*Airline crews after getting off a bus in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley SIX FLIGHTS have been diverted to Shannon Airport following the temporary closure of London Heathrow this Friday.
*Photograph: Tom Micks WHAT PAUSE really means must be explained clearly by Ennis 2040 DAC according to Save Ennis Town.
THE CLARE DRAMA festival returns for its seventy sixth run, taking place in the Community College Hall in Scariff from Saturday March 22nd to March 29th inclusive.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SIXMILEBRIDGE had a jam-packed family fun day for its St Patrick’s Day parade.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s next Chief Executive will be an external candidate, The Clare Echo has learned.
*A special meeting of Clare County Council convened to discuss the matter. CLARE COUNCILLORS have called on An Bord Pleanála to defer any approval of the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm project until meaningful consultation with local communities has taken place.
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). Photograph: Eugene McCafferty. PRODUCING a repeated report on the progress of the Kilrush Maritime Training Centre in Clare County Council’s monthly management update has been criticised by a West Clare representative.
*The site of the proposed car park. PLANS to construct a new car park in Bodyke are to be lodged by Clare County Council.
*Shannon Airport. MAKING SHANNON AIRPORT a national technology testing hub “presents huge potential” for both the Airport and Mid-West region, a Clare councillor has said.
*Seán McAllister. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THEY MAY be without a win in two outings but Clare’s U20 footballers are fully confident of progressing to phase two of the Munster championship.
