*Seán Arthur of Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Not since a certain All-Ireland senior winning Tipperary manager provided the winning touch to help them over the line for a relieving first senior crown in 31 years have Newmarket-on-Fergus looked outside the county for inspiration.
INTERIM and long-term projects to increase capacity at Clareabbey wastewater treatment plant are progressing.
A JUDGE has told a court that those travelling to the month-long matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna in north Clare this coming September will “have to get their courting done early”. At Ennis District Court, Judge Adrian Harris made his comment after rejecting an application for a special licence for all licensed premises in Lisdoonvarna to …
*Shane Punch in action with Fearghal Kearney during last year’s Clare PIHC quarter-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A RETURN TO the top table is the aspiration for all ten teams setting out in the Clare Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (PIHC).
*Tommy Considine with Joe and Donal Carey. FORMER Clare TD, Joe Carey (FG) was elected as the new Chairman of the Ennis/Clarecastle coursing club.
“We used to have 67 pubs in Kilrush at one stage, every other door was a bar. Now we have four, and one in Cappa.” Shawna Johnson’s description of her hometown’s changing pub scene reflects the industry across rural Ireland. Yet, in the face of this decline, Shawna believes pubs are more vital than ever. …
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RYANAIR has announced it is to make a €50m investment at Shannon Airport which will create 400 jobs.
*Kilmaley’s Tom O’Rourke. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Brian Culbert would be totally forgiven for trying to investigate who is putting pins in a voodoo doll of him and his Kilmaley side as by this stage, it’s almost gone too far.
QUIN Community Progress Group will launch their first ‘Welcome to Quin Day’ on July 31st, encouraging people to get involved in the growing community and support the new group. The organisation was formed “to future proof our parish and ensure that we’re community centred”, according to committee member Siobhán O’Sullivan, who spoke to The Clare …
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*Doonbeg. PLANNING PERMISSION for over twenty houses in Doonbeg has been refused by Clare County Council.