*Clare manager, Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A BIG LIFT in performance is needed and a reduction in the amount of mistakes from Clare if they’re to upset Down in Newry on Sunday, Banner boss Mark Fitzgerald has maintained.
*The court sitting took place in Tralee. A CLARE man with 82 previous convictions who made threats to kill or cause serious harm to another man during a burglary in Tralee last September has been sent to prison for two-and-a-half years.
*Máire Ní Mhurchú, Chair of the ISCF speaking at last week’s Visit Clare Tourism Networking event in The Inn At Dromoland. Photo Eamon Ward. ECONOMIC value of short-term lets across a 32 week tourism season in Co Clare has been calculated at €4.8m.
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
*Senator Martin Conway pictured with Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar while campaigning in Dublin in 2021. CLARE SENATOR, Martin Conway (FG) has backed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris (FG) to become the next Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael.