Car belonging to on-duty Garda stripped for parts in Sixmilebridge
*Gardaí on duty in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: John Mangan A CAR BELONGING to a Garda based in Sixmilebridge was vandalised and stripped for parts last week.
Clare player ratings vs Sligo: Sluggish showing sees Clare drop points
Cian Lally keeps up with Connor Meaney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A FLAT display from Clare’s senior footballers saw them suffer defeat to Sligo on Sunday, a setback but not a fatal one so far as promotion is concerned, Páraic McMahon rates the performances of the men in saffron and blue.
‘One in ten people’ campaign launched by Irish Kidney Association
*Maureen Hand and Dermot Hayes. IN CELEBRATION of World Kidney Day a national funding drive and information campaign has been launched.
Council beef up security in response to Waterpark House encampment
*Security at the entrance to Áras Contae An Chláir on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Tom Micks CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL ARE forking out a reported €400 daily to a security firm after it beefed up its operations Áras Contae An Chláir in the past week.
Shannon Aerospace fundraiser raises over €160k for local charities
*Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr. Alan O’Callaghan and the Cathaoirleach, Municipal District Cappamore-Kilmallock, Cllr. Martin Ryan, with Ben Whelan, chair of the Shannon Aerospace 35-year anniversary committee (centre), representatives of the four charities being supported by the fundraising, the organising committee, and representatives from Atlantic Aviation Group and Shannon Chamber at the launch of …
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Ruan’s Sharon Shannon is Grand Marshal for Galway City St Patrick’s Day parade
FAMED MUSICIAN and Ruan native Sharon Shannon is the Grand Marshal for the St Patrick’s Day parade in Galway City.
38k passengers for Shannon Airport over St Patrick’s Day period
*Pictured at Shannon Airport are departing passengers Mike Coughlan from Cork and Denis O’Connor from Tipperary, both travelling to New York for St. Patrick’s weekend. 38,000 passengers are to travel via Shannon Airport for the St Patrick’s Day holiday period.
Rivals Newmarket Celtic & Avenue Utd to meet in Clare Cup quarter-finals
*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.
‘He was never afraid to fight for what was right’ – Clare councillors remember Bishop Willie Walsh
*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.
GAA pricing structures ‘have gone outrageous’ says Clare councillor
*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.