Clare Echo’s 2022 Sporting Awards
Diarmaid Nash at the Pat Kirby memorial in Tuamgraney. Photograph: Gordon Daly Back with a bang for the third year, The Clare Echo’s sporting awards applaud the great and good from within the county.
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Expansion for Obair’s Meals on Wheels to see an additional 160 service users catered to across Clare
*Pictured at Obair, Newmarket on Fergus Kate Tierney (Volunteer), Eimear Murphy (Meals on Wheels Co-Ordinator), Alice Delaney (Volunteer), Vincent Delaney (Volunteer), Eileen McGrath (Volunteer), Siobhan O’Driscoll (Operations Manager, Obair CLG) and Conor Mulqueen (Kitchen Assistant) OBAIR’S MEALS ON WHEELS service is to expand into parts of North, West and East Clare.
Storming finish sees Scariff/Ogonnelloe advance to U21A hurling final
*David Tuohy and Patrick Crotty look towards referee Joe Mullins. Photograph: Ruth Griffin A POWERFUL finish which included three goals in the final moments saw Scariff/Ogonnelloe seal their place in the U21A hurling final.
Multiple crashes across Clare as dangerous road conditions persist
*Photograph: John Mangan ROAD CONDITIONS WILL remain dangerous on Saturday evening and into the early hours of Sunday.
How Clare’s TDs voted as Varadkar is elected Taoiseach for second time
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Paul Corey CLARE’S TDs were split when it came to the voting in favour or against the Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar (FG) becoming Taoiseach.
Start date for Scariff social housing scheme delayed
*The Feakle Rd in Ballyminoge in Scariff. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SCARIFF’s planned social housing scheme has met an early hiccup with the construction date delayed.
U21 hurling semi-finals to go ahead as football clashes are pushed back a week
*Action from the first round clash between Corofin/Ruan and Clarecastle. Photograph: Chris Copley U21A hurling semi-finals are provisionally fixed to take place this coming Sunday while the semi-finals in the U21A football championship have been delayed by a week.
U21A hurling semi-finals called off
*Oisin Whelan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BOTH SEMI-FINALS in the U21A and C hurling championship have been postponed.
27 Clare hurlers included on Fitzgibbon Cup panels
*Mark Rodgers in action for UL. Photograph: Sport Action Photography CLARE WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED with a total of 27 hurlers involved with Fitzgibbon Cup panels across the country.
Tuamgraney’s Tomás delivers annual lecture for Oral History Network
TUAMGRANEY HISTORIAN, Dr Tomás Mac Conmara had the distinction of delivering the annual lecture of the Oral History Network of Ireland this year.