Cleary returns for first start of 2025 as Clare remain in must-win territory
*Conor Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CONOR CLEARY makes his first start of the year for Clare’s senior hurlers as they welcome Cork to Ennis.
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Connolly woman who took unfair dismissal case against Violet-Anne joins McGettigan’s constituency team
*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A CONNOLLY WOMAN who took a case to the Workplace Relations Commission and won over an unfair dismissal by former TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) has joined the staff of newly elected Clare TD, Donna McGettigan (SF).
Dan McCabe brings intimacy to glór debut
CLARE ballad lovers kicked off their Valentine’s weekend as Kildare-based ballad singer Dan McCabe took to the stage at glór for his first concert at the Ennis venue.
Clare gets top billing in Super Bowl
SHEAMIE GARRIHY’S showbiz career has received another boost, having recently appeared in an extended version of a half time ad during the Super Bowl this week.
Concertina Cruinniú returns to Miltown Malbay
THE THIRTEENTH edition of the Concertina Cruinniú, an annual festival celebrating the concertina, will take place in Miltown Malbay from February 14-16, 2025.
‘Unacceptable delays’ in rural Clare amid ‘complete internet blackout’
CLARE TD, Joe Cooney (FG) has criticised “unacceptable delays and poor customer engagement” from eir, Vodafone and other National Broadband Ireland (NBI) providers in restoring fibre broadband services in the county since Storm Éowyn.
O’Gorman Cup kicks off next weekend
*Doonbeg’s Kevin McInerney gets tangled with Ciaran McMahon of Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. THE RACE for the O’Gorman Cup commences next weekend with games on Saturday (February 15th) and Sunday (February 16th).
Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
Impact of Storm Darragh leaves 800 plus properties without power in Clare
*A fallen tree in McNamara Park, Ennis. OVER 800 homes and businesses in Clare remain without power following Storm Darragh.
Taoiseach welcomes ‘healthy competition’ as disappointment voiced by Cooney & Nolan
*Cllr Joe Cooney, Pat Breen, Cllr Mary Howard, Dr Tom Nolan and Madeline Taylor-Quinn. Photograph: John Mangan COMPETITION among Fine Gael candidates in Clare has been welcomed by the Taoiseach with frustration bubbling beneath the surface over a map that is keeping certain parts of the county out of bounds.