Match report: James Mulvihill Full time score: Clare 4-17 Cork 0-18 Clare advanced to the Munster Senior League Final with a game to spare after a comfortable victory over an experimental Cork team in Cusack Park. The management team of Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor will be pleased with the performance of the team given …
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A BEAUTIFUL, festive music video by young Irish musician Seán O’Malley has been released and is quickly spreading online, warming hearts all over the country! ‘Snow’ tells the story of a young man walking home in the depths of winter after a heavy snowfall. He stops to take in his surroundings and the description of all he …
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Chrimbo will FINALLY arrive in Ennis tomorrow evening as the Christmas Lights will be switched on, with the ceremony taking place at Ennis Indoor Market at 5pm. It will be preceded by a children’s treasure trail around the Market and Lower Market St areas, supported by the businesses located in those areas. There will be face …
LET’S face it, there aren’t too many up sides to getting up before dawn, but it was made just a little bit more majestic this morning as a celestial dance took place in the skies above Co Clare. Venus and Jupiter converged in the pre-dawn sky only one third of a degree apart this morning. …
THIS weekend has taken a turn for the better for one person in Clare – because The National Lottery has revealed that the winning ticket for Friday night’s €500,000 Ireland only Euromillions Plus draw was purchased in Ennis. Lottery HQ are urging people to check their lucky numbers because the winner is yet to present …
THE people of rural Clare need garda stations to reopen to feel safe in their homes, it has been claimed. It comes after a statement from the Justice Minister that there are no plans to reopen closed Garda stations in Clare. During 2011 and 2012, the closure of 9 stations in Clare was implemented as …
IF YOU’RE planning to travel from Shannon Airport this weekend you might want to get in contact with your airline first. That’s the message from Shannon Airport, which is fully operational for now but has this evening issued “precautionary advice to intending passengers to check with their airline before travelling to the airport”. A spokeswoman for …
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TAKING care on the roads is so important and that’s why the gardai have released a list of locations they’ll be targeting in a bid to encourage drivers to stay under the limit and drive safely. National Slow Down Day will see a large garda presence on the roads and in Clare, the N68 Knockalough …
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WITH An Post releasing a new stamp to commemorate Che Guevara, The Clare Echo has dug through media archives to shed light on the Cuban revolutionary’s trip to Co Clare. The stamp has been released to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of his death on October 9, 1967 – just five years after he met …
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CALLS have been made to Clare County Council to install temporary CCTV cameras in Meelick and Cratloe to help identify those responsible for dumping waste in the area. While numerous towns and villages are celebrating Tidy Towns success, Councillor Cathal Crowe has highlighted the murky practice of illegal dumping in rural Clare. Couches, bags of …
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