On A Clare Day Down Through History - Oct 18-23

Features - On A Clare Day

Monday, 18 October 2010 00:04

18 October, 2000 – Hundreds of passengers are stranded at Shannon Airport as Aer Lingus grounds planes in the worst strike to hit the airline in 20 years

19 October, 1999 - On the first day of their historic industrial action, Clare nurses join thousands of their striking colleagues on the picket lines
20 October, 1881 - The Land League is outlawed
20 October, 2009 - The General Manager of Element Six in Shannon, Mr Ken Sullivan, announce that the company has accepted the Labour Court recommendation in relation to the company’s Shannon Sustainability Plan in full
20 October, 2002 - Clare votes Yes to the Nice Treaty
21 October, 1929 - The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme (left) in Ardnacrusha is handed over to the ESB (Electricity Supply Board), bringing electricity to Galway and Dublin.
22 October, 2003 - Anthony Daly is appointed manager of the Clare senior hurling team
23 October, 2001 - The Government announces it will sell off one-third of Aer Lingus at a knock-down price in order to fund a drastic rescue plan for the airline
23 October, 2008 - Microsemi announces 185 new jobs in Ennis
24 October, 1998 - Players and officials from the Wolfe Tones and Ogonnelloe clubs agree to the Clare County Board directive that their hurling quarter-final be replayed. Although Wolfe Tones won the match, Ogonnelloe members felt aggrieved that almost 10 minutes of injury time was played