Shannon Chamber president Eoin Gavin and CEO Helen Downes (centre) pictured with Chamber board directors at the launch of the Chamber’s Strategic Plan 2023 -2026 in Dromoland Castle (from left): Ray O’Driscoll, The Shannon Airport Group; David Brown; Stephen Keogh, MHP Sellors; Siobhan Roche, PTG (Precision Tool Group); Mark Nolan, Dromoland Castle Hotel; Kevin Thompstone, …
*Crusheen’s rail stop was on the agenda in the Seanad. NO PLANS exist to reopen the railway station in Crusheen, senior officials in the Department of Transport have said.
KILDYSART Drama Society have postponed their production of ‘Love Thy Neighbour’.
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers have their “backs to the wall” as they attempt to consolidate their status in Division 2 of the Allianz National Football League.
ENNIS RESIDENTS have slammed “a hedge cutting job from hell” carried out by contractors of Clare County Council.
*Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. A CHICAGO BORN musician who developed a strong affinity for East Clare is remembered in a TG4 documentary which airs this weekend.
*Newmarket Celtic’s Stephen Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET CELTIC have been boosted in advance of their upcoming FAI and Munster Junior Cup quarter-finals with the return of one of the club’s most experienced players, two players resuming training following injuries and the addition of a new signing.
Clare manager Colm Collins has named an unchanged team for Sunday’s crunch tie with Cork.
*Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: Martin Connolly UNIQUE as the county’s only female TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) was also inimitable when it came to the conclusion of The Clare Echo’s four-part series sitting down with Clare’s representatives in Dáil Éireann.
EX RIVERDANCE member Colin Dunne will lead a day-long dancing workshop in Kilkee this weekend.
