Emmet McMahon ruled out for remainder of year with knee injury
*Emmet McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE footballer Emmet McMahon is to miss out on the entire club championship with Kildysart through injury.
Burren’s Cliffs are the challenge in dare to abseil for MS Ireland
ADVENTURERS will descend quite literally on the spectacular Burren National Park later this month as MS Ireland hosts a cliff abseiling challenge to raise essential funds for people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Bricks are building but championship aspirations still a solid foundation
*Darragh Sexton of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THERE’S an element of transition about Kilmurry Ibrickane with a spate of retirements but the drive to succeed in the heat of championship is still as strong.
€60m investment approved for capital projects in Galway City
ELECTED members in Galway City Council have voted in favour of seeking a €60m loan to fund significant capital investment.
Doonbeg daring to end long wait to return to knockout stages
*Jason Linnane of Doonbeg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITHIN Doonbeg there is a quiet confidence that the eighteen-time Clare SFC champions could end a long wait of six years to return to the knockout stages.
Red flag raised at Lahinch & bathing prohibition issued
ELEVATED levels of bacteria in the water has resulted in the raising of the red flag at Lahinch beach.
Doora/Barefield determined to go as far as they can in shake-up for honours
*Fionn Kelleher of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. STARTING with a win is the “number one priority” for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield who are not short of ambition as they seem to overcome their quarter-final hoodoo.
Still plenty of life in Cratloe’s footballers to challenge for honours
*Cratloe’s Seán Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CRATLOE’s bid to reclaim the Jack Daly from the tight grip of holders Éire Óg begins in earnest this weekend when they face the reigning champions in what is billed as the tie of the round.
Two-day event celebrates tradition dry stone walling which has shaped The Burren
A two-day event focusing on the preservation and cultural significance of dry-stone walling in the Burren takes place this Saturday and Sunday (July 19th and 20th) at the Common Knowledge Centre in Kilfenora.
‘He is a huge loss to Doonbeg, West Clare & his family’ – councillors adjourn July meeting in respect to Murt McInerney
DOONBEG’s Murt McInerney was remembered at the July meeting of Clare County Council with a fifteen minute adjournment proposed in his memory.