Newmarket-on-Fergus groups going the extra 500 miles this weekend
Staying apart but coming together is the slogan of a Newmarket-on-Fergus fundraiser that takes place over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Sláinte an Chláir
Gillian to get going for frontline workers at Sláinte & Cahercalla
*Sláinte an Chláir. Photograph: Paschal Brooks WE DID a double take when we heard that Gillian Davis Dunphy was aiming to do 100,000 steps in a day for charity. Surely an extra zero slipped in there by accident?
Duggan steps out of comfort zone to help with COVID-19 testing
*Orlaith Duggan. Photograph: Gary Collins Travelling to Cusack Park or the Gaelic Grounds would ordinarily offer Orlaith Duggan the rare prospect of lining out for Clare in a county ground, instead she’s found herself taking swabs at both locations over recent weeks.
DOB & Minogue getting people of West Clare to travel the world without leaving Miltown Malbay
*David O’Brien (pictured) and Frank Minogue started the fundraiser. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Current restrictions have limited the public’s movement to within 2km of their home but in an innovative move the people of Miltown Malbay are managing to travel the world without leaving their parish.
Crowe donating Christmas Card allowance to charity
*Cllr Cathal Crowe. Photograph: Eamon Ward Instead of sending Christmas cards, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council is to use the allowance for local charities.
‘Without Sláinte an Chláir the journey of fighting cancer would be much tougher’
*Mary Skehan, Lyndsay Walsh & Theresa Murrihy. Photograph: Paschal Brooks There are no procedures or manoeuvres that have to be carried out as you walk in or out of Sláinte an Chláir, referred to by users as “a happy place” but it is has the unique ability of putting people in better spirits on their …
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‘Everyone in life should have hope’ – Davy Fitzgerald
*Davy Fitzgerald. Photograph: Paschal Brooks Perceptions that individuals need to lessen their physical activity as they age needs to be put to bed according to Davy Fitzgerald who in a wide-ranging interview with The Clare Echo revealed he is a ‘big softie’ that is dealing with criticism in a different way as he gets older …
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