Cooraclare keep promotion bid on course by beating Banner
*Cooraclare goalkeeper Harry O’Gorman. Photograph: James Downes COORACLARE have qualified for a first Clare IFC final since 2022 after defeating Banner.
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The Water Break: Bodies on the line help Doora/Barefield & Éire Óg make Clare SFC decider
*Tom McDonald and Joe Rafferty celebrate for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Éire Óg will put their Clare SFC title on the line against neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield after both sides emerged victorious in the semi-finals.
Senior & intermediate football sides are sixty minutes from a final appearance
*Cratloe’s Sean Collins in action against Fionn Kelleher and Diarmuid Boyle of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL ACTION in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships are the focus of this weekend’s GAA action.
Semi-final pairings set for senior, intermediate & junior football championships
*Cratloe and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield will meet for the second time this year. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SEMI-FINAL pairings have been made for the Senior, Intermediate and Junior A football championships in Clare.
Cooraclare cause big shock to knock Kilrush out of intermediate championship
*Cooraclare’s Kevin Marrinan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IN THE first major shock in this year’s Clare football championship across all grades, raging hot favourites Kilrush have been dumped out of the race for intermediate honours by Cooraclare.
‘He didn’t deliver big speeches but got the job done’ – September Council meeting adjourned for ‘gentle giant’ Bill Chambers
*Bill Chambers. WARM TRIBUTES were paid to the late Bill Chambers as elected members of Clare County Council gathered for the first time since his last month.
Stick With Me lands feature for Gort owners
Friday night’s Galway card featured the semi-finals of The Talking Dogs A4 Dual Distance Stake over 525 Yards with the concluding A3 graded 525 yards affair the top graded event of the night.
Collisions on course following senior, intermediate & junior football quarter-final draws
*Éire Óg’s Gavin Murray in action during their 2023 win over St Joseph’s Miltown. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. QUARTER-FINAL pairings have been made for the Clare senior, intermediate and junior football championships.
Kilrush, Corofin & Clondegad joined by Gaels, Cooraclare, Naomh Eoin & Banner in Clare IFC quarter-finals
*Kilrush Shamrocks’ Dean Neary in possession. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SEVEN of the eight quarter finalists in this season’s TUS intermediate football championship have been confirmed after the completion of the group games at the weekend.
Flags at half-mast as tributes flood in for Bill Chambers
*Bill Chambers (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward FLAGS are flying at half mast while tributes from across the political divide have been paid to former councillor 38 years, Bill Chambers (FF).