*O’Callaghans Mills captain, Aidan O’Gorman. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. O’CALLAGHANS MILLS have dipped into their reserves more than ever to bounce back to the senior grade at the first attempt which has also propelled them to a Munster intermediate final.
*Ballaghboy. ENNIS politicians have said they are “duty-bound” to highlight the dangers for ‘unsupervised Traveller children’ who are at risk of an accident due to the absence of a footpath from the Quin Rd to the Ballaghboy site with principals describing it as “an accident waiting to happen”.
*Lisdoonvarna. HEALING waters of Lisdoonvarna “is actually damaging to the roads,” the area’s local councillor quipped this week.
*Éire Óg’s Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. GOING from winning a first Clare SHC title with Éire Óg to preparing for a Munster club final has been a “surreal” experience for Shane O’Donnell.
*Packed corridors at UHL. NO NEW hospital will be built in Ennis and instead a new site in close proximity to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) will be constructed, as per new plans unveiled by the Minister for Health.
Áras Contae an Chláir AN EIGHT percent increase in commercial rates has been approved by elected members of Clare County Council.
FEAKLE’s Adam Hogan has been awarded a Gold Scholarship from Mary Immaculate College (MIC).
*Nnabuike Nneji in action for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. HAVING come from two goals down to get back on level terms, Clare’s Oscar Traynor side “handed back the game” to Limerick by conceding a brace of goals in a minute to bow out in the Munster region semi-finals.
Mark Kelly, President of AI Ireland, will be speaking at the annual LEO Clare Christmas Business Networking morning. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’s role in business and the 2026 economic outlook for Irish SMEs will be the key topics at the annual Business Networking Morning hosted by Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Clare.
*Donal Carey. FORMER Clare TD and ex Junior Minister, Donal Carey (FG) has died, one month after celebrating his eighty eighth birthday.