Minor semi-final is major opportunity for Clare
*Liam Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s minor hurlers are one hour away from a place in the All-Ireland final.
Bust of O’Regan unveiled at Council HQ
*Photograph: Paul Corey A BUST has been unveiled of the visionary, Dr Brendan O’Regan at the headquarters of Clare County Council.
Keating ran up diesel bill of over €2k for election bid
*Cllr Gabriel Keating’s (FG) car later ran into difficulty in a separate election campaign. MORE THAN €2,000 in diesel was paid by a West Clare councillor during a period of sixty days prior to polling day.
History will not remember Clare’s Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael TDs well for stance on Israeli War Bonds – McGettigan
*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’s sole opposition TD has said the county’s other elected members of Dáil Éireann are on the wrong side of history in their refusal to support Sinn Féin’s Israeli War Bonds legislation.
Rouine back for Clare as management make one change for Louth tie
*Cillian Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CILLIAN ROUINE returns to the starting team of the Clare senior footballers for Sunday’s showdown with Louth.
Hot wheels: Begley paid €1.7k for e-bike during election
*Cllr Michael Begley (IND) second from right. CLARE’s longest serving councillor paid almost €2,000 to acquire an e-bike in advance of last year’s local elections.
Camogie championship draws drop on podcast
IN A first for camogie in Clare, the draws for the senior championship were conducted on a podcast.
Ryan returns to Clare squad for Louth showdown
*Stephen Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill STEPHEN Ryan has returned to Clare’s senior football panel ahead of Sunday’s crunch All-Ireland SFC tie with Louth.
Ryanair to grow Shannon Airport capacity by 20%
*Shannon Airport. RYANAIR have heralded Shannon Airport as one of the fastest growing airports across their network.
Councillors declare €106k in election expenses
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A TOTAL of €106,352.35 was the spend by the 28 elected members of Clare County Council in their declaration of expenses for last year’s local elections.