A protest will take place today in Co Clare as the local authority closes a ‘lifeline’ bridge for repair works leaving a village at risk of having its business destroyed.

One of the most influential figures in world aviation today, Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG) will visit Shannon on Friday, 24 November to give the keynote address at Shannon Chamber’s President’s lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel.

In the twenty-one years since it first opened its doors, Shannon Chamber has become an intrinsic part of the business community in the greater Shannon area and has expanded both its membership base and its staff complement.

An Irish start-up company has won the European Commission prize at the 14th European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC).

Fifteen new jobs have been announced by Ennis-based company CupPrint which produces new Eco-Friendly products.

Key representatives of State, Local Government, tourism, academic, environmental and farming organisations from all over Ireland and Europe will gather in County Clare next week for a major international conference at the Falls Hotel & Spa, Ennistymon.

The draft National Planning Framework (NPF) not only fails to deliver the much heralded move away from ‘business as usual’ but will, in fact, entrench the existing economic imbalance on the island.

The Lough Derg Marketing Group held a very successful networking breakfast recently which was well attended with tourism providers from the Lough Derg region.