New gig for Miltown Malbay’s Liam with ITMA
*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.
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Pilot Burren/Cliffs Explorer review ongoing with addition of Ennistymon stop ‘a no brainer’
*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.
Irish Presidential front-runner Connolly dodges media during Mid-West stop
*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.
Final loss to Éire Óg ‘stood to Liscannor’ – Curtin
*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.
Over 200 objections lodged against plans for West Clare wind farm
*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.
Clare athletes claim medals at European lifesaving championships
(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.
Cleary collects player of the week
*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 works in Miltown Malbay has increased level of speeding
RECENT improvements to the road surface leading to Miltown Malbay is leading to more speeding in the locality, a senior engineer has flagged.
‘Secretaries have been papering over the cracks from Dept under-funding’ – Inch principal issues support to workers on strike
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.
Miltown down Doonbeg and march onto quarter-finals
*Conor Cleary kicked the all-important goal for St Joseph’s Miltown. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ST JOSEPH’S MILTOWN claimed the last of the Clare SFC quarter-final spots when overcoming Doonbeg for the third year in a row.