MEP for Ireland South and leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán Kelly, has welcomed a group of Transition Year students from Ireland South to the European Parliament in Brussels this week.

Ireland’s only Member of the European Parliament’s Working Group on the bi-annual Clock Change, has called on colleagues to support the proposal to scrap the clock change when Parliament votes on the issue in Strasbourg this week.

Shannon Airport has become the first airport in Europe to have facial recognition technology introduced for U.S. preclearance.

As many as seven west Clare coastal community projects will benefit by more than €105,000 in funding, according to Minister for Trade, Business & Employment, EU Digital Single Market & Data Protection Pat Breen.

A new funding scheme for community and cultural organisations interested in short-term town twinning projects has been announced.

In October and November Rotary Club of Ennis will again join with Rotary Clubs from all 32 counties to sponsor the Youth Leadership Development Competition.

A delegation from Ennis Community College is in Italy this week to take part in a meeting of European educators working to develop new methods for the integration of technology in secondary education.