*Clare goalkeeper, Stephen Ryan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill IN CLARE’S two championship games of this year, Stephen Ryan has managed to keep a clean sheet but he’s well aware Sunday’s Munster final will be his stiffest test to date.
*More holiday homes in Kilkee are now occupied earlier in the year. HOLIDAY SEASON in Co Clare is now beginning much earlier than in the past, a Kilkee councillor has said.
*Violet-Anne Wynne with Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: John Mangan FOLLOWING HER EXIT from Sinn Féin over a year ago, Violet-Anne Wynne TD (IND) has said she is not on speaking terms with the majority of her former colleagues.
*Details were outlined at a sitting of Kilrush District Court. A DRUNKEN ‘shirtless and shoeless’ father told Gardai “f**k you” outside his home a few hours after having “a few drinks” at his five year old child’s birthday party.
*Gearoid O’Brien celebrates with Darragh Leahy. Photograph: Joe Buckley A WIDE SMILE was etched across the face of Newmarket Celtic’s latest match-winner Gearoid O’Brien in the beaming sun of Jackman Park after he headed them into the final of the Munster Junior Cup.
“COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY” of negotiations has been cited by the National Car Testing Service (NCTS) for their inability to comment on the delay in opening a second NCT centre for the county.
*Gary Fitzgibbon with Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: Peter Flannigan YOUTH AND having experienced difficulties prompted people to vote for Violet-Anne Wynne and not the Sinn Féin brand, she has argued.
BUNRATTY’S Kate Jones and Aibhlinn Cotter of Kilrush received starting jerseys for their country in the Bob Docherty Cup.
*The Garda chase took place in March 2022. A JUDGE has imposed an eight year driving ban on a 22 year old apprentice carpenter after he made “the very worst choice possible” leading to a 30 minute Garda car chase in west Clare.
*The Old Rectory building in Mountshannon. TARGETS for the operation of a visitor centre for Inis Cealtra are set to be missed while the work on a Maritime Training College in Kilrush is “lagging”.