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Day: 2 June 2026

Inagh-Kilnamona GAA have lodged an application for a 5 year extension of the appropriate period of planning permission for a number of works at their Kilnamona pitch.

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THE 2025 U21A hurling champions had originally applied for several developments at their playing pitch located in the townlands of Shallee and Ballymongaun. One of the few senior hurling outfits west of Ennis, the club was formed by the amalgamation of the Inagh and Kilnamona hurling clubs at senior level in 2008, encouraged by multiple …

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€649,000 awarded to more than 30 Clare community groups under Community Climate Action Programme

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A TOTAL of €649,000 has been awarded to 36 community-based organisations across County Clare under Phase 2 of the Community Climate Action Programme, supporting locally led projects that respond directly to the challenges of climate change. Clare County Council, in partnership with the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, is supporting the delivery of …

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Nervy finish but winning start for Clare ladies

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*Fidelma Marrinan made her return to the Clare colours. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography  CLARE deservingly made a winning start to their All-Ireland intermediate ladies football campaign when they accounted for Wexford on Sunday afternoon.

Down bring an end to Clare’s minor campaign

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*Shane Cahill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill.  A SEASON in which they played fifteen matches, eight championship, five in the Leinster league and two challenges, ended in heart-breaking fashion for the Clare minor footballers on Saturday afternoon.

Historic Irish silver wine cooler from County Clare’s first professional policeman coming to auction

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A magnificent Irish silver wine cooler, presented to Major George Warburton in 1826 by the Constabulary offices of Connaught, is coming to auction at Bonhams in London next month. The piece, crafted by Dublin silversmith Edward Power, documents a pivotal moment in Irish policing history. Warburton was appointed chief magistrate in 1816 to command fifty …

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Clare Co Council legal spend on re-possessions more than doubles in 2025 to €52,530

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CLARE County Council last year more doubled its legal spend to €52,530 in its work in the courts seeking repossession of council homes from tenants. New figures provided by the Council show that the legal spend of €52,530 last year on repossessions follows a spend of €22,355 in 2024 under the same heading – a …

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€3.5 million invested into fire and rescue services across Clare

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A €3.5 MILLION investment by Clare County Council in the county’s Fire and Rescue Service marks a major step forward for emergency services in Clare, ensuring that communities continue to benefit from a highly capable, professional, and well-equipped Fire and Rescue Service. Aimed at strengthening emergency response capabilities, improving firefighter safety, and enhancing services to …

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Judge grants five year civil restraining order to female teacher against pensioner ‘with dangerous obsession’

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A JUDGE has granted a female teacher a five-year civil restraining order against a pensioner with an alleged “dangerous obsession”. At a district court in Clare, Judge Adrian Harris has granted the five year restraining order to the woman against the pensioner after hearing that anonymous cards he sent to her caused the teacher ‘great …

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