Clare minors have clean bill of health for championship trip to Tipp
*Clare joint captain, Ian O’Brien. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’S minor hurlers have a clean bill of health as they make their championship bow this Easter weekend.
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Lisdoonvarna widow laments absence of restorative justice in dangerous driving case
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan A Clare widow has told an inquest that the absence of restorative justice in the case where her late husband died as a result of a French tourist’s dangerous driving “is a lost opportunity” for all concerned.
Student (20) fell to her death at Cliffs of Moher when slipping at edge of ‘huge puddle’
*Hags Head. A 20-year old University of Edinburgh student slipped and fell to her death while walking at the side of a ‘huge puddle’ on a muddy part of a trail beside the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Moher in May 2024, an inquest has heard.
Judge rejects ‘sleepwalking’ defence to convict Shragh drunk driver
*The sitting took place at Kilrush District Court on Tuesday. A JUDGE has rejected a defence that a 28-year old West Clare man was undergoing a sleep disorder episode when he was drink-driving and his car veered off the road into a ditch.
West Clare driver was ‘sleepwalking’ when over drink driving limit and crashed his car sleep disorder expert tells court
*Kilrush Courthouse. AN EXPERT medical witness has told a court that a 27 year old West Clare man was undergoing a sleep disorder episode when he was drink-driving and his car veered off the road into a ditch last year.
Clare volunteers leave their mark in Uganda
A Clare led humanitarian mission has raised €58,048 for charities in Uganda this summer.