Shannon

SPEAKING to The Clare Champion at Shannon this week, Senator Tony Mulcahy said while many of the units at the industrial estate could be knocked down at this stage, he feels a new dawn is about to break and there are positive jobs announcements coming.  

SHANNON parish has just launched a Facebook page this week and a webcam will be installed in Ss John and Paul Church in the coming weeks, possibly before Christmas.

IN November 1972, Wolfe Tones celebrated winning the club’s first title, that year’s junior football championship and on Saturday, there will be a reunion at the Goalpost for all involved in the triumph.

THE Shannon St Vincent de Paul annual appeal is taking place at SkyCourt this Thursday and Friday, as the charity gears up for the busy Christmas period.

WHILE there have been problems with illegal parking along Bealach Brí for some time, Clare County Council doesn’t currently have the resources to carry out the works it feels are necessary.

THERE are currently nine vacant social housing units in Shannon, according to a report at last week’s meeting of the town council.

MINISTER Phil Hogan’s ears must have been burning on Tuesday evening as Shannon town councillors criticised his decision to abolish town councils.

BUSINESSES in Shannon are paying multiples of the commercial rates of similar operations in Nenagh, this week’s meeting of Shannon Town Council heard.