Jonathon hits the right Toon raising €7.2k with charity cycle
BALLYEA’s Jonathon Hickey has raised €7,200 for charity after undertaking a remarkable 750km cycle.
Day: 30 August 2026
Kilmurry Ibrickane keep winning streak despite Corofin challenge
*Evan Cahill drives forward for Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE maintained their one hundred percent winning record in the Clare SFC, advancing to the quarter-finals for the eleventh year in succession.
Lissycasey advance to quarter-finals & leave St Breckans battling relegation
*Connor Meaney keeps the ball from Alan Sweeney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LISSYCASEY secured their place in the quarter-final of the Clare senior football championship with a hard earned but merited nine point win over St Breckans.
Planning permission granted for taller telecoms mast at Shannon Airport
PLANNING permission has been granted for a new 21-metre telecommunications mast at Shannon Airport, replacing an existing 15-metre structure. Clare County Council has granted permission to Eircom Limited for the replacement monopole at the Eir Exchange within the Shannon Airport campus. The new structure will carry antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, along with new …
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Kilrush 50 years after worrying RTÉ report: From ‘deprived town’ to a town of opportunity
*Jack Fennell, then chairman of Kilrush Urban Council || Credit: RTE Archives, Economic Disaster Zone, 1976 FIFTY years after an RTÉ report described Kilrush as a “dying town”, many of the challenges highlighted in the programme remain familiar, although the town now has greater opportunities and assets to build on. An RTÉ News report broadcast on August 3, 1976, …
Up to 1,000 Clare children waiting for Early Years places
UP TO 1,000 children under the age of three in Clare remain on waiting lists for an Early Years place, according to figures from Pobal. The figures, contained in Pobal’s Annual Early Years Sector Profile Survey for 2024/25, show that 326 children under one were on waiting lists in Clare, alongside 390 children aged between one and …
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Kilmurry Ibrickane to be without injured King for remainder of championship
*Diarmuid King of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE will be without midfielder Diarmuid King for the remainder of the year.
Cummins strikes twice in Limerick
A ten-race card featured at Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night last with the highlight been a double for the Myles Cummins kennel of Newmarket-on-Fergus as both Snuggie Rhino and Snuggie Carson landed their respective contests.