Clare to turn green for St Patrick’s Day parades
*Photograph: John O’Neill CLARE TURNS green this weekend with St Patrick’s Day parades taking place across the county.
Sixmilebridge
Car belonging to on-duty Garda stripped for parts in Sixmilebridge
*Gardaí on duty in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: John Mangan A CAR BELONGING to a Garda based in Sixmilebridge was vandalised and stripped for parts last week.
Sixmilebridge store sells €500k winning EuroMillions ticket
A EUROMILLIONS player in Sixmilebridge is €500,000 richer.
Extra time exit for Bridge Utd in Munster Junior Cup
*Photograph: Joe Buckley BRIDGE UTD have been beaten in the quarter-finals of the McCarthy Insurance Munster Junior Cup.
Ferns family reflect on ‘amazing memories’ following third place finish in Ireland’s Fittest Family
*James, Kaitlyn, Jaime and Bobby Ferns. ENNIS’ Ferns family finished as third place finalists in the twelfth series of Ireland’s Fittest Family.
Sixmilebridge native Gerry as selected as Grand Marshal for New York parade
A SIXMILEBRIDGE native will act as a Grand Marshal during the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in New York City.
Hogan returns as Ballyea boss, Moloney steps up in Scariff as hurling clubs finalise managements
*Robbie Hogan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ROBBIE HOGAN has returned as manager of the Ballyea senior hurlers for the third time while former Clare manager Donal Moloney has taken charge of his native Scariff.
Contractor has ‘necessary resources’ to bring Shannon MD out of the darkness
STREETLIGHTS across the Shannon Municipal District have been left unrepaired for up to 6 weeks, according to Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF).
Fitzgerald remanded on bail for sentencing over bank thefts totalling €35,000
*Colm Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SON of former All-Ireland winning Clare hurler and manager, Davy Fitzgerald, appeared in court today to affirm guilty pleas to thieving a total of €35,000 from a bank in his native Clare.
Gardaí confirm ‘no ongoing risk to public’ & assure bomb threat to Clare schools was ‘not credible’
*St Caimin’s Community School in Shannon closed on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Joe Buckley AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA have confirmed that the security threat which resulted in the closures of schools in Shannon, Sixmilebridge and Ennis on Tuesday morning “is not credible”.