*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MIXED views persist among GAA clubs in Clare on what grades should be in place for underage competitions while Coiste Peil na nÓg failed in their bid to amend the structure for the U16 championship.
*Kieran O’Halloran raised the matter during AOB of the October meeting of Clare GAA. TENSIONS between Parteen/Meelick and Cratloe are reaching boiling point with claims of player recruitment, poaching and breach of the ‘parish rule’.
*Dermot Coughlan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DERMOT COUGHLAN will continue as manager of the Clare U20 footballers for a second season.
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GAA’s new full-size astro-turf pitch at Caherlohan is on course to be completed in October, integration plans for a One-Club model are not plain-sailing for rural clubs and both senior managers Brian Lohan and Paul Madden are in the process of firming up their managements for 2027.
*Clare U20 manager, Terence Fahy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ALL-IRELAND U20 winning manager Terence Fahy is to remain as manager of the Clare U20s for 2027.
*Dermot Thornton. DERMOT Thornton has been appointed as the new manager of the Clare minor footballers with a former county footballer included among his selectors.
*Cormac Murray chases after Gavin White in the Munster SFC semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MUNSTER GAA Chairman Tim Murphy has come under fire for ‘putting Kerry before Munster’ when defeating a proposal from Clare GAA to take home advantage from Cork and Kerry in the Munster SFC semi-finals and finals.
*Joe Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. JOE HAYES has stepped down as manager of the Clare minor footballers.
*Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE senior football manager Paul Madden has pinpointed consistency as the biggest challenge facing his charges for a second season at the helm while club delegates have questioned removing four primary school ladies football finals from Cusack Park.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LISSYCASEY GAA club will accept whatever sanctions are imposed on them following Monday’s U15A game whereby referee John O’Connell was assaulted by a member of their club.