Strong finish helps Whitegate edge Bodyke in thriller
*Whitegate’s Conor Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. EAST Clare sides Whitegate and Bodyke produced a cracking TUS intermediate hurling championship round three re-fixture on Tuesday evening.
Day: 2 September 2025
Collisions on course following senior, intermediate & junior football quarter-final draws
*Éire Óg’s Gavin Murray in action during their 2023 win over St Joseph’s Miltown. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUARTER-FINAL pairings have been made for the Clare senior, intermediate and junior football championships.
‘We don’t want freebies, we want what we’re entitled to’ – school secretaries & caretakers seek pension parity
*Pamela McCarthy (fifth from right) with her teaching colleagues on the picket line at Scoil Chríost Rí, Cloughleigh. SCHOOL SECRETARIES and caretakers are not looking for freebies and want to return to the job they love but are pleading for the Government to support them, an Ennis woman has said.
Shannon Airport giving away 80 flights during month of September
Sarah Slattery, The Travel Expert, and Vanessa McTigue, Commercial Director of The Shannon Airport Group launch the Shannon Airport “Ready, Jet, Go” mega giveaway which runs from 4th to 30th September, celebrating 80 years of transatlantic flight. TO MARK the eightieth anniversary of the first scheduled commercial transatlantic passenger flight landing at Shannon Airport, a …
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‘We won’t be afraid of anyone’ – excitement building in Ennistymon for Clare SFC quarter-finals
*Joey Rouine of Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON “won’t be afraid of anyone” when it comes to Tuesday evening’s quarter-final draw.
Coolmeen claim last Clare IFC quarter-final spot with dramatic finish
*Coolmeen’s Aidan Corry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SUBSTITUTE BEN Cleary netted the all-important goal to help Coolmeen claim the last of the quarter-final places in the TUS Clare intermediate football championship.
Sheaf throwing competition part of the Traditional Harvest Day offering in Bunratty
BUNRATTY CASTLE will host a sheaf throwing competition as part of its long running Traditional Harvest Day event.
Doora/Barefield ‘have to get better at holding onto leads’
*James Curran in action with Podge Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’S Doora/Barefield are using the gap between round three and the Clare SFC quarter-finals to get injuries right with the possibility of Tom Curran lining out in the knockout stages said to be “fifty fifty”.
Clarinbridge & Marconi Men’s Shed in Clifden represent Galway in Pride of Place awards
GALWAY’S nominations for the 2025 IPB Pride of Place Awards have been selected with Clarinbridge and Clifden flying the flag.