2030 targeted completion date for €40m Shannon Town & environs flood relief scheme
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN’s flood defences scheme is currently at the environmental and design stage.
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Mid-West presents bid to host World Rally Championship
The Mid-West Region’s bid to host the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2025 will be presented to officials from the WRC Promoters and Motorsport Ireland at Limerick Racecourse this Thursday. The Patrickswell venue has been put forward by the Limerick Motor Club in association with the Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau as the base …
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2023 Clare news year in review
*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.
Domino’s dish out free pizzas to Shannon Airport staff to mark opening of new Shannon store
Keith McInerney, Airport Police and Fire Service with Muhammad Akhlaq, Dominos Pizza Shannon. Pic Arthur Ellis. UNSUNG heroes at Shannon Airport are receiving pizzas every week in December and January from Domino’s which recently opened a new store in Shannon Town.
Shannon Airport allocated €7.1m in Regional Airports Programme
SHANNON AIRPORT is to receive an allocation of €7.172m in the Regional Airports Programme.
Lifting passenger cap at Dublin Airport would be ‘illogical’
*Photograph: Joe Buckley ALLOWING DUBLIN Airport to lift its passenger cap by 8 million would be “illogical,” a Clare councillor has stated.
Winners announced for #BuyLocalFlyLocal campaign
*Sheila Lynch and Nandi O’Sullivan. OVER 40 businesses in Ennis town participated in the #BuyLocalFlyLocal campaign delivered by Ennis Chamber and the Shannon Airport Group.
Souvenir booklet continues efforts to honour Brendan O’Regan’s legacy
Karen Ievers, Tim Crowe, Michael McNamara, David Deighan, Paddy Higgins, Mayor of Clare, Cllr Joe Cooney, , Louis Fay,St Francis Credit Union, sponsors of the book, and John O’Brien at its official launch. Photograph: John O’Brien A SOUVENIR book honouring one of Clare’s greatest visionaries has been launched by Sixmilebridge Historical Society.
Halls are decked as festive spirit fills Shannon Airport
*Students and staff from St John’s NS in Shannon Airport. Photograph: Joe Buckley AS IT PREPARES for its busiest Christmas in fourteen years, Shannon Airport is spreading the festive cheer.
Shannon Free Zone was the precursor to changing Ireland’s economic model – Minister McGrath
Michael McGrath TD, Minister for Finance pictured at Shannon Chamber President’s lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel with (l-r): Kevin Thompstone, director, Shannon Chamber; Senator Timmy Dooley; Eoin Gavin, president, Shannon Chamber; Barry O’Sullivan, chair, Shannon Estuary Economic Task Force; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; and Cathal Crowe TD. Photo by Eamon Ward. SHANNON’s Free Zone …
