Michael Ryan has made three changes to Tipperary’s team ahead of Sunday’s Munster championship meeting with Clare. Noel McGrath was one of their leading lights in their second round comeback against Cork but the Loughmore Casteliney man has been dropped to the bench along with corner back Michael Cahill and Joe O’Dwyer. Ryan had been …
Twelve year old, Hannah Moroney has won the 2018 Munster Provincial Spelling Bee. Easons in Patrick St, Cork hosted the final with Hannah from Convent Primary School, Killaloe coming out on top. She took first place against five talented young Bees with the word, Abdicate. Hannah will now move forward to compete in the All-Ireland …
A two-week exhibition featuring a wide range of visual art work and textile art work by one Lithuanian and four Polish artists now resident in County Clare is being held at Clare Museum in Ennis as part of the Polska Eire Festival 2018. Exhibiting artists include Pawel Maciag, Karolina Pajenckovskyte, Beata Murzyn, Aleksandra Komar and …
A Finnish company has invested €22 million for shares in an Ennis based business. Huhtamaki is a global food packaging specialist, headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It now has a 70% share in CupPrint, a Clare company that employs 112 people and has recorded annual net sales of €14 million. Terry Fox, a former Irish EY …
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Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor have named an unchanged fifteen from that which defeated Waterford for Sunday’s encounter with Tipperary. Clare travel to Semple Stadium in search of the county’s first Munster championship win over Tipperary in Thurles since 1928. After replacing his Sixmilebridge teammate in the starting side two weeks ago, Jamie Shanahan continues …
We’ve been blessed with the recent good weather and it’s the perfect excuse for a picnic. With this in mind, Love Clare columnist with The Clare Echo, Aoibhín Garrihy picked her top five places to picnic in the county. Try out one of Aoibhín’s recommendations for yourself and be sure to let us know how you get …
A West Clare widower and father of one was ordained as a priest at the weekend. Quilty man, Martin Shanahan was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Killaloe by Bishop Fintan Monahan celebrated in Saint Mary’s Church, Mullagh on Sunday. Bishop Monahan referenced the experience Martin brings to the priesthood from his family …
Gardaí are anxious to speak to a male driver of a dark coloured Opel Insignia saloon car following Tuesday’s crash on the M18 which claimed the life of Crusheen man, Michael Fogarty. Ennis Garda Station are keen to hear from the Opel driver who they believe may have witnessed the fatal collision between a red Ford …
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The Cliffs of Moher is the second most popular tourist attraction in the country. It saw a seven percent increase in the amount of visitors last year and the world renown Clare attraction continues to be one of the most visited locations in all of Ireland with more than 1 million people arriving to the …
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Clare travel to Galway on Saturday for their opening game in the 2018 All-Ireland senior camogie championship. Patricia O’Grady’s side perform in the curtain raiser for the Leinster senior hurling tie between Galway and Dublin in Pearse Stadium. In their last championship meeting, six points was the difference as Galway recorded a 2-11 0-11 win …
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