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SHANNON Airport has a value of €35 million according to a document that has been filed with the Companies Office.

NO-one was injured in an incident involving an Aer Arann plane landing at Shannon in July 2011 but the aircraft had to be written off, so serious was the damage to it.

DROMOLAND Castle Holdings Limited this week revealed it recorded sales revenues of €13.7 million last year.

THE potential for ‘piggy-backing’ the creation of public walkways along the River Fergus on the town’s current flood defences works was raised at a meeting of Ennis councillors this week.  

EDITORIAL CLARE Local Development Company (CLDC) celebrated its 21st anniversary in fine style this week with a major showcase exhibition in Ennis. The Banner Rising event at the West County Hotel featured more than 120 stands from small companies and community enterprise schemes assisted by CLDC over the years.

I have been listening to both sides of the argument over the past week on the question of abolishing Seanad Éireann. The Taoiseach, as you know, has promised to hold a referendum on the issue in the autumn. I didn’t hear anybody come out in favour of retaining the Seanad in its present form. That’s because those who favour retaining the Seanad know full well that unless they can come up with radical plans for reform, the Upper House is doomed.

INDUSTRIAL strife stalks the landscape in Ireland at the moment. At the time of writing, Bus Éireann drivers have suspended industrial action temporarily and members of teaching unions are engaged in a ballot on potential industrial action from September. All in all, it’s not a good time to be a worker. And yet, of course, it’s most certainly not a good time to be unemployed. Unless you are a highly paid employee in a lucrative wing of the private sector, it’s probably not a good time to be in Ireland at all.

THE Government has granted a foreshore licence to a wave energy developer for site investigation works along the West Clare coast.