Forty jobs are set to be created by an indigenous food firm after it secured planning permission for a commercial development in the tourist village of Bunratty.

The tourism firm that operates a host of high-profile tourist attractions, including Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, expects to break even this year after four years of combined losses totalling almost €700,000.

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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 tourism firm Shannon Heritage confirmed yesterday that he is hopeful of the firm recording a net profit in 2012 after moving towards a breakeven position last year.

ST PATRICK may have banished snakes from Ireland – but they are set to return to Bunratty Folk Park his national feast day.

THERE will be no school holiday this St Patrick’s Day for students at a village school in Bunratty.

The heads of the Belgian royal family today began a busy three-day state visit to Ireland which included several joint and separate engagements.

THE 150 competitors taking part in the Wold Down Syndrome Swimming Championships took a break from the pool yesterday to dive into the Ireland of the past.

A THREE-YEAR slide in industrial job numbers in the Mid-West was halted in 2004, according to Shannon Development's annual report, published yesterday.