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OCT 6 2022
IT’S A HARTY PARTY
Government to Council: Go fund yourself! Shannon Heritage future up in air
PÁRAIC McMAHON
paraic@clareecho.ie
l L-R Teachers Ciara Grogan, Eimear Donnellan, Lorraine McInerney, Juliet Coman, Principal, Rita Forrestal and Ciara Walsh, during the St Josephs Secondary School Tulla Harty Cup winning teams medal presentation evening at Hotel Woodstock on Friday Photo by Arthur Ellis
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WNERSHIP of Shannon Heritage’s four Clare sites is no closer to a conclusion with Clare County Council now threatening to walk away from the table.
€15m in Government funding had been sought by the Council to secure the deal however a notable absence of Government funding in the Budget has served as an enormous setback to the Council’s bid. Senior officials are now set to walk away from the project with the only alternative for the local authority to take out a multi-million euro loan. Full story pg 8