Culligan leading the Clare U20s charge
*Daire Culligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DAIRE CULLIGAN will lead the line for Clare’s U20 footballers as they enter the championship arena.
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From Hype to Hindsight: The Peter Keane Experiment in Clare
*Clare in 2026 will have a fourth manager of the senior footballers in as many years. PETER KEANE’s tenure as Clare senior football manager ended officially on Sunday, but it should have come to a halt long before then.
Miltown Malbay’s Neylon coaches Tuam Stars to league success
*Michael Neylon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill MILTOWN Malbay’s Michael Neylon coached Galway side Tuam Stars to win the Division 1 Football League this weekend.
‘We want to be peaking coming out of phase one’ – Walsh & Clare U20s ready for championship opener
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONSHIP ACTION descends on Doonbeg this weekend with Maurice Walsh’s Clare U20 footballers determined to make their mark from the off when they welcome Waterford to West Clare.
McMahon savouring chance to lead Clare into championship action
*Sean McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S U20 footballers are the first of the county’s side to enter the cauldron of championship action this weekend with Seán McMahon honoured to lead them into battle.
Leaving Cert student pleads guilty to assaulting man at protest against rumoured new accommodation for asylum seekers in Corofin
*A protest held in Scool, Corofin. Photograph: John Mangan A 19-year old Leaving Cert student has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a man in his sixties at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Co Clare last year.
Clare GAA top brass were ‘sorry & disappointed’ to see Fitzgerald resign
*Mark Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA’s top officers have said they were “sorry” and “disappointed” that Mark Fitzgerald opted not to continue as county senior football manager for a second year.
Walsh in running to be next Clare U20 manager
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MAURICE WALSH is on course to be appointed as the next manager of the Clare U20 footballers, The Clare Echo understands.
19 year old charged with assault of man (60s) at minsinformed Corofin protest against asylum seeker accommodation
*The property in Scool, Corofin which was the subject of misinformation as a rumoured accommodation centre for asylum seekers. Photograph: John Mangan A 19-year old Ennis man has appeared in court charged with the assault causing harm of a man in his 60s at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for asylum seekers …
Keane officially ratified as Clare manager & Co Board say ‘no rancour’ following Neylon’s resignation
*Peter Keane. EX KERRY manager Peter Keane was unanimously ratified as the new manager of the Clare senior footballers at Tuesday’s County Board meeting while senior officials in Clare GAA have said there is “no rancour” with candidates that unsuccessfully applied for the role.