OVER the years Aer Lingus have often been unpopular at Shannon but few in this region wanted Ryanair’s take-over bid to succeed. The EU Commission prohibition of it last Wednesday was something local interests had hoped for.
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TDs to be kept in council loop
CALLS for Ennis Town Council to refuse to accept representations by Oireachtas members have been rejected by the local authority.
Read More »Room take-up well below national average
OCCUPANCY levels in hotels and guesthouses in the Shannon Region are lagging behind other parts of the country, according to figures from the Irish Hotels Federation.
Read More »Ashford Court Hotel fetches €305,000 at distressed property auction
THE Ashford Court Hotel, a 27-bedroom boutique hotel in Ennis, realised €305,000 at the Allsops distressed property auction in Dublin last Friday.
Read More »Useful scapegoat in the guise of the Troika
YOU could be forgiven for thinking this Government is composed of robots or puppets – machines that will perform functions that they are ordered to do by their masters. But then the masters of this Government are supposed to be the people and whatever else they are doing the Government is not carrying out the will of the people who elected them.
Read More »Shannon Airport’s new board
EDITORIALNEW people with new ideas and highly experienced in their respective fields, have been appointment to the board of Shannon Airport Authority (SAA). It’s an important step, a key moment, as the airport enjoys its third month of independence.
Read More »The incarcerated Catholic
THE Pope, the spiritual leader of the world’s one billion Catholics, resigned recently. It’s interesting because he is the first of his kind to do so in 600 years. It’s more interesting in what the announcement reveals about Ireland as a nation.
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