This article is from page 1 of the 2007-10-02 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
CLARE raised the banners again last week as its citizens took to the streets of the county town and capital city hoping to have their voices heard.
On Wednesday, hundreds travelled to Leinster House to urge the Gov- ernment to keep the Shannon-Heath- row link open.
On Thursday, there was a “devas- tating blow” to the county with the announcement that 178 manufactur-
ing jobs were to be lost at the Tyco electronics plant in Shannon spark- ing fear of “a haemorrhaging of the sector in the mid-west”.
On Saturday, almost 5,000 people marched through Ennis demanding that 24-hour consultant led accident and emergency services be retained at the General Hospital.