*FILE PIC: Judge Mangan prior to his 2011 retirement. A 44 year old Clare man has appeared in court after allegedly punching a retired judge aged in his eighties outside an Ennis café.
*Saoirse Crowe. Photograph: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo A STRONG Clare cohort has been included in the Irish Rugby U20 men and women’s squads for their upcoming summer tournaments.
*Hermitage. Photograph: John Mangan SURFACES of the roads and footpaths of Hermitage are in an “acceptable condition” according to senior engineers in Clare County Council despite ongoing complaints for close to two years following a resurfacing job.
Pictured (L-R): Alex Furey, Gavin Shiels, Ahmed Ibrahim, Damian Woros and Najib Haq. STUDENTS from St Flannan’s College have flown from Shannon Airport to Orlando after winning a prestigious space design competition founded by NASA.
*David Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITH A near full squad at their disposal for the first time this season, Éire Óg proved too strong for Whitegate in this RealPrint Division 2 hurling league semi-final played at the Ennis club’s grounds on Tuesday evening.
*Tipperary supporters walk down O’Connell Street. Photograph: Ruth Griffin ENNIS is the second cleanest of forty towns and cities across Ireland.
*Beechpark. PLANS for major renovations by Clare County Council at their machinery yard in Beechpark have been lodged for a second time.
*Robert Carkill and family celebrate the success of Camerooney. CLARE greyhound owners tasted success in Galway, Limerick and Kerry over the past week.
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.
*As Cahercalla celebrates its 30th anniversary of public ownership, its first chairman Fr Harry Bohan speak to The Clare Echo “I ASKED myself why couldn’t we win All-Irelands and why couldn’t we have our own hospital”. When Fr. Harry Bohan first became chairman of a committee tasked with transforming Cahercalla into a community hospital in 1990, he …
