*Kevin Thompstone. Photograph: Joe Buckley A clear plan for route recovery for services to Shannon Airport needs to be identified to safeguard the hundreds of jobs reliant on air traffic in the region.
*Photograph: Mark Hayes Clare hurling and camogie teams will find themselves at a disadvantage to other counties if they cannot match the financial support at their disposal, the newly appointed secretary of Club Clare has said.
*Ger Loughnane. Photograph: Joe Buckley Two-time All-Ireland winning hurling manager, Ger Loughnane has declared that Clare GAA is “in disarray”.
Offshore wind energy has been touted as a potential solution to sustaining jobs in Moneypoint.
Regarded as one of the finest midfielders of his generation, former Newmarket-on-Fergus and Clare hurler Liam Danagher has been laid to rest.
*Pat Keogh. A Newmarket-on-Fergus businessman has been praised after voluntarily driving one of the country’s most highest profile cancer campaigners to and from Dublin.