A CREATIVE space has been created within a Shannon factory to engage the creative instincts of employees, customers, suppliers and the public.

ENNIS Street Festival takes place this weekend and there will be plenty to explore with everything from art projects to aerial displays, book launches to theatre performances and puppet shows to concerts taking place over the three days.

The InternshipDIRECTED BY: Shaun LevySTARRING: Vince Vaughn, OwenWilson, Rose ByrneCERT: 12A Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Wilson) are successful watch salesmen. When their boss (John Goodman) informs them their services are no longer required – the watch, apparently, has been relegated to history by the smart phone – the boys find themselves in the employment wilderness.

Wreck It Ralph will make you cry.

SHANNON’S Sylvia Gaffney is no longer afraid of a mouse – a computer mouse that is. Sylvia was among a number of family carers presented with certificates by Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte in Ennis this week after completing a Caring for Carers course in information technology skills.

Jean Kennedy Smith was at Shannon Airport last week as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of President John F Kennedy’s visit, writes Dan Danaher

SHE has won RTÉ’s Supergarden competition, as well as a silver medal at Dublin Bloom with her innovative garden designs but when it comes to her own garden in Bunratty, Lisa McKnight admits “I just can’t find enough time”.

A WEST Clare construction firm has played a key role in the redevelopment of one of the Mid-West’s top tourist attractions, King John’s Castle in Limerick, which reopened last week following a €5.7 million redevelopment.