Padraig Kelly of St Breckan’s. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. ST BRECKAN’s have won promotion back to the Cusack cup (division 1 football league) and a place in the Garry cup final thanks to a merited semi-final win over Clondegad at Lisdoonvarna on Wednesday evening.
*Photograph: Liam Burke. This year’s Clare Cruinniú na nÓg promises an exciting array of experiences across 22 locations in the county, featuring over 35 workshops and performances that aim to spark imagination and self-expression.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Caoilfhinn O’Dea takes on Ennistymon’s Brian McNamara during their Cusack Cup clash. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. NEIGHBOURS Éire Óg and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield are through to the knockout stages of the Cusack Cup while relegation from the top tier awaits Kildysart and Corofin.
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL paid €78m to contractors and €12m to consultants last year it has emerged after councillors probed senior management on the €8m deal to acquire lands by the Cliffs of Moher.
*The Hydro Hotel. 171 Ukrainians are to be relocated from The Hydro Hotel in Lisdoonvarna this July.
*Passengers take off on The Burren and Cliffs Explorer. Photograph: Eamon Ward. 70,000 passengers on the Burren and Cliffs Explorer over a four month period would deem the free shuttle bus service a success according to the Director of the Cliffs of Moher Experience.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward AN ECONOMIC injection into the towns and villages of North Clare can be provided if the new free Burren and Cliffs Explorer is a success.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward IRELAND’s built heritage will be the focus of an upcoming two-day symposium in The Burren.
*King Thomond Hotel. A LISDOONVARNA based Direct Provision firm which has received millions of euro in State payments for housing International Protection (IP) applicants has been ordered to pay €7,000 compensation to a Romanian worker who was racially abused by a colleague.
A TEAM of seven students from Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna will be competing in the finals of the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA).
