FBD Connacht League: Mayo 1-13 NUI Galway 1-11

The rebranding, relocation and other costs associated with the restructuring of Shannon Development total €1m, new figures show.

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Galway 1-14 Cork 1-11

Galway 1-14 Cork 1-11

Kildare 2-05 Galway 2-10

Galway 2-10 Kildare 2-5

It was a long journey west for Mayo from Newbridge after they were annihilated by the hosts by 41 points.

Pre-tax losses at Shannon Development last year narrowed by 27% to €11.9m as the property crash continued to impact on the agency’s finances.

Shannon Development’s cash loss fell significantly last year and the agency is aiming for a break-even position in 2013.

Shannon Development reported a net loss of 174 jobs in the Shannon Free Zone last year.

Shannon Development wants an ownership and operational role in the new Shannon Airport structure.

The chief executive of Shannon Development said yesterday he has “no doubt that Chinese investment will come” to the Shannon Free Zone and Ireland based on the agency’s special relationship with China.

Plans to develop a multimillion-euro themed adventure park adjacent to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park are generating a lot of interest, according to the chief executive of Shannon Development.

The chief executive of Shannon Development called on all sides in the dispute on the development of a proposed €1bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to enter talks and reach a compromise solution.

THE removal of Shannon Airport from the control of the Dublin Airport Authority would allow the mid-west airport to finally realise its potential, it was claimed last night.

OF the 18 priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse in the diocese of Tuam since 1975, just two have been convicted.

PRE-TAX losses atsemi-state agency Shannon Development totalled €16.5 million last year as the company continued to be hit by the fallout from the collapse in the property market.

THE importance of the government’s strong stance on retaining the 12.5% corporate tax was further endorsed yesterday when Shannon Development reported that while last year 616 jobs were lost in the Shannon Free Zone (SFZ), there was no company closure.

THE chief executive of Shannon Development said yesterday he was confident that the Shannon Free Zone will record a net jobs gain this year after two years of net losses.

AN INSPIRED performance by Colm Egan, brother of Westlife’s Cian, was not enough for Sligo Grammar at the Sportsgrounds yesterday.

FOLLOWING Michael O’Leary’s latest broadside at Shannon and its dealings with his airline, a member of the airport authority yesterday invited the Ryanair boss to sit down and talk business.

FÁILTE Ireland and the Department of Tourism has approved €4.7 million for a major redevelopment of Limerick’s King John’s Castle. Shannon Development will allocate a further €1m.

A STRONG and vibrant Limerick city was essential for the rest of the region to do well in the jobs market and in attracting tourism, the chief executive of Shannon Development said yesterday.

A GRIM warning was issued yesterday that the downward spiral in the fortunes of Shannon Airport would continue unless corrective action is taken to broaden its business base.

ST MUNCHIN’S emerged with the narrowest of winners from an exciting Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup derby against Limerick rivals Crescent at Dooradoyle yesterday.

A BUSINESS Boot Camp will see 600 students from Kerry and Limerick put their ideas to the test in front of a panel of leading Irish entrepreneurs and business people, as part of the annual Young Entrepreneur Programme and Awards.

RUGBY legends Keith Wood and Peter Clohessy yesterday signed up to become Ireland’s first sports ambassadors.

THE head of Shannon Development – whose main tasks include jobs promotion in Shannon Free Zone and tourism in the mid-west – said yesterday that the organisation should not be on Bord Snip’s radar as it was self-financing.

The body of a shopaholic pensioner was discovered among a mountain of her purchases, it emerged yesterday.

SHANNON Development got a strong endorsement yesterday from Tánaiste Mary Coughlan as swingeing budget cuts loom in the state sector.

A CAMPAIGN to breathe new life into Tralee town centre has been boosted by a decision to grant planning permission for a 900-square metre extension to a shopping centre.

A KERRY County Council decision to refuse planning permission for a mobile phone mast along one of the country’s main tourist routes has been overturned by An Bord Pleanala.

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BARRY CUNNANE was not a good man, he was the best, mourners at the funeral of the murdered 27-year-old actor heard yesterday.

THE BODY of an Irishman shot dead as he walked along a street in Chicago was flown home yesterday morning ahead of a funeral service in his local South Dublin church tomorrow.

CHICAGO police have denied media reports that detectives investigating the murder of an Irish actor in the city last weekend had arrested a suspect.

Police in the United States are investigating the murder of a 27-year-old Irishman in Chicago on Saturday morning.

UNITED STATES police have launched a murder investigation following the cold-blooded shooting of a Dublin man, who moved to Chicago six years ago to make his name as an actor.

A 27-year-old aspiring Irish actor was shot in the head in a seemingly random attack in Chicago, police said.

THOUSANDS of jobs won't be filled in the IT sector because many of our brightest students find computer studies boring, a software expert said yesterday.