*Cllr Joe Garrihy (inset) said facilities like Lee’s Road in Ennis (pictured) are needed in areas across the county. CLARE County Council has been urged to develop a countywide plan for all-weather sports facilities amid concerns over increasing rainfall, pitch cancellations and pressure on existing facilities.
*Fiona Tevlin-Pillar pictured with her dad, the late Mick Tevlin, on her wedding day. A KILRUSH woman is preparing to run the 2027 London Marathon in memory of her dad, who died from a glioblastoma brain tumour in 2022, just seven months after his diagnosis.
*Jack welcomed home by family at the airport THREE Clare athletes have returned from the Taekwon-Do World Cup as world champions after a strong medal haul in Benidorm, Spain.
*Shane Lowry celebrates winning the 2026 Irish Open in Doonbeg. Photograph: Joe Buckley THERE is “serious talk” of the Irish Open returning to Clare in 2029, according to a West Clare councillor.
*Seamus O’Reilly will deliver a lecture ‘Heroes Without Laurels’ on the history of Clare hurling alongside Ollie Byrnes. A HOST of free lectures and talks will bring the people of Clare back to their roots during History Week.
*Major upgrade works are to begin at Kilrush Sports Complex. WORKS worth €241,000 are planned for the Kilrush Sports Complex, including the refurbishment of dressing rooms and new lighting for the cross-country and walking track.
*Naomh Eoin’s Mark McQuaid and Niall Bonfil celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BIG SHOCKS were the order of the Clare intermediate football championship with favourites Clondegad and last year’s finalists Cooraclare both eliminated in the quarter-finals.
DOONBEG farmer Brian Shanahan’s ingenuity has been toasted all over the golfing world.
*Jack Fennell, then chairman of Kilrush Urban Council || Credit: RTE Archives, Economic Disaster Zone, 1976 FIFTY years after an RTÉ report described Kilrush as a “dying town”, many of the challenges highlighted in the programme remain familiar, although the town now has greater opportunities and assets to build on. An RTÉ News report broadcast on August 3, 1976, …
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON has the highest commercial vacancy rate in Ireland while the county’s figure is above the national average.