Jonathan Keane celebrates winning the South of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady AS the 2025 sporting seasons draws to a close, the keenly contested and eagerly awaited Clare Echo sporting awards return.
*Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan (FG). Photograph: Joe Buckley OIREACHTAS members in the Mid-West need to move away from ‘four-cross roads politics’ and stop volunteering sites for a new hospital, the region’s only Minister has said.
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John Mangan UPDATED onshore wind energy guidelines need to be published as a matter of urgency, a Clare TD has said.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s first hurling match of 2026 will be a sell-out.
*John Nally, Moira McMahon, Bob Enright, Kathleen McMahon, Ruth Enright, Ellen Curley, Mary Murphy and Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley. RESIDENTS of Drumline are clashing with Clare County Council and have taken their case to An Coimisiún Pleanála.
Recent Tree Planting by the Restore Ballymacraven River Association. Photograph: Ruairí Ó Conchúir A NEW YEAR’s Day tree planting takes place in Ennistymon.
*St John the Baptist Church in Ballyea. FUNERAL details have been announced for Ballyea teenager TJ Chambers.
*Cllr Shane Talty (FF) right had raised concerns with DAC representations as far back as April of this year. Photograph: Eamon Ward. IT HAS taken Clare’s councillors seven months to reach agreement over proposed appointments to the Clare Tourism Development DAC while further time has been sought to finalise who sits on the Kilrush Amenity …
Gloriame Mbongo Essomdo from Ennis, Co Clare, was delighted to meet her Munster rugby heroes when the team visited the Children’s Ark at UHL this week. MEMBERS of the Munster rugby team visited the Children’s Ark paediatric unit at University Hospital Limerick, to dispense some festive cheer among the young paediatric patients and nursing and …
*Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s All-Ireland winning freetaker Aidan McCarthy will not be part of the county panel for this coming year.