Shannon Harbour

The past week has seen catastrophic flooding around the country, and the river Shannon has been especially devastating to its neighbours. One of them is Shannonbridge dairy farmer John Claffey, the secretary of the Shannon Flood Committee in the IFA.

A farmer who was forced from his home by flood waters now expects to spend Christmas alone in a small caravan in Co Offaly. Drystock farmer Paddy Towey, 61, was forced from his home in Shannon Harbour by floodwater on Sunday. “It came on to the road ...

After the high levels of rainfall carried by Storm Desmond, further rainfall and wind warnings have been issued by Met Éireann, leading to an alert of severe flooding along parts of the River Shannon. The Office of Public Works (OPW) Hydrometric ...

Recurring flood problems impacting on thousands of farmers and householders in the Shannon Callows area will be the focus of a public consultation day by the Office of Public Works (OPW) next week. The consultation day – at the Shannon Harbour ...

1 HISTORIC SITE: Clonony Castle, complete with resident ghost, was given by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn's father. When American ballerina Rebecca Armstrong Black set eyes on the ruined 15th century Clonony Castle near Shannon Harbour, it was love at ...

We also own a B+B down the road at Shannon Harbour for the past 14 years." Beef: "We keep 82 British Friesians. We have a 12 unit milking parlour. It's a hectic time on the farm at the moment - 50 of the cows have calved in the past 14 days." Calving ...