*Brian McNamara reacts to a breaking ball. Photograph: James Downes. COORACLARE want to be ready for senior football when they earn their promotion and Brian McNamara is hopeful that time will arrive this weekend.
*Kilmihil. RESIDENTS of Kilmihil must be on the same page when it comes to traffic calming, engineers in Clare County Council have warned after efforts to install measures last year broke down.
*Cooraclare goalkeeper Harry O’Gorman. Photograph: James Downes COORACLARE have qualified for a first Clare IFC final since 2022 after defeating Banner.
*Crowds at the 2019 Irish Open in Lahinch. A LASTING LEGACY left by The Irish Open in Lahinch needs to be replicated in Doonbeg.
*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.
*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.
*Developers estimate the project would contribute €4m to the local economy. REVISED PLANS for the Cahermurphy Wind Farm are to be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála at the end of this year.
MASSGOERS IN CREE have been compared to pilgrims walking to Lough Derg barefoot on stone due to the road conditions outside St Mary’s Church.
*Clondegad’s Morgan Garry tries to rescue the ball back from Shannon Gaels’ Dylan Kenny. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SUCCESSIVE wins for Corofin, Clondegad and Kilrush Shamrocks have sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare intermediate football championship.
