Clare Echo teams up with Relay For Life – sign up your team today
THE CLARE ECHO has been announced as the media partner for this year’s Relay for Life Ennis.
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Doherty & Brennan expected to be passed fit for Clare footballers
*Manus Doherty. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DEFENDERS CILLIAN BRENNAN and Manus Doherty are expected to be passed fit to line out for Clare’s senior footballers in Sunday’s Munster football final.
Demolition of Francis Street cottages paused
*Photograph: John Mangan PLANS TO DEMOLISH the Francis Street cottages as part of the Ennis 2040 Strategy have been paused while a public meeting will be held in Ennis tonight (Thursday) to discuss aspects of the strategy.
Increasing extra-curricular costs prompt Rice College to hit the fairways
Photograph: Joe Buckley INCREASING COSTS ASSOCIATED with extra curricular activities is the motivation for a golf classic for one Ennis secondary school.
O’Neill hoping to shake off injuries ahead of ‘massive four games’ for footballers
*Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUALIFYING FOR THE MUNSTER FINAL AND ALL-IRELAND series guarantees Clare’s footballers “four massive games”, midfielder Darren O’Neill has said.
Council give green light to €25m community hospital on St Flannan’s College green space
*An aerial view of St Flannan’s College. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has given the green light to contentious HSE plans for a new €25m community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
Reaching holy grail everything David McCarthy & Newmarket Celtic could dream of
*David McCarthy and his brother Martin with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO REACH THE holy grail of junior soccer and win the FAI Junior Cup represented the stuff of dreams for David McCarthy and Newmarket Celtic.
‘To get a cancer diagnosis at 39 was so bizarre, an awful shock to me’
*Lorraine White. CANCER SURVIVOR Lorraine White is preparing for her daily ritual, a swim in Ballyalla Lake, as she speaks to The Clare Echo about her story of survival.
Clare Cup semi-final pairings confirmed
*Avenue Utd are favourites to retain their title as Clare Cup champions. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWNS in the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup are to take place next weekend.
League glory for Inch & Fair Green Celtic
INCH CRUSADERS and Fairgreen Celtic are celebrating league success.