*Flagmount NS. UNNECESSARY worry and distress was caused by initial plans in the Department of Education to cut back on the amount of special needs assistant posts in Co Clare with some schools in the county still “on tenterhooks”.
*Tulla’s Ryan Hayes is knocked over by a challenge from Mark Flaherty of Killanena. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ROUND four of the inaugural Clare Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship has made the way to the knockout stages somewhat clearer.
*Ruth Bennett Coady (Waters of LIFE) and Peter Slattery (Clare Local Development Company) at Lough Graney shore. PROTECTING East Clare’s natural heritage is the focus of a public meeting in Flagmount on Wednesday (August 20th).
Anne Goggin (Waters of LIFE) and Dóirín Graham (Clare Local Development Company) at Lough Graney Co. Clare. INVASIVE plant species in East Clare are to be tackled under a new partnership agreement between Clare Local Development Company and Waters of LIFE.
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have confirmed it will stand down its six community response hubs and the community helpline established following Storm Éowyn.
*Flagmount, overlooking Lough Graney. OPERATIONAL issues at Flagount water treatment plant have emerged which is impacting on supply in North-East Clare.
*Keith Smyth takes a sideline cut. KILLANENA came out on top in a cracking East Clare derby against Whitegate to seal their place in the semi-finals of the Clare IHC.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THERE were no major surprises as the race for the Clare senior camogie championship continued with the conclusion of the second round.
*Henry Vaughan tries to bring Fergal O’Grady to ground. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARECASTLE, Sixmilebridge, Wolfe Tones and Parteen/Meelick are on the way to the play-off stage of the intermediate hurling championship having recorded their second successive victories at the weekend.
*Lough Graney. WATER QUALITY in four East Clare rivers is ‘mixed’ according to a new publication by the Waters of LIFE programme.