*Eoin Hayes and Jamie Roche in action. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE SOCCER’s big two Newmarket Celtic and Avenue Utd have been drawn against each other in the quarter-finals of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.
*The grave of Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill A TRAIL-BLAZER, loyal friend and a man who brought the church forward “hundreds of years” in Clare is how county councillors have remembered Bishop Willie Walsh.
*Patrons attending Clare’s meeting with Kildare in the Allianz National Football League. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PRICING structures in the GAA have “gone outrageous,” a Clare councillor has commented while stressing the importance of the home of the All-Ireland champions “taking a lead” on tackling the introduction of a €5 charge for U16s.
Clare Museum’s Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 7.30pm, with a talk by Dr Marion Dowd entitled ‘The Archaeology of Caves in the Burren’.
*Eoin Cleary is tackled. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SLIGO issued a setback to Clare’s hopes of securing promotion to Division 2 of the National Football League by claiming their first win which was the second loss of Peter Keane’s tenure.
*Rory McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. RORY MCMAHON is set to make his first starting appearance for the Clare senior footballers as they make the trip to Sligo.
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CONOR CLEARY makes his first start of the year for Clare’s senior hurlers as they welcome Cork to Ennis.
Pictured at the Galway Youth Climate Assembly in Athenry were Sadhbh Carty, Cora Weekes Glynn and Rayna O’Neill from Gort Community School. Photograph by Aengus McMahon An innovative forum aimed at empowering young people to take an active role in addressing climate change was held at the BIA Innovator Campus in Athenry on Wednesday last.
*Seán Fennell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s U20 footballers have been stunned after coming up short to Waterford in the first round of the Munster championship.
THE Clare Youth Service Leadership Programme will run again this year in Ennis and Shannon to provide training for the young volunteers who run the highly popular CYS summer camps.