*Éire Óg defender Jarlath Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE Óg’s senior hurlers are “thrilled” to be back in the quarter-finals in what their manager has coined “the craziest championship that I can ever remember”.
*Kildysart’s Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILDYSART’s “emphatic” eleven point win over Ennistymon showed their championship credentials and has been ‘a long time coming’.
*AirNav Ireland. The State commercial agency charged with keeping the skies safe over Ireland and much of the North Atlantic and employs hundreds of staff in Shannon is to spend an estimated €200,000 on operational chairs for its Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs).
A BATHING prohibition at Ballyalla Bathing Area has been lifted following additional investigative sampling and advice from the HSE. Clare County Council confirmed today, Tuesday, September 1, that the Prohibition Notice at the bathing area has been lifted. The prohibition was introduced on Friday, August 28, after routine bathing water samples showed elevated levels of …
*Boland’s Corner, Doonbeg, Co Clare A NEW hand-painted mural celebrating the heritage, landscape and community life of Doonbeg has been proposed for a prominent gable wall at Boland’s Corner on Main Street.
*James Coakley, Brian McDonald and Seán McMahon of the Banner try to claim the ball back from Kilrush Shamrocks’ James Blunnie. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Seven of the quarter final places in this season’s TUS intermediate football championship have been filled after the weekend’s games in round 3 of the competition.
FIVE-TIME major winner, Brooks Koepka is the latest name to join the star-studded field in Doonbeg for the Amgen Irish Open.
TEN children aged 0-15 were either seriously injured or killed on Clare roads between 2021 and 2025, according to new Road Safety Authority figures, as thousands of pupils begin to return to school.