A Sinn Féin Senator has said that successive Irish governments should reflect on how their betrayal of Irish neutrality, through facilitating the use of Shannon Airport by US Military, has contributed to the 20-year war of occupation of Afghanistan.
An executive jet carried out a low-level fly past over the runway at Shannon Airport this afternoon so ground crews could check whether there was an issue with the aircraft’s landing gear.
Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara says the concession by senior Department of Agriculture officials that the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme, announced by Government last week, is to be reviewed will come as a relief to many suckler farmers.
Composer Fiona Linnane and photographer Claire O'Rorke present an evocative exhibition inspired by the holy wells of the Burren for National Heritage Week.