Double delight for Sixmilebridge’s Murray in Galway
SIXMILEBRIDGE trainer Stephen Murray had a double success in Galway over the weekend.
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‘I haven’t seen a Garda speed check on East Clare roads in two years’
*East Clare representatives including Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) called for a tougher approach on speeding. Photograph: Eamon Ward. EAST CLARE representatives have lambasted the lack of a Garda presence while hitting out at the repeated instances of speeding on roads from Killaloe to Killanena.
Parents pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ in Bus Battle
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SIXMILEBRIDGE parents have said they will do “whatever it takes” to force Bus Éireann and the Department of Education to reinstate dedicate school bus services for students travelling to Shannon.
Clarecastle, Bridge, Wolfe Tones & Parteen/Meelick on their way to intermediate play-offs
*Henry Vaughan tries to bring Fergal O’Grady to ground. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. CLARECASTLE, Sixmilebridge, Wolfe Tones and Parteen/Meelick are on the way to the play-off stage of the intermediate hurling championship having recorded their second successive victories at the weekend.
Parents fuming over school bus plans
*Sixmilebridge parents. PARENTS OF secondary school students in Shannon are fuming with Bus Éireann and the Department of Education at the dawn of a new school year.
Successive wins push The Bridge on brink of quarter-finals
*Lorcan Fitzpatrick gets away from Tadhg Dean and Ross Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES HAVE MOVED SIXMILEBRIDGE to top spot in Group 4 of the TUS Clare SHC.
Pilot school bus service will have sufficient capacity – Bus Éireann
*Bus Éireann. BUS ÉIREANN have said the safety of children travelling to school on their services is of “paramount importance” while stressing that there will be “sufficient capacity” on the buses.
Over 200 people protest in Sixmilebridge as pressure mounts on school bus plans
*Photograph: Joe Buckley OVER 200 people protested in Sixmilebridge on Thursday morning as pressure continues to mount on Bus Éireann and the Department of Education to scrap a pilot bus scheme and revert back to dedicated school bus transport.
Truagh/Clonlara tear into title retention with twelve point win
*Roisin Begley. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TRUAGH/CLONLARA started their quest to retain the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship by dishing out a thrashing to Newmarket-on-Fergus.
Protest to be held in Sixmilebridge over pilot school bus system
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A PROTEST is to be held on Thursday morning in Sixmilebridge as parents, students and locals react to plans for the pilot school transport system for secondary school pupils heading to Shannon.