*Veteran Paraic Aherne kicked the winning score as Doonbeg defeated Éire Óg. Doonbeg and St Breckans share top spot in the Cusack Cup, both sides are unbeaten in two games with county champions Éire Óg and Kilmurry Ibrickane yet to register a win.
Ennistymon’s Tiernan Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill In a repeat of last year’s Clare SFC quarter-final, Ennistymon overturned the result when defeating Éire Óg to kick off their Cusack Cup bid with opening round wins also recorded by St Joseph’s Miltown, St Breckans and Doonbeg.
*Photograph: John Mangan Ratification of sub-committees, an U19 league and question marks on a supposed missing account were among the talking points at the March meeting of the Clare County Board.
*Philip Talty was captain of the Éire Óg side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEMI-FINAL spots have been secured by Ennistymon and Éire Óg in the U21A football championship while all of the last four places are known in the B championship.
Population allocations set out in the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES) adopted by the three Regional Assemblies need to be urgently revised, Clare councillors have warned.
*Jamie Malone’s return to fitness is a major boost to Corofin. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Saturday’s intermediate football championship final promises to be one of the most eagerly fought and evenly contested contests for the Talty Stores Cup in modern times.
*Gearoid Cahill celebrates scoring Corofin’s second goal. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Beaten finalists in 2020, Corofin are one step away from regaining senior status following their comfortable win over O’Currys in the semi-final of the intermediate football championship.
Future uses of the former school building of Querrin NS will be debated at a facilitated workshop next week.
The quarter finals of the intermediate football championship at the weekend resulted in wins for the four sides that were tipped to progress to the semi-finals.
*Daniel Walsh in action against Matt O’Shea in last year’s semi-final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Semi-final pairings are now known for the penultimate stages of the Clare senior and intermediate football championships.
