A week after the death of team coach Anthony ‘Sconey’ Kilmartin from Newmarket-on-Fergus, the Clare hurling team in New York qualified for the New York senior hurling championship final when they accounted for Westmeath on Saturday.
*Photograph: John Sheridan OVERNIGHT water restrictions have been extended in North Clare for a further three nights, at least.
*A water tanker in Liscannor. Photograph: John Sheridan. OVERNIGHT water restrictions are to be introduced across North Clare from tonight (Thursday).
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. INSPIRING teenagers from Co Clare were honoured at the eight Clare Garda Youth Awards.
Jonathan Keane celebrates winning the South of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady AS the 2025 sporting seasons draws to a close, the keenly contested and eagerly awaited Clare Echo sporting awards return.
*John Nally, Moira McMahon, Bob Enright, Kathleen McMahon, Ruth Enright, Ellen Curley, Mary Murphy and Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley. RESIDENTS of Drumline are clashing with Clare County Council and have taken their case to An Coimisiún Pleanála.
*President Catherine Connolly working with Instructor Cian Corcoran assembling a cabinate during her visit to Common Knowledge, the award winning Social Enterprise in Co Clare on Friday. Photograph by Eamon Ward PRESIDENT Catherine Connolly made her first visit to Co Clare since her successful election.
46,742 passengers used the Burren/Cliffs Explorer in its pilot season over the summer.
*Jonathan Keane. Photograph: John Sheridan LAHINCH Golf Club members Aideen Walsh and Jonathan Keane have been selected on to Golf Ireland’s Women’s and Men’s High Performance panels for 2026.
*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.