€10,000 raised in three hours as people of Scariff save their playground
*Leon Ryan. €10,000 was raised in the space of three hours which has effectively saved Scariff’s playground.
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Crooners & cocooners savour social setting of Derg Isle
An evening of music, song and conversation was organised for dozens of East Clare residents over the June Bank Holiday weekend to mark what for many was their first social event in over fifteen months.
52 pupils from 12 Clare schools contribute to Ocean of Stories
The Marine Institute is expanding its ocean literary programme in primary schools in Clare with the release of a brand-new ocean anthology book.
Minogue leaves his mark on St Flannan’s College
*John Minogue pictured outside St Flannan’s College. Photograph: Gary Collins After just shy of four decades at St Flanann’s College, John Minogue has bid farewell to Clare’s biggest secondary school.
Scariff Bay goes online only in wait of 10 year application
Scariff Bay Community Radio has gone online only as the community radio station awaits clarity on whether its bid for a ten year FM licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has been successful.
NCT centre to open in Shannon by end of 2021
A second NCT centre is to be opened in Co Clare by the end of this year.
Scariff man to lead tour of US & UK men looking for wives in Ukraine
A Scariff man has done a deal with an American dating tour company with a view to getting a wife for 50 Irish and British men in Ukraine.
Four U20 hurlers may miss Clare’s Munster championship
*Mark Rodgers may miss out on the U20 championship over the ruling. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There is growing concern amongst GAA fans in Clare that the county will be forced into playing in the Munster U20 hurling championship without four members of the panel who are also part of the senior hurling squad.
Sourcing of sandwiches for U20 hurlers sets temper alight at Co Board meeting
Animated exchanges took place at the reconvened May meeting of the Clare County Board with the Treasurer of Clare GAA refusing multiple requests to withdraw remarks passed in the heat of the moment.
Injury keeps Doyle out of Clare fifteen
*An injured Ciara Doyle is carried off the field by Stephen Cusack & Claire Commane. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography Clare’s senior camogie side shows one change from the starting fifteen which had a five point defeat to Galway in the opening round of the National League.