A FATHER who head-butted another Dad at an east Clare GAA grounds in a row over missing footballs told Gardai that he “lost the plot” and ‘saw red’ before the assault, a court has heard.
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PR disasters have been far too common in Killaloe in 2025, the latest seeing the installation of a seat facing the road as opposed to the shores of Lough Derg at Ballycuggeran.
*Parteen Basin. UISCE ÉIREANN have lodged plans for the State’s largest-ever water project which will see water drained from the Parteen Basin on the River Shannon to supply the capital.
*Aoife Cahill. FUNDS are being raised to try bring a Killaloe woman home from Vietnam after she sustained a serious accident while travelling.
WITH Christmas only days away, some Clare families are still planning the big grocery shop.
*Dean’s Field. Photograph: Buffalo Studios Ireland. “I’M not an eejit but I don’t like what I’m seeing,” remarked Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) when criticising the lack of urgency within Clare County Council to improve the provision of parking within Killaloe.
Board members of SBCR, Eoin O’Hagan, Jim Collins, Pat McNamara, Tom Hanley and Pat O’Brien sign the contract. SCARIFF BAY Community Radio has been awarded a ten year broadcasting licence.
*Smith O’Briens GAA. A FATHER who head-butted another Dad at an East Clare GAA ground has been convicted of assault but has escaped a jail term.
*The man was found on a balcony at Killaloe Hotel & Spa. A 45-year old Co Clare man was found by Gardaí “completely out of his mind” and “butt-naked” on a hotel balcony after taking too many micro-doses of magic mushrooms for therapeutic reasons, a court has heard.