*Clare minor captain, Graham Ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill REACHING a fourth successive All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final is testament to the work ongoing with development squads in the county, minor manager Ger O’Connell has said.
*PICTURED: Cahercalla residents chairman Larry Gavin. Photo by John O’Neill “I UNDERSTAND you’re a man who knows how to get things” is a famous line from the Shawshank Redemption, that comes to mind when chatting with Cahercalla resident Larry Gavin. Cahercalla Residents Forum Chairperson, Larry quips, “I’m the go-to guy”. The Cahercalla Residents Forum is a resident-led …
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FIVE Banner greyhounds entered the winner’s enclosure at the SIS Limerick meeting on Thursday last with doubles for Tulla’s Donie Duggan and Newmarket-on-Fergus’ Myles Cummins.
PICTURED: Inis Oírr The Clare Echo visited the Aran Islands this week. One of the most unique locations in Ireland, the islands are a geological extension of the Burren and carry the same magical recipe which keeps visitors returning year after year. Carried by nothing more than a boat, a bike and the breeze, The …
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*Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE cannot afford to be missing players, manager Peter Keane said following their nine point loss to Monaghan.
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IT WAS an improved display from Clare’s senior footballers but not enough to cause an upset against Monaghan, Colm Shalvey rates the Banner performances.
*Colm Fitzgerald. A son of controversial Antrim hurling manger, and Clare hurling legend, Davy Fitzgerald, was given a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence after he admitted stealing €35,000 from his then employer, Bank of Ireland, to feed his “out-of-control gambling addiction”.
*Clare’s Dermot Coughlan & Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior footballers fell to successive defeats with an improved first half showing counting for little as they lost by nine points to Monaghan.
*Paul Rodgers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE booked their place in the last four of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship with a late, but comprehensive second half showing downing Galway in the second of the quarter-final double header on Sunday afternoon.
GERALDINE O’Brien, a teacher at St. Joseph’s Community College in Kilkee, Co. Clare, has been awarded the prestigious Thomas Mac- Donagh Medal in recognition of her outstanding service to the ASTI (Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland). A long-standing member of the Clare branch of the union, Geraldine has served in several key roles, including as …
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