Controversial defeat for Clare’s minor footballers to Tipp
*Clare’s Conor Burke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s minor footballers fell to their first defeat of 2025 but in the most controversial circumstances.
Day: 28 April 2025
Kelly loss ‘a setback’ but not an excuse for Clare says Lohan
*Clare manager, Brian Lohan. TONY Kelly’s loss through illness was a massive blow to Clare’s senior hurlers but it wasn’t an excuse for their eight point loss, manager Brian Lohan said.
Ennis garden centre burglar who left of trail of compost to his door jailed for six months
*The burglary took place at Vaughan’s Garden Centre in February. A BURGLAR who fled an Ennis garden centre with a trolley full of stolen shrubs and flowers and left a trail of compost behind him to lead Gardaí to the man’s home nearby has been jailed for six months.
Chemifloc’s Shannon expansion plans hit stumbling block
*Chemifloc. CHEMIFLOC have had plans for a major expansion in their Shannon facility stalled by Clare County Council.
‘Sometimes I wonder do we have anything else to talk about’ – traffic calming stuck on the agenda in East Clare
*Cllr Pat Burke (FG). Photograph: Martin Connolly “SOMETIMES I wonder do we have anything else to talk about,” remarked Cllr Pat Burke (FG) at the latest sitting of the Killaloe Municipal District.
‘We have to go to Tipp with a real focus’ – Hayes & minors braced for Premier battle
*Clare’s minor footballers. Photograph: James Downes DESPITE SUCCESSIVE wins, Clare minor footballers still have it all to play for in the final round of phase one of the Munster championship.