*Patrick Crotty in possession for Scariff. Photograph: Joe Buckley SCARIFF have said the decision to disallow a Mark Rodgers goal in the second half of their first round loss to Broadford was “very hard to take”.
“IT’s damn near impossible”, for people to get a response from the Department of Foreign Affairs over passport renewal timelines, a Clare cllr has claimed. Cllr David Griffin (FF) was speaking at the July meeting of Clare County Council where he motioned that “the Minister for Foreign Affairs implements more transparent timelines and service level …
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A JUDGE has jailed a 19-year old for carrying out a random sexual assault on a female gym-goer who thought she was going to be raped by the adult teenager on a footbridge in Shannon. At Ennis Circuit Court on Tuesday, Judge Francis Comerford has imposed a two year, three month prison term with the …
CLARE’s Sinn Féin cllrs have called on Clare County Council to use its lands to promote native forests. Shannon LEA representative cllr James Ryan made the motion at the local authority’s July sitting and was seconded by his party colleague cllr Tommy Guilfoyle. Ryan’s motion proposed that “Clare County Council uses some of its own …
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CLARE’s Fittest Superstars will raise much needed funds for Cahercalla Community Hospital and Ennis RFC on September 19th. The event’s at the Ennis RFC grounds course features 10–12 obstacles designed by Davy Fitzgerald, creator of Ireland’s Fittest Family, and includes challenges similar to those seen on the TV show. Cahercalla Community Hospital celebrated its 30th …
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SIGNS and hoardings, banners and flags, are flying high in Scariff in advance of the Annual Harbour Festival this Bank Holiday weekend. The increasingly popular four day family festival with an events programme packed to the brim with activities from high octane riverside and hurling pursuits to reflective historical walks and talks with fun activities …
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A week after the death of team coach Anthony ‘Sconey’ Kilmartin from Newmarket-on-Fergus, the Clare hurling team in New York qualified for the New York senior hurling championship final when they accounted for Westmeath on Saturday.
*Éamonn Foudy saves a penalty for Inagh/Kilnamona. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉAMONN FOUDY’s penalty save from Tony Kelly was “a real turning point” for Inagh/Kilnamona as they went on to defeat Ballyea by ten points in the first round of the Clare SHC.
KILRUSH people have the furthest distance to travel to an A&E of any town in Ireland, according to a new report from the Central Statistics Office. The new findings showed that the median distance of households to the median household distance to a HSE Emergency Department was 12.9 km, however Kilrush in Clare, along with …
MORE THAN 65,000 passengers are expected through Shannon Airport over the August Bank Holiday weekend in what is a seven percent increase for the same period in 2025.