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.
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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.
Popular Clare priests McMahon & Noone laid to rest
*Fr Joe McMahon. TWO OF Clare’s most prominent priests have died this week.
Amount of Local Link bus passengers increase in Clare
A MORE THAN five fold increase in users of the TFI Local Link Bus passengers has been recorded in the space of two years.
Neylon resigns as Clare U20 football manager
*Michael Neylon. Photograph: Natasha Barton. MICHAEL NEYLON has announced his resignation as manager of the Clare U20 football team.