*Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG) wishes postmistress Maura McKiernan well. Photograph: Tom Micks CARRIGAHOLT “is the hub of the Loop Head Peninsula” with plans progressing for a new use of the village’s former Irish college.
*Cian Meaney of Lissycasey battles with Éire Óg’s Eoin Guilfoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LISSYCASEY, St Breckan’s and St Joseph’s Miltown share top spot in the Cusack Cup with two wins in the opening rounds of the league.
Jonathan Keane celebrates winning the South of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady AS the 2025 sporting seasons draws to a close, the keenly contested and eagerly awaited Clare Echo sporting awards return.
*GDA Micheál Duffy is among the names in the running for Head of Operations. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SITTING OFFICERS and one paid official of Clare GAA are among the names linked as potential replacements of Deirdre Murphy as the Association’s Head of Operations.
*An emotional Sinead Considine watches as her sister Roisin lifts the Sile Callinan Cup. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LISCANNOR have secured promotion to the senior ranks of Clare ladies football after digging deep in extra time to win the intermediate championship.
*Seán McAllister holds off Seán Bonfil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLONDEGAD claimed their place in the TUS Clare IFC semi-finals with a comfortable victory over last year’s finalists Naomh Eoin.
*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.
*Cllr Gabriel Keating’s (FG) car later ran into difficulty in a separate election campaign. MORE THAN €2,000 in diesel was paid by a West Clare councillor during a period of sixty days prior to polling day.
*Éire Óg’s Luke Pyne takes on Charlie Hannan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG are through to the finals of the Cusack Cup while O’Currys have been relegated from the Garry Cup for the first time in over a decade.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Caoilfhinn O’Dea takes on Ennistymon’s Brian McNamara during their Cusack Cup clash. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEIGHBOURS Éire Óg and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield are through to the knockout stages of the Cusack Cup while relegation from the top tier awaits Kildysart and Corofin.