*Cllr Joe Cooney, Pat Breen, Cllr Mary Howard, Dr Tom Nolan and Madeline Taylor-Quinn. Photograph: John Mangan COMPETITION among Fine Gael candidates in Clare has been welcomed by the Taoiseach with frustration bubbling beneath the surface over a map that is keeping certain parts of the county out of bounds.
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin. Having lost the last two intermediate camogie championships, Tulla refused to throw in the towel and their determination paid off when they captured the Clare Credit Union’s title at Cusack Park this Saturday afternoon.
*Oisin Whelan of Clarecastle. Photograph: Chris Copley CLARECASTLE are to consider taking an appeal to ‘a higher authority’ over the grading process followed by Clare GAA for the U21 hurling championship.
*Danny Harty. A JUDGE has imposed a four year-four month prison term on the get-away driver in the attempted murder of a Shannon man out celebrating his 21st birthday during a music festival in a small Clare town.
*Bodyke’s Jamie O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BODYKE made things difficult for themselves but shook off a late Newmarket-on-Fergus revival to guarantee their place in the premier intermediate hurling championship for 2025.
*John Conlon clashes with Seadna Morey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A GREAT weekend is forecast for Clare hurling with Cusack Park to host double headers on Saturday and Sunday in the TUS Clare SHC quarter-finals.
*David McInerney shrugs off the challenge of Mark Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TULLA’s absence from the quarter-finals of the Clare IHC is the major surprise following the third round of action played this weekend.
*Henry Vaughan tries to bring Fergal O’Grady to ground. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARECASTLE, Sixmilebridge, Wolfe Tones and Parteen/Meelick are on the way to the play-off stage of the intermediate hurling championship having recorded their second successive victories at the weekend.
*Rory O’Connell takes on Piaras Ó Sé. Photograph: Chris Copley SURPRISES and near-misses cropped up in the opening round of the Clare intermediate hurling championship.
*Leo Doyle. BODYKE’s Leo Doyle is well versed on Clare hurling, attending games across all grades a few times a week both as a keen follower of hurling and in his role as a commentator with Scariff Bay Community Radio.
