*Blake’s Corner. Photograph: Conor Begley. ELECTED members of Clare County Council are encountering their own gridlock in attempts to get clarity on the status of plans to alleviate traffic congestion at Blake’s Corner.
*Denis Hynes. Photograph: Natasha Barton. CLARE is at risk of losing its Football Development Officer with the position of Denis Hynes in limbo.
ENNIS’ Martin Cronin was in the winners enclosure twice after recording a double victory in Galway over the weekend.
*Darragh McNamara of St Flannan’s College. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST FLANNAN’S COLLEGE maintained their unbeaten start to the Harty Cup campaign with a comprehensive 23-point victory over Cashel Community School with St Joseph’s Tulla also victorious in the second round.
*Clare players celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE played with no “real fear” to seal their place in the Munster region semi-finals of the Oscar Traynor, manager Denis Hynes has said.
*Emer O’Loughlin. AN INQUEST jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing in the death of art student Emer O’Loughlin (23) whose charred remains were discovered in a burnt-out mobile home 20 years ago near Tubber.
*Gearoid Barry secured a draw for Ennistymon to send them into the semi-finals. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL FOUR semi-final places in the Berwick Callinan Murphy Solicitors under 21 A football championship have been confirmed following the final round of games this weekend with both of last year’s finalists now out of the race.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward. REVIEWS on the pilot season of the Burren and Cliffs Explorer must realise that the inclusion of an Ennistymon spur for 2026 is “a no brainer,” one county councillor has stressed while another has said there was a “positive pile-on” for the shuttle service.
*Blake’s Corner. Photograph: Bob Singer A HIGH COURT decision has dismissed an application to bring a judicial review challenge against the CPO for the Ennistymon inner relief road.
*Clondegad’s Seán McAllister. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE, Cooraclare, Ennistymon and Clondegad kicked off their U21A football campaigns with impressive victories.