A pony and cart is one of the items for auction in a bid to raise finance for a Shannon community centre.
For the past three months fundraising for a community cenre in Shannon has been underway. Eddie Ryan from Shannon Youth Activity Centre explains, an auction was seen as a good way to bring in money to build a civic and recreation hub for Ireland's newest town which has,
An extremely fast growing young population.
A third of items for sale were donated free of charge and the remainder have reserve prices. Anything above the reserve will go into the Shannon community centre fund.
Sales are conducted by auctioneer Michael Fitzpatrick who agreed to waive his usual fee for this community event.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 25 January 1985. The reporter is Michael Walsh.
