Decisive & deserving opening round win for Wolfe Tones
A decisive opening victory for Wolfe Tones for the second successive season as they brushed aside the challenge of newcomers Scariff in O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge.
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PREVIEW: Early signs will be telling in Clare SHC
*Tony Kelly and Ballyea are viewed as the main side capable of stopping Sixmilebridge’s three in a row bid. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill At long last, it’s the return of the Clare SHC and Eoin Brennan previews the hotly anticipated action.
Let the games begin: Race for the Canon Hamilton kicks off
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill With a meaningless Clare Cup campaign behind all teams, it’s full steam ahead towards the championship with action brimming to life over the course of the weekend.
Scariff capable of having a big input as they return to senior ranks
*Mark Rodgers will be a vital component of Scariff’s attack. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A strong senior hurling club back in the forties and fifties, dwindling numbers contributed to Scariff losing their senior status but the reigning intermediate champions are viewed as a side that will have a big say in the 2021 campaign.
Current traffic calming measures in Tuamgraney ‘not fulfilling their requirements’
Present traffic calming measures on approach roads to Tuamgraney “are not fulfilling their requirements,” a county councillor has claimed.
Special indoor gathering to mark Joan Giblin’s 90th birthday in Scariff
*Pictured from the left: Former Principals Tim McGillicuddy and Martin Scanlan, with their teaching colleagues, Anna McGillicuddy, Bridget Cahill, Joan Giblin, Phil Fenwick, Mary Slattery, Bríd Whelan and Loretta Brody. Scariff played host to a very special gathering on the week that indoor dining was permitted to return.
Contracts signed for design of Limerick to Scariff Greenway
*The Errina Canal. Contracts have been signed for the design of the Limerick to Scariff Greenway.
Cancellation of hospital activity at UHL ‘outrageous’ – McNamara
A Clare TD has called the decision by UL Hospitals Group to cancel outpatient and elective procedures at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) as “outrageous”.
Doyle anxious to make it third time lucky at U20 grade
*Sean Doyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Clare Under 20 manager Sean Doyle is hoping to make it third time lucky when his side commence their 2021 Munster Championship campaign against Kerry in Tralee on Monday evening.
Forgotten War of Independence victim Jim Grogan remembered in Feakle
*Members of the East Clare Memorial Committee at the commemoration to Jim Grogan. A poignant ceremony was held by the East Clare Memorial Committee in the townland of Core, Feakle last Tuesday to commemorate the last victim of the Irish War of Independence in the county, Jim ‘Birdie’ Grogan.