THIS week we publish the fourth installment of The Level Playing Field: Exploring Clare’s Changing Communities Through Sport.

This weekly podcast is funded by Coimisiún na Mean and seeks to further enhance the media coverage in Clare and place a spotlight on the people, clubs and organisations that perhaps don’t get the publicity and recognition that they deserve.

Padel is currently the fastest growing sport in the world, with Banner Padel’s new facility in the Quin Road Business Park in Ennis experiencing that phenomenon at first hand in terms of an overwhelming interest and participation levels according to one of its owners Johnny Bridges.

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