*The old Shannon Shamrock. PLANS TO DEMOLISH the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty and build 67 houses on the site have hit a roadblock with Clare County Council.
*The Bunratty Express. MID-TERM family fun events take place in Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this weekend.
*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.
*Blarney Woolen Mills. Profits at the Blarney Woollen Mills Group – which operates the Bunratty Castle Hotel – were hit last year after the group had to repay €1.13m to the Revenue Commissioners concerning an over-claim by the group in the Government’s COVID-19 Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS).
*Photograph: Brian Arthur SANTA CLAUS and members of the All-Ireland winning Clare hurling team will be joined over 350 elves, Christmas characters and musicians in Bunratty village this Thursday night at 6.00pm for Ireland’s largest Christmas parade.
*The Shannon Shamrock. FOURTEEN years after the Shannon Shamrock in Bunratty closed its doors, the site is still sitting empty, with no clear plan for future development.
*The elves await the arrival of Santa Claus at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park on 28th November. Photograph: Brian Arthur. BUNRATTY will be home to Ireland’s largest Christmas parade and it will be transformed into a winter wonderland on Thursday November 28th.
L-R: Ian Jeffers, CEO, Co-operation Ireland; Kathy Coleman, IS Technical Support Officer, Clare County Council; Bernadette Haugh, SEO Rural Development, Clare County Council; Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach, Clare County Council; Tom Dowling, Chairperson, Pride of Place; Kris Claes, Lisdoonvarna Fáilte; John Hogan, Chair, IPB Insurance LISDOONVARNA Fáilte has won the Inclusive Communities Category at the …
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Monsters, Misfits and Mayhem’ will descend on Bunratty Castle & Folk Park from Saturday October 26th to Monday October 28th MONSTERS, Misfits and Mayhem’ will descend on Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this October Bank Holiday Weekend (October 26th-28th) as the Clare visitor attraction is transformed into a haunted Halloween village.
*Fr Harry Bohan speaks to Gardaí outside Feenagh Graveyard. Photograph: Joe Buckey PATRICK Nugent’s family are “quietly hopeful” of a breakthrough as they continue to fight for the truth to come out surrounding his death in February 1984.
