Lyons & Hogan step down from minor management
*Cyril Lyons. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO KEY MEMBERS of Brian O’Connell’s Clare minor hurling management have departed their roles.
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Council insist €4.5m of €5.9m Active Travel allocation will be spent by end of 2022
*Safe Routes to Schools are among the eligible criteria for Active Travel funding. €4.5M OF A €5.9M of an allocation for Active Travel will be spent in Clare by the end of this year, local authority officials have insisted.
Minister Coveney tells Clare supporters Fine Gael ‘can & will dominate centre of Irish politics’
Nora Owen, Prof Michael Laffan, Madeline Taylor Quinn, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Simon Coveney (FG) has told supporters in Co Clare that Fine Gael must aim to dominate the centre of Irish politics.
Repeat pairings arise in Clare SFC semi-final draw
David Fitzgerald wheels past Darren Hickey. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO REPEAT PAIRINGS HAVE been drawn in this year’s Clare senior football championship semi-finals.
Renaming of Clare roundabouts to be considered to attract international attention
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A NUMBER OF ROUNDABOUTS in Clare are to be considered for renaming in a bid to “enhance the marketability of the county for tourism and benefit of Shannon International Airport”.
Iarnród Éireann’s attitude towards bridges of West Clare Railway slammed
*A rusting bridge in Ennistymon. Photograph: Patrick Comerford CRITICISM OF Iarnród Éireann has been aired by North Clare councillors over the lack of repair works completed on the remaining bridges of the West Clare Railway route.
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.
Trio of winners for Myles & Breda
*Myles Cummins and Breda Casey with Breda’s sister Eileen Crosby (left). Photograph: James Treacy MYLES CUMMINS AND Breda Casey had a trio of winners to mark the return of greyhound racing.
Ruan camp brings out the sunshine
Ruan GAA and Camogie Club held a very successful Summer Camp which saw 102 boys and girls enjoy a great week of hurling and camogie from Monday to Thursday of last week.
‘We’d do it all over again’ – Arkins & Lynch last living North Clare men with SFC medals hopeful Jack Daly drought will end
*Jack Lynch and John Arkins. Photograph: Joe Buckley NORTH CLARE has been deprived of a visit from the Jack Daly for over seven decades and the last two surviving men from the region with Clare SFC medals are hopeful the drought will soon end.