*Fr Robert McNamara. A NORTH CLARE parish priest has promised a female Council planner that if she grants planning permission for a new Church car park it will bring her many blessings.
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan NORTH CLARE locals blocked off access to Ballyvaughan for under half an hour for the second time in the space of a week as part of their efforts to seek better road conditions.
*Liam Tierney keeps his foot on the ball and his hand on the jersey of Andrew Shannon. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography. STARTING OFF in the Clare senior football championship with a win was the aspiration for St Breckan’s, it may not have been achieved but it hasn’t derailed their ambitions.
*Locals hold their demonstration in Ballyvaughan. Photograph: John Mangan ROADS were shut off on Thursday morning to mark the first ‘coming together’ of a section of the North Clare community in their efforts to bring about a better and safer road network.
MYSTERY traffic cameras that were erected in parts of North Clare over a two day period have been confirmed to be linked to the Cliffs of Moher 2040 Strategy.
*Helga Himmelsbach lays flowers at the spot where her husband Jerry O’Connor was killed. Photograph: John Mangan. A LISDONVARNA woman who became a widow after a French tourist crashed into her beloved husband on his motorbike at the end of July has pledged to continue campaigning until road safety improvements are introduced in North Clare.
*Dermot Coughlan stood out for the winners. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMURRY IBRICKANE are among the opening round winners in the Clare senior football championship.
*Denis O’Callaghan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN ELEMENT of continuity exists despite a change of management for St Breckan’s but they will hope that their status as contenders transpires to reality.
*The North Clare motorcyclist was killed outside Ballyvaughan. A 41-year old French tourist has appeared in court charged in connection with the road death of a motorcyclist in his 70s outside the village of Ballyvaughan.
*Fintan Shanagher and Mairead Casey load the vans. Photograph: John Mangan WHEN you say you’re from Newmarket-on-Fergus, there are two things people say to you – hurling and Obair. And they’re the two things that everyone in Newmarket is very proud of.”
