Day: 21 July 2023

Clare must develop gameplan centred around our skilled forwards for 2024

*Shane O’Donnell latches onto possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill 2023 was another rollercoaster year for Clare hurlers. After a home loss to Tipperary, it looked as though we may struggle to qualify as one of the three to progress from Munster. However, our players showed resilience and a lot of quality to end up topping the …

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‘Soccer is a great way to welcome people into the community’

*Denis Hynes. Photograph: Arthur Ellis NEWMARKET Celtic showcased the highest level of local soccer in Clare, winning the FAI Junior Cup and contesting the Munster Junior Cup final but Clare’s FAI Football Development Officer, Denis Hynes, says that he gets equal satisfaction from seeing more young people than ever get the opportunity to play the …

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Contracts signed for One Shannon Hub but Flynn hits out at ‘spending of public money to prop up private entrepreneurs’

*Chair of the Shannon MD, Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) leads a site visit of the One Shannon Hub with Linda Earlie, Town Regeneration Officer, Clare County Council, Mayor of Clare, Cllr Joe Cooney (FG), Michael Mullen, BDP; Tom McNamara and Partners, Amanda Doyle and Shannon MD SEO, Anne Griffin. Photograph: Eamon Ward CONTRACTS HAVE been …

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Derby duel requires champions Ballyea to hit the ground running

*Ballyea’s talisman, Tony Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill While their second successive Canon Hamilton trophy success last October was a historic breakthrough for Ballyea, one would have to search back half a century to find the last time that a Clare club managed to garner a three-in-a-row of county senior crowns.