Derbies await in football relegation play offs
Conor Finucane claims the ball from Cathal Killeen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. WEST CLARE rivals Doonbeg and Kilmihil will meet in the Clare senior football championship relegation play off.
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Wolfe Tones, Naomh Eoin & Kilrush Shamrocks secure quarter-final spots in Clare IFC
*Wolfe Tones captain Dean Devanney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WOLFE TONES, Naomh Eoin and Kilrush Shamrocks have qualified for the quarter-finals of the TUS Clare intermediate football championship.
Clare IFC: Tones & Kilrush win as expected, Naomh Eoin stun Clondegad, Cooraclare & Coolmeen prevail while Gaels draw with Ennistymon
*Dean Devanney. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography IT has long been claimed that the intermediate football championship in Clare is one of the most difficult to win.
Ten Clare parishes involved in church nature project responding to biodiversity crisis
Fr Martin Shanahan with Inagh Tidy Towns members Ray O’Shaughnessy, Eileen Ryan, Angela Malone and Clare County Council’s Biodiversity Officer, Barry O’Loughlin (Photo Credit: Rocket Science Media). TEN CLARE parishes are playing their part to carry out biodiversity actions on twelve church grounds across the county.
Opportunity beckons as race for promotion begins in Clare IFC – teams profiled
*Darragh Bolton of Kilrush gets away from Wolfe Tones’ Dean Devanney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRIDAY evening will see the first ball kicked in the TUS Clare intermediate football championship as the door to secure promotion to the top tier swings ajar.
Moneypoint will continue to be a ‘big employer’ for West Clare
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon MONEYPOINT intends to remain “a big employer” for Co Clare while the Tánaiste has acknowledged “impatience” on the progress made for offshore renewable energy on the west coast.
Cunningham not caught up in the past as Clare U20s prepare to write their own story
*Odhran Cunningham. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NOW in his third year on the Clare U20 football panel, Odhran Cunningham will play as many championship games at the grade in 2024 as he has over the past two seasons.
Shannon Airport welcomes eleven new recruits to police and fire service
SHANNON AIRPORT has welcomed eleven new recruits to its Police and Fire Service (APFS).
ESB warns of winter outages if Moneypoint does not convert to heavy fuel oil
*Moneypoint Power Station. IF the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station doesn’t convert to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to produce electricity, “it is possible that extended power outages could occur to cover the Winter peaks in the period 2024 to 2029”.
Plans to move from coal to oil ‘reinforces Moneypoint’s significance as vital asset’ – McInerney
*Cllr Rita McInerney. Photograph: Arthur Ellis ESB’s plans to move from coal to oil at Moneypint secures the short-term future of the site, a West Clare representative has said.