*Ryan Taylor and Peter Duggan celebrate at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THEY PICKED UP THE SCRIPT and tossed it into the bin, Clare’s senior hurlers were written off in most parts for Saturday’s crunch tie with Limerick but they managed to end the All-Ireland champions seventeen game unbeaten run.
*Michael Collins impressed again for the Clare minors. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BACK TO BACK Munster final appearances have been achieved by Clare’s minor hurlers.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward A CLARE SENATOR is among those calling for the abolition of public water charges to enable access for all to free water drinking points.
*An aerial view of St Flannan’s College. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has given the green light to contentious HSE plans for a new €25m community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
*David McCarthy and his brother Martin with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO REACH THE holy grail of junior soccer and win the FAI Junior Cup represented the stuff of dreams for David McCarthy and Newmarket Celtic.
*Avenue Utd are favourites to retain their title as Clare Cup champions. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWNS in the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup are to take place next weekend.
*Pat Dowling & Cllr Cillian Murphy, the Kilkee councillor said the Council is now one of the biggest international tourism operators. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL is now one of the biggest international tourism operators and must flex its muscles to compete with leading Irish destinations such as Killarney, Galway and Dublin.
*Shane Cusack is congratulated by Alan Reidy and Flan Sheedy. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLAIMING THE FAI Junior Cup “is the pinnacle” for Newmarket Celtic, goalkeeper Shane Cusack has said.
INCH CRUSADERS and Fairgreen Celtic are celebrating league success.
SIXMILEBRIDGE is covered in “a dark cloud” after one resident died while attending the Munster senior hurling championship clash between Clare and Limerick on Saturday evening.