*Ian O’Brien gets away from Tommy Kennedy with Ger O’Connell offering encouragement from the sideline. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A DISAPPOINTING defeat in the All-Ireland final will not overshadow the year for Clare’s minor hurlers.
*RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey with former Mayor of Clare, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF). Photograph: Tom Micks A YEAR as Clare’s first citizen was “full of everything,” said Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) when reflecting on his twelve month stint as Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council.
LONG-held links between the Scariff Harbour Festival and Northern Ireland plus Scariff’s strong GAA roots will be showcased through the presence of GAA President, Jarlath Burns at the popular East Clare festival.
A GENERATIONAL opportunity offered by artificial intelligence will be squandered unless the review of the National Development Plan (NDP) delivers a major rebalancing of infrastructure investment across Ireland, MEP Michael McNamara (IND) has said.
PASSENGER numbers for the first six months of 2025 at Shannon Airport are above 1.04m which is an increase of seven percent for the same period last year.
*Shannon Airport’s new fencing. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON AIRPORT has ramped up security measures following recent breaches of its perimeter fencing by protesters.
*Shane O’Donnell in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TWO-TIME All-Ireland winner Shane O’Donnell has said retirements from the Clare camp are unlikely given the manner in which the county’s defence of the All-Ireland title panned out.
PEDESTRIANISATION is to be trialled from the end of July to the middle of October on the old bridge linking Killaloe and Ballina.
A TWO WEEK extension for the public consultation period for the contentious draft Ennis Local Transport Plan has been confirmed by Clare County Council.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis SHANNON AIRPORT marked a special moment linked to its aviation past with a Pan Am branded jet departing its runways for the first time in over thirty years.
