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THIS Saturday will see a local Heritage Week event, with the launch of the Hastings Farmhouse Restoration Project, from 3-5.30pm. Hastings Farmhouse (which is between the Crematorium and Illaunmanagh Cemetery) is the last remnant of 19th Century farming landscape in the Tullyvarraga area. Its remaining walls were conserved by Dúchas na Sionna in 2012, and it is now hoped to fully restore the house and outbuilding for use as a heritage centre, community venue and exhibition space. The restoration is a collaborative project between Dúchas na Sionna and the Shannon Archaeological & Historical Society with assistance from Clare County Council, the Clare Local Development Company, the Heritage Council and the Built Heritage Fund, Saturday will launch phase one of the project, which will see the completion of a conservation plan, feasibility study, architectural survey and the consolidation of the existing walls in advance of the proposed restoration. It will be launched by Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council PJ Ryan and …

PLANS are being made for a new 50-unit housing development at Tullyvarraga, Shannon. With the property market recovering for some time now, developer John Walsh believes prices are going to increase, making such developments sustainable once again. “I hope to have planning there within 12 months and it should be ripe after that. We would start developing some time in the middle of next year.” He plans to put a total of 50 residential dwellings in place, 10 detached, 24 semi-detached and 16 apartments. While he feels current prices are generally not high enough to justify new building, he feels this will change. He also has an idea of what properties at the Tullyvarraga site should reach when they are eventually built. “There is still probably a bit left in the market for it to reach a sustainable building level. Prices for a three-bed semi at €210,000 or €215,000 would be rock-bottom. That’s the level it would need to be …