*Photograph: John Mangan STATE payments to the owner of Magowna House to accommodate Ukrainians and International Protection (IP) applicants total €3.2m for the first quarter.
*Seamus Foudy got Inagh/Kilnamona’s goal in the opening half. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill DESPITE the inclement weather at the weekend, round three in the FutureTicketing Clare concluded with Inagh/Kilnamona at the top of the Division 1A table after recording their third successive victory.
*Enda Noonan is tackled by Shane McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLUB action has commenced in the local GAA scene in Clare with first round ties played in the FutureTicketing Clare Cup.
*Michael O’Malley and James McGuire. KILMALEY GAA club are getting ready to rumble with a fight night to take place at the beginning of March.
*Man of the match Conor Finucane prepares to hit a free. COOLE FC and Mountshannon Celtic were the biggest names to exit the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup while in the Kilmaley derby it was Inch Crusaders who claimed the bragging rights.
*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.
*Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan PRE-TAX profits at the Cork based firm housing International Protection Applicants (IPAs) at Magowna House in Inch in Co Clare last year increased ten fold to €2.2m.
*Michael O’Malley is tackled by Conor Downes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Billed as a winners-takes-all final round showdown, Kilmaley and Scariff were ultimately content with a draw-suits-all conclusion as both sides advanced to the senior hurling championship quar-ter-finals at the expense of back-to-back champions Ballyea.
*Keelan Guyler has a shot on Bryan O’Loughlin. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Where there’s life there’s hope as Inagh/Kilnamona snatched their championship lifeline with both hands in a devastating derby victory over Kilmaley in Cusack Park.
*Sean Rynne and Inagh/Kilnamona must defeat Kilmaley to keep their championship bid alive. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CALCULATORS will be at the ready with club officials and patrons at this weekend’s TUS Clare senior hurling championship games as score difference may be required to determine the final positions of teams in Groups 2 and 4.
