PRESIDENT of the GAA, Jarlath Burns was in Miltown Malbay on Tuesday night to officially open new facilities in Hennessy Memorial Park and to unveil a plaque in memory of Georgie Comerford.
*Liam O’Brien. Photograph: Colm Keating. MILTOWN MALBAY concertina player Liam O’Brien has taken on a new role with the Irish Traditional Music Archive.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward. REVIEWS on the pilot season of the Burren and Cliffs Explorer must realise that the inclusion of an Ennistymon spur for 2026 is “a no brainer,” one county councillor has stressed while another has said there was a “positive pile-on” for the shuttle service.
*Catherine Connolly with environmental groups in Spanish Point. ONE WEEK out from the Presidential election, front-runner Catherine Connolly (IND) refused to take questions from the media of the Mid-West during her only visit of the campaign to Co Clare and Co Limerick.
*Tony Roche and Gearoid Curtin celebrate. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography LOSING THE 2024 intermediate final stood to Liscannor as they secured promotion to the senior ranks.
*A Swiss owned company has lodged the plans. PLANS for a five turbine 492 ft high wind-farm close to the home of the Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay is striking a sour note with locals.
(L-R). Amelie Carolan, Evan McMahon, Susan Meehan, Oisin O’Grady, Leana Liddane, Ferdia Hayes, Elin Blake, Jude Collins, Aoibh Blake. NINE Clare athletes made a splash at the European Lifesaving Championships held in Poland.
*Eoin Cleary receives his award from Martin Daly. BIG PLAYERS step up at the critical moments with Eoin Cleary typifying this to help St Joseph’s Miltown qualify for the Clare SFC quarter-finals and pick up the Martin Daly Autos/The Clare Echo player of the week in the process.
RECENT improvements to the road surface leading to Miltown Malbay is leading to more speeding in the locality, a senior engineer has flagged.
A CLARE PRINCIPAL has publicly backed school secretaries and caretakers in their efforts to secure pension parity and access to sick and bereavement leave equivalent to their colleagues in the education sector.