. Photograph: Eamon Ward China’s economic development was inspired by the innovation and enterprise witnessed by delegations visiting Shannon, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, LI Yong stated during his visit to Co Clare this week.
