Bridge bounce back to winning ways in Premier Division
*Photograph: Joe Buckley. BRIDGE United recovered from their Clare Cup semi-final exit over the weekend to cruise to victory over Lifford in the CDSL Maloney Hardware Premier Division.
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Newmarket don’t spare an Inch as they put nine goals past Crusaders
*Eoin Hayes leads the way for Newmarket Celtic. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET Celtic picked up their third CDSL Premier Division win in succession with a facile victory over Inch Crusaders.
Avenue Utd stay top of Premier Division & end Tulla Utd’s league title aspirations
*Nnabuike Nneji was among the scorers for Avenue Utd. Photograph: Joe Buckley AVENUE UTD ended Tulla’s chances of winning a first Premier Division title while also keeping themselves at the top of the table.
75 year old Lissycasey man accused of trying to smuggle 22 year old woman into State returned for trial
*Roger Bishop. A 75-year old Lissycasey man accused of providing a fraudulent French ID card to a 22-year old woman he met online in order to assist her to gain illegal entry into Ireland last year has been returned for trial.
Cooraclare man declared hostile witness after refusal to give evidence against neighbour in drink driving case
*Cooraclare. Photograph: Shane Lorigan. A GARDA inspector declared a Cooraclare man a hostile witness in a case where his ‘over the drink-driving limit’ neighbour wrote off his car in a late night road traffic accident.
Ennis teen pleads guilty to ‘extraordinarily damaging’ machete assault
*Trevor Quinn. AN ENNIS teenager pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with a broad daylight machete attack that left his victim ‘3mm from death’ in the town.
Newmarket Celtic have no room for slip-ups – O’Brien
*Newmarket Celtic striker Tadhg Noonan leaves Fair Green Celtic’s Shane Browne behind. Photograph: Joe Buckley THERE’s no room for slip-ups in Clare junior soccer whether it is the beginning of the season or the crunch time of the year according to Newmarket Celtic manager, Eoin O’Brien.
44 new affordable homes to be delivered in Athenry
PLANS to deliver 44 new affordable homes in Athenry have been announced by Galway County Council.
Summer surge for Shannon Airport with 53k passengers over May Bank Holiday
SHANNON AIRPORT is to welcome over 53,000 passengers this May Bank Holiday.
‘Naive’ Cork teen tried to board US bound flight at Shannon Airport with friend’s passport
*US pre-clearance at Shannon Airport. A ‘naive’ Cork teenager tried to get through US Customs & Border controls at Shannon Airport to board a US-bound flight with a friend’s passport who “he looked a bit like”, a court has heard.