Collins to remain on as Clare boss for tenth season
*Colm Collins. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Ireland’s longest serving inter-county football manager Colm Collins has been ratified for a tenth year.
Shannon
Commemoration brings closure to victims of D.H. Dove Accident
*Wreaths laid at the new memorial where the crash occurred in 1961. Photograph: Joe Buckley FAMILIES who lost loved ones in a 1961 plane crash in Newmarket-on-Fergus have said they have received closure through the unveiling of a memorial at the site.
Clare Leader Forum reps heading for Brussels
MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are getting ready to attend the European Network on Independent Living’s Freedom Drive in Brussels this September after Shannon’s Ei Electronics donated €2,000 to the organisation.
Cooraclare, Kildysart & Wolfe Tones the fancied trio as Clare IFC quarter-finalists confirmed
*Cooraclare’s Pearse Lillis. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUARTER-FINAL places have been sorted in the Clare intermediate football championship (IFC).
Double win for Ballyea’s Nugent family
BALLYEA’S Nugent clan had double delight at the kennels in Galway over the weekend.
Shannon Aviation Museum installs permanent exhibition to Irish Air Corps
Irish Air Corps General Officer Commanding and Director of Military Aviation, Brigadier General Rory O’Connor. Photograph: Joe Buckley A WING DEDICATED to the Irish Air Corps has been officially unveiled at the Shannon Aviation Museum.
Seven Clare accommodation providers enter contracts worth estimated €6.36m to house Ukrainians
Seven Co Clare accommodation providers signed Government contracts with a cumulative estimated value of €6.36m to accommodate Ukrainian refugees in the second quarter of this year.
Link for River Walk & Drumgeely ‘a small thing but big for the area’
*The Drumgeely Flats were among the first buildings constructed during the creation of Shannon Town. Photograph: Joe Buckley OFFERING a link with the River Walk and Drumgeely would be “a big thing” for one of the oldest areas of Shannon.
Shannon’s ‘obliterated road markings’ up for renewal
*Corrib Drive. Photograph: Joe Buckley ROAD MARKINGS in Corrib Drive which were “obliterated during resurfacing” are to be renewed.
Inamona beat Wolfe Tones but both sides advance to quarter-finals
*Cian O’Rourke battles with Eoin Fitzgerald INAGH/KILNAMONA are back in the hunt for the Canon Hamilton, qualifying for the last eight along with Wolfe Tones despite overcoming the Shannon side.
