High scoring as senior camogie race continues
*Clarecastle/Ballyea’s Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE race for the Clare senior camogie title (McMahon cup) continued at the weekend when there were some high scoring games.
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Tulla’s failure to advance the big surprise as intermediate quarter-finalists confirmed
*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.
Quarter-final draws pave the way for knockout action in Clare senior & intermediate hurling championships
*Gavin Cooney wrestles with Sean Rynne and Aidan McCarthy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUARTER-FINAL pairings are now known in the Clare senior and intermediate hurling championships.
Favourites march on in second round of camogie championship
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE were no major surprises as the race for the Clare senior camogie championship continued with the conclusion of the second round.
‘I wouldn’t put a tricycle out on it’ – West Clare reps share sympathy with cyclists on condition of parts of EuroVelo route
*Loop Head. PART of a European cycling route in West Clare is not fit for a tricycle never mind a bike, a county councillor has quipped.
Clean up bill for Roche’s Clarecastle manufacturing site now totals €95.6m
*FILE PIC. Photograph: Martin Connolly THE clean-up bill for Swiss pharma giant, Roche’s former Clarecastle manufacturing site now totals €95.6m in what the company describes as “one of the largest remediation projects of its type in Europe”.
Multi-millionaire farmer JJ McCabe records 2023 profits of €328,740
*JJ McCabe. Photograph: Dermot Hayes. A JOINT venture property firm controlled by colourful, multi-millionaire bachelor farmer, John Joseph (JJ) McCabe last year recorded post tax profits of €328,740.
Clarecastle, Bridge, Wolfe Tones & Parteen/Meelick on their way to intermediate play-offs
*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.
Conway & Carey the only nominees for Fine Gael election ticket
*Senator Martin Conway (FG). Photograph: Natasha Barton FINE GAEL have received just two nominations for their selection convention to decide their General Election ticket in Clare.
Clare TD Carey confirms resignation from politics
*Joe Carey (FG). Photograph: Yvonne Vaughan CLARE TD, Joe Carey (FG) has resigned as a TD, seventeen months after experiencing “a life-altering medical situation”.