*Dermot Coughlan offloads the ball. Photograph: Ruth Griffin HAVING COLLECTED their first win of the National Football League, Clare are looking to kick on and climb the table, vice captain Dermot Coughlan outlined.
*Morgan Garry has linked up with the Clare squad after representing New York. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE senior football manager, Paul Madden has drafted the largest ever panel with over fifty footballers vying to keep their place on the county squad.
*Paudie Considine kicked the winning score for Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON are one step away from capturing the John Marrinan memorial thanks to a one point U21A football semi-final victory over Kilmurry Ibrickane.
UISCE ÉIREANN have commenced works replacing over 6.3km of aged water mains which they expect to last for over six months and promise will result in a reliable water supply for Coore.
*The Strand Line in Kilkee. INCREASED signage on the roads of West Clare is needed to counteract satellite navigation systems sending visitors to the county astray according to local councillors.
*Gearoid Barry secured a draw for Ennistymon to send them into the semi-finals. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL FOUR semi-final places in the Berwick Callinan Murphy Solicitors under 21 A football championship have been confirmed following the final round of games this weekend with both of last year’s finalists now out of the race.
*Kilmihil’s Megan Downes Rigney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. SENIOR and intermediate champions Kilmihil and Liscannor saw their Munster campaigns end just as they were beginning while Kilmurry Ibrickane are through to the provincial senior b decider.
*Patrick O’Connor. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography MULLAGH’s Patrick O’Connor has been appointed as the new manager of the Limerick junior ladies footballers.
RECENT improvements to the road surface leading to Miltown Malbay is leading to more speeding in the locality, a senior engineer has flagged.
*Kilmurry Ibrickane’s Daryn Callinan is tackled by Aaron Brennan of Wolfe Tones. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONTRASTING fortunes unsurprisingly didn’t change for the final stanza of Group 3 as Kilmurry Ibrickane maintained their perfect start to this year’s championship with a fifteen-point win over Wolfe Tones.