Liz looking at life in a different lens
Quin native, Liz Canny, is living with advanced stage breast cancer. This year, the Marie Keating Foundation has asked her to take part in their October Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign.
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Patrick Hannan – the Quin man who found gold in Australia
Many Clare emigrants aspire for the faraway hills to be much greener but few will ever match Patrick Hannan in terms of success abroad.
Crowe’s stores hit consistently by ‘professional criminals’
A family run chain of stores in South-East Clare have been victims to a sustained series of robberies by a “professional” outfit.
‘Vibrant’ Quin requires more street lighting
East Clare councillors have appealed to the local authority to install street lighting at two sections of road approaching Quin village.
The Clare Echo launches new partnership with Meals on Wheels
The Clare Echo has launched a new partnership with South Clare Meals on Wheels.
Hehir forms big Clare interest in Saturday’s English Greyhound Derby
There will be a big Clare interest in the English Greyhound Derby which gets underway on this Saturday night.
Jacobs First turns on heat in Galway
A family affair saw Jacobs First turn on the heat in Galway over the weekend while the much-anticipated Emerald Isle Irish Cambridgeshire Semi Finals drew plenty of interest in Limerick.
Feakle/Killanena upset the odds to advance to Minor A decider
Feakle/Killanena upset a fancied Clooney/Quin side to progress to the final of the Clare Minor A hurling championship.
Filip becomes first Polish national to play in Clare SFC
Several milestones in Filip Rzymek’s life have been interrupted as a result of COVID-19 such as his eighteenth birthday and sitting the Leaving Certificate. Despite the global pandemic, he managed to make history by becoming the first Polish national to line out in the Clare senior football championship.
‘I appreciate you are a busy man Minister but I am a dying one’
A Clare man with terminal cancer has renewed his appeal for medical cards to be automatically extended to terminally ill patients and has been left waiting for a reply by the Minister for Health.