Success not elusive for Browne’s Cascade Phantom
*Clare hurler, Jack Browne. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CASCADE PHANTOM owned by Clare hurler, Jack Browne recorded his second success in only his third outing.
Parteen
Young man dies in Parteen crash
ONE MAN AGED in his twenties has died following a two car collision in Parteen.
Tulla, Ogonnelloe, Doora/Barefield & Parteen secure Clare IHC quarter-final spots
*Sean Withycombe is choked up by Éanna Doyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Action continued in the Clare intermediate hurling championship (IHC) over the weekend with six of the quarter-finalists vying to win the Paddy Browne Cup now known.
Race for Clare IHC hotting up
*Éanna Doyle fights for possession as Gearoid Sheedy looks on. Photograph: James Treacy With three wins from three starts Tubber are through to the quarter finals of the intermediate hurling championship.
‘We’re the scapegoats’ – Clare farmers sceptical of emission targets
Clare farmers are sceptical of new environmental targets set out by the Government which will see the agriculture industry reduce their carbon output by 25%.
Winning run continues for Doora/Barefield & Tubber while Ogonnelloe shock Tulla
*Tubber’s Blaine Earley. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Ogonnelloe caused a big shock in this weekend’s Clare IHC as both St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield and Tubber recorded successive wins.
Giant Hogweed ‘getting out of control’ in South Clare
INVASIVE SPECIES such as Giant Hogweed are “getting out of control” in parts of South Clare.
The runners and riders in the Clare intermediate hurling championship
*Ruan’s Robin Mounsey gets away from Cillian McGroary of Corofin, their paths will cross this weekend. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ACTION BEGINS IN the Clare intermediate hurling championship (IHC) this weekend with games in both Group 1 and Group 2.
Tubber claim Division 2 honours
*Tubber’s Ronan Monahan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Tubber’s intermediate hurlers ended a ten year spell without silverware when they defeated Parteen in a high scoring division 2 hurling league final at Clarecastle on Tuesday evening.
Better pay for Early Years sector a priority for Crowe as he joins Oireachtas’ Education committee
*Photograph: Eamon Ward Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has taken up a new position as a sitting member of the Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.