*Conner Hegarty is the Clare U20 captain. Photograph: Chris Copley The meeting of Clare and their great rivals Limerick in the opening round of the Munster U20 hurling championship at the TUS Gaelic grounds in Limerick next Wednesday starts a very busy period of provincial championship action for Banner county underage sides.
Ennis Rugby Club Coaches: Michael Flynn, Paul Phelan, John Queally and Luke Ryan. Photograph: Natasha Barton These are good times for Ennis rugby club.
*Members of Jimmy Smyth’s family Peter, Brighid and Patricia at the launch of a book in his honour with Donie Nealon and Michael Slattery. Photograph: Joe Buckley THEY TRAVELLED FROM near and far to pay tribute to Jimmy Smyth, a true hurling man.
*Social housing in Quilty. IT WILL TAKE 31 years to alleviate the social housing waiting list in West Clare, a county councillor has warned.
REGARDED as one of the greatest hurlers to never win an All-Ireland medal, Jimmy Smyth is the subject of a new book by Ennis historian Ollie Byrnes.
The best greyhounds in this part of the world were on show at Shelbourne Park on last Saturday night as the Bresbet Easter Cup got underway.
VISUAL IMPACT on surrounding properties of flashing beacon lights by pedestrian crossing has led to the addition of sleeves on the soon to be constructed infrastructure in two North Clare villages.
*Margaret O’Brien, Ennis Chamber of Commerce. Photograph: Arthur Ellis The Clare Echo’s Sunday Read series continues with a report on inflation: which Clare industries are being squeezed the hardest? RISING prices is the headline story of 2022 and it’s here to stay. Increasing energy costs and a perfect storm of supply chain issues and a global pandemic …
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COROFIN VILLAGE is planned to be linked to the West Clare Greenway, despite local concern on its inclusion.
St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield’s Aaron Landy in action against Ruan’s Aidan Lynch, Photograph: Natasha Barton DISCUSSIONS have commenced on the potential splitting of the Clare intermediate hurling championship (IHC) in two.
