Do ye not have UPC?

Why the red thumbs? I wasn’t been smart, upc is only 12 miles away in Limerick, in fact it’s less than that because the Western suburbs of Limerick are only 8 miles fron Shannon and they have upc. I just cannot believe that Shannon hasn’t got 150mps broadband, why wasn’t this mentioned in this great plan?

i have fiber optic in my house Julian

Me too!!

so Mick why is it you don’t want them to improve the town in which you live?

I wont be there for much longer!!!

Nonsense. Shannon was never “forgotten”. It had some of the best access infrastructure in Ireland at a time when nowhere else in Ireland had a dual carriageway. The airport itself was supported by an enforced stopover, and it also had the world’s first tax free industrial zone.

Shannon has one of the largest densities of Multi-nationals in the state. The town itself was forgotten about, no doubt.

Shannon had the potential to be a great town when it was created in the sixties, but in that, the government failed miserably. I’ve lived here for the past ten years and can only say that apart from its community spirit, Shannon is nothing more than an oversized housing estate with a very poor infrastructure. They should have at least provided a proper centre, but instead threw out what as far as I can see is the only privatised town centre in the country, taking the form of a small shopping centre. No streets, no lanes, nothing but a badly run mall called SkyCourt.

Dave your comment lost all credibility when you used the words “had” and “was”-proving the point that shannon Is a forgotten town

Clares worst town is better than Dublins best. And I’m a Jackeen

Do you perhaps live in Dublin.

It is the Milton Keynes of Ireland, only more bleak and depressing. The “new town” experiments of the 1960’s generally have not faired well

Oh, so anybody with a negative view of Shannon must be from Dublin. Wow. Shannon is a safe town, decent enough place to live, but it’s a typical new town with not a lot to do. Sorry if that’s so gravely offensive. And yes, I do live in Dublin, but used to live in Shannon!

The Milton Keynes of Ireland…ha so true!

It is holio, unforgettable! Is Shannon knights still going??

Tis indeed

Though I believe they changed the name to evolution or some such, never heard anyone call it that though.

No Paul. The Premier of China went to Shannon because its economic plan and development history was the model that the Chinese used to plan for the development of Shanghai in the 80′s.

This is a good thing to see, people thinking outside the box, upselling etc. Getting off their arses. The whiners will still be just sucking lemons either way.

there is close to 10,000 people living in Shannon I think that might qualify it as a town… although I must admit there isn’t near enough amenities or attractions in the town which is why this is great news for the people of Shannon and surrounding areas.

sorry 2nd comment was incorrect and I had pressed send by accident (cant figure out how to delete it)

Good craic the first time,then a repitition of the exact same shannon people.yawn

Like every club in a town that size

Any evidence whatsoever to support this impending boom in limerick? I thought it was the opposite down those parts

The DAA’s mitts are off The mid-west, for 30 years they, in one guise or another tried to destroy Shannon Airport and the mid-west.

Within 10 years there will be over 20,000 jobs created in the Limerick/Shannon area, 1600 of which have been announced already, 800 in Shannon Airport and 800 in Castletroy and Raheen. We know that for every one person in a job, 2 to 3 more are created to support that job.

Limerick will soon have one Council which will put that Council in a strong bargaining position when dealing with those who tried told us back for years.

There will be full employment in the mid-west within 10 years.

The future of Limerick is secure, our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

You really believe the separation from the DAA will be a catalyst for this kind of growth? Fair play to you, I genuinely admire your optimism. It’s a welcome break from the usual misery peddling that goes on here

If every job created 2 to 3 spin off jobs then surely the world would only need 1 job followed by exponential growth in supporting jobs to create global full employment by that logic AJ :)

@ Conor

Conor I meant to say every multinational or major factory job creates 2-3 spin off jobs. This is proven the worl over, take Dell for instance, when they laid off 1900 workers in Limerick over 8,000 jobs were lost in the mid-west.

First off, as a proud Clare man I am blessed with the fact that I have an international airport at my doorstep. I have traveled the world extensively and have never had to use Dublin or Cork to start my journey. Shannon – a fine piece of Clare infrastructure indeed.

And it will be Shannon Development (HQ in Shannon Co. Clare) that will drive the future of the Shannon region, not Limerick County Councillors who have their own headaches to contend with. Look around Limerick, most of the industrial zones are Shannon Development owned.

Its thanks to the great vision of a great Clare man – Dr Brendan O’Regan that it developed the way it did. And I thank Clare TDs Joe Carey, Pat Breen and Michael McNamara for at least taking swift action on the Shannon independence issue so quickly into their term – unlike Limerick TD (and former minister) – Willie O’Dea who had 15 years and couldn’t have cared less about the issue.

Up the Banner!

@ Harry Coffee
Your parochialism is the very thing that needs to be destroyed if this Country is to be a success story. Shannon Airport is not about you, or County Clare, It’s about the Mid-West and the Shannon Region.

Have a look at my post above about parochialism.

Maybe you should check your later post (the one I’m am refering to now) for contradictions. You label and attack two other areas of the country and make out like Limerick is the centre of the universe in the process. And I’m not been parochial, just stating the fact that as an Ennis man I am proud to have a international airport where I can access the rest of the world – nothing wrong with a bit of pride in ones own neighbourhood. I was also stating other facts, both in reality and historically. Yes it is about the mid west. We have a local governement body for it called the Mid West Regional Authority. And I know how much you would love to extend Limerick city boundaries into Clare – but that aint going to happen mate. This is a democracy we live in, and people are entitled to keep their identity.

Identity …LMAO….Clare has no identity, it’s named after an English mass murderer, before that it was part of the Kingdom of Thomond, which had it’s seat of power in Limerick.

There are no Clare people under the age of 25, 90% born in Limerick, 10% born in Galway. The Clare hurling team is in fact the Limerick B team.

It was Limerick people who kept West Clare and East Clare going and prevented ye from starving.

I never said Limerick was the centre of the universe and I never attacked or labelled any other part of the Country.

No maternity hospital in Clare County. Closed down in 1987.

So? And…?

“Limerick is full of murderers and delinquent children” That’s exactly how I know that I’ve won the argument with you, you have to lower yourself to prejudice hatred. Up the banner county indeed, if it wasn’t for Limerick ye’d be nothing.

You were probably born in Limerick yourself.
Limerick kept West Clare alive for over a hundred and fifty years.
Limerick fed the starving people of East Clare during and after the great hunger
Limerick fought tooth and nail for Shannon Airport and had some of the biggest demonstrations in the state for that Airport.
Limerick all but built that Airport

Clare gave Limerick nothing,
Clare never helped Limerick even when we were been attacked everyday by the Dublin and Cork media.
Clare sided with Dublin and Cork against Limerick
Clare was once part of Limerick
Actually scrap the first line……………..Clare gave us prejudiced people like you.

Youre only a filthy troll – so your irrelevant arguement is invalid.

I was born in Clare before the maternity hosptital was closed. “That’s exactly how I know that I’ve won the argument with you”, you might want to reconsider that statement seeing as you started launching a tirade against Clare, Dublin and Cork for no good reason.

About the famine – WTF like? You sound like some sort of fundamentalist the way youre going on about history.

Chances are then that you have Limerick children or at least Limerick nephews and nieces. LMAO…you look at them knowing that they were born in Limerick, must be heartbreaking for you. You look at your neighbours Limerick children and say to yourself, “sure they were born in Limerick too”.

Clare people use Limerick Creches, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, theaters, restaurants, cinemas, hospitals, In fact, ye are Limerick people…….you troll…now go troll somewhere else and don’t be annoying me.

Take a good look at Ennis before you abuse Limerick, I worked in Ennis, I know all about the place.

Shannon Airport – A Clare Airport. Always has and always will.

I’l get my coat.