Colm Collins

Kilmihil great Stan Lineen laid to rest

*Stan Lineen receives an accolade from former Clare GAA Chairman Michael McDonagh along with members of the 1980 Kilmihil side to mark 25 years of their championship win. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The death occurred last week of one of Kilmihil’s best known residents, Stan Lineen.

Gary Brennan – A hero in saffron and blue

When the need is greatest true leadership will shine through, it is why Gary Brennan always stepped up to the plate when pressure began to mount, The Clare Echo’s Head of News & Sport, Páraic McMahon pays tribute to the Ballynacally man as he calls time on his inter-county football career.