*Clooney/Quin senior hurling manager, Fergal Lynch. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A CLARE SHC winner with Sixmilebridge is to join the management of the Clooney/Quin senior hurlers for 2026.
CLARE trainers continue to reel in the winners, this time it was the turn of Sixmilebridge’s Stephen Murray.
*Liam O’Reilly was among those to oppose the motion. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FOR THE second year in a row a motion seeking to amend the county bye-law dealing with the regrading of players failed to win the support of delegates.
Members of the Shannon’s Men Shed after receiving their Christmas dinners. Photograph: Joe Buckley ALMOST 600 Christmas dinners will be delivered by Shannon Gardaí to senior citizens in the locality this week.
*Jack O’Halloran and Darren Moroney battle for possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s brilliant season on the domestic front continued as they qualified for the final of the Berwick Callinan Murphy U21A hurling final.
*Kyle Kirby keeps the ball from Lee Clohessy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. BRIDGE UTD bounced back to winning ways in the CDSL Premier Division at the hands of a Fair Green Celtic outfit who fell apart in the second half.
*John O’Brien (editor), RTÉ’s Marie Crowe and Ronan Murphy (Metaltech Engineering) at the launch of Sixmilebridge Local History Revisited. Photograph: Paddy Higgins. SIXMILEBRIDGE HISTORICAL Society have recently launched a history of Clare’s third biggest settlement.
*Conor Whelan scored twice for Bridge Utd. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET Celtic and Bridge Utd have qualified for the last sixteen of the Munster Junior Cup while Fair Green Celtic have been eliminated on penalties.
SIXMILEBRIDGE’s Marie Crowe has taken over the reins on RTÉ Radio One’s new sports show alongside Jacqui Hurley.
*Robert Loftus of Éire Óg battles with Kilmaley’s Mikey O’Malley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior hurling championship will remain under the same format for 2026 after a proposal to introduce preliminary quarter-finals was rejected.