Renaming Mid-West as the Shannon region would benefit Airport & tourism
To bring more promotional benefits to the area the Mid-West region needs to be renamed the Shannon region, one councillor has stated.
Sixmilebridge
Munster League was about experimenting – Lohan
*Niall Deasy has been handed extra responsibility during Lohan’s tenure. Photograph: Mark Hayes With two games under his belt as Clare senior hurling manager, Brian Lohan has tasted both success and defeat.
Penalties will no longer determine results in knockout club games
*Donal Tuohy saves a Seamus Callanan penalty during the National Hurling League. Photograph: Martin Connolly No knockout club game in Clare will be decided by penalties after a motion from Sixmilebridge received unanimous support at the County Convention, provided it is not a replay.
Clare’s All-Ireland & Munster winners set to gain free entry to GAA games
*Members of the 2013 panel. Photograph: Joe Buckley Clare’s All-Ireland hurling winners from 1995, 1997 and 2013 along with provincial victors from 95, 97, 98 and the Munster football champions of 1992 are set to be allowed free entry to all GAA games within the county from next year onwards.
Senior hurlers ‘flattered to deceive’ in 2019 – Fitzgerald
*Clare GAA Secretary, Pat Fitzgerald. Photograph: John Mangan Clare’s senior hurlers run in 2019 has been labelled as “inconsistent and chequered” by the secretary of the County Board.
Make All-Ireland minor campaign knockout say Sixmilebridge
*Clare full-back Adam Hogan under pressure from Tony Cahill. Photograph: Martin Connolly In order to facilitate the thousands of underage games within the country, Sixmilebridge have proposed making the All-Ireland minor series a knockout competition.
‘We now know the price of everything & the value of nothing’ – Fr Harry Bohan
*Fr Harry Bohan. Photograph: Eamon Ward A leading Clare sociologist has warned that the lack of regional development in Ireland is fracturing “the concept of society” within the country.
Disposing of lifebuoys ‘a form of attempted manslaughter’
Disposing of a lifebuoy is “an attempted form of manslaughter”, the Mayor of Clare has claimed.
‘There comes a time when you say enough is enough’ – Fitzgerald speaks out on Garda investigation
*Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald. Photograph: John Mangan An “unprecedented level of social media bashing” was endured by some Clare GAA officers in 2019, county secretary Pat Fitzgerald has lamented.
‘Turf war’ between OPW & Irish Rail delaying works to fix Ballycar flooding
*Tom Casey and his wife Bernie. Photograph: Joe Buckley “A turf war” is preventing progress in solving the almost annual issue of flooding at Ballycar, Clare TDs have stated.