Shannon Heritage workers say they won’t be able to breathe easily, until the dotted line is signed on a proposed government funding package aimed at facilitating the takeover of Clare assets by the local authority. The Council is expected to approve a €6m deal facilitating the transfer of Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Knappogue Castle, […]
Shannon Heritage workers say they’re ‘shocked, saddened and disappointed’ at a breakdown in talks aimed at transferring the sites’ management to the local authority. Clare County Council’s said it ‘cannot proceed’ with the proposed takeover of Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, Knappogue Castle and Craggaunowen without what it describes as ‘real and meaningful’ support from […]
Hope has been expressed that an agreement can be reached to facilitate the transfer of the operation of Shannon Heritage sites to the local authority before Christmas. Clare County Council says it “can’t proceed” with the proposed takeover of Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Knappogue Castle and Craggaunowen, citing ‘ongoing uncertainty’ on details surrounding the […]
The Shannon Airport Group insists it has “done everything required” of them to facilitate the transfer of its three Clare heritage sites to the local authority. It comes as workers at the sites are staging a walkout protest in Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this lunchtime at what they say is a lack of progress […]
Workers at Clare’s Shannon Heritage sites are calling for clarity, after it emerged the Shannon Airport Group ‘contests’ the amount of funding requires for the facilities to be transferred to the local authority. A briefing to the Taoiseach’s office on the matter obtained by Clare FM shows the Department of Transport is also in disagreement […]