Tree planting event in Ennistymon
Recent Tree Planting by the Restore Ballymacraven River Association. Photograph: Ruairí Ó Conchúir A NEW YEAR’s Day tree planting takes place in Ennistymon.
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20 additions to largest ever Clare football panel before Madden & management set squad
*Morgan Garry has linked up with the Clare squad after representing New York. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE senior football manager, Paul Madden has drafted the largest ever panel with over fifty footballers vying to keep their place on the county squad.
Christmas shopping hours for Clare stores
WITH Christmas only days away, some Clare families are still planning the big grocery shop.
Plans to tackle Blake’s Corner traffic finally turn a corner
ATTEMPTS to solve traffic congestion at Blake’s Corner have finally turned a corner with judicial review proceedings on the proposed scheme for the Ennistymon inner relief road concluding in the High Court.
Lack of progress pushing the West Clare Greenway off track
*The Greenway is to be located on sections of the old West Clare Railway. Photograph: John Moylan WEST CLARE’s Greenway has gone off track with little momentum exerted to power the project forward.
‘We have €400k and can’t get around a table to discuss it’ – Hynes hits out at slow pace of developing Frank Healy Park
*Denis Hynes. Photograph: Joe Buckley FAILURE TO progress plans for Frank Healy Park has been labelled as “embarrassing” by one of the most respected soccer coaches in the county.
Ennis dry cleaner hailed ‘knight in shining armour’ for saving dream Canadian wedding day
*Tony Mounsey. AN ENNIS business owner has been hailed a “knight in shining armour” after rescuing a bride’s botched wedding dress – just hours ahead of her dream ceremony at the Cliffs of Moher.
Full marks for Seán Rynne to complete rare U21A double
*Seán Rynne celebrates at the final whistle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A SUPERB performance from Seán Rynne helped lead Inagh/Kilnamona to a first U21A hurling championship in seven years and see him win a rare double at the grade.
Banner Standouts: Clare’s top performers in Galway challenge
*Fionn Kelleher. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WITH SUCH a large provisional panel in place, Clare’s footballers were eager to impress when they took to the field against Galway on Thursday night.
46k passengers used Burren/Cliffs Explorer in pilot season
46,742 passengers used the Burren/Cliffs Explorer in its pilot season over the summer.