The Department of Transport says ‘engagement is continuing’ between Shannon Heritage and Clare County Council on the transfer of the management of its sites.
Negotiations between the two and the Government on the operation of Knappgoue Castle, Craggaunowen and Bunratty Castle & Folk Park have been ongoing since February.
Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton has told the Oireachtas that a working group on the matter has now met three times, and ‘identified a number of ways to support a transfer’.
Sixmilebridge-based Independent Councillor PJ Ryan believes the delay in securing the funding necessary to facilitate the transition is a consequence of the fact that Clare doesn’t have a minster at the Cabinet table.
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