*Mourners pay their respects to Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill. AT THE TIME OF Bishop Willie Walsh’s ordination in October 1994, predictions were made that it would be a new era for the Diocese while at his funeral this week he was described as a priest cut from the same cloth as the Pope.
*Timmy Dooley TD (FF) and Joe Cooney TD (FG). Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE’s chances of having a Minister at Cabinet level in the next Government have been greatly strengthened by the General Election showing of Timmy Dooley TD (FF).
*Senator Timmy Dooley (FF). Photograph: John Mangan DEFEATED IN 2020, Senator Timmy Dooley (FF) is back with a vengeance as he tries to reclaim a seat in Dáil Éireann.
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John Mangan OUTGOING TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) is feeling the heat in his bid to be re-elected to the Dáil and said he won’t be drawn into “what ifs” on whether he will put his party whip on the line for the cause of Ennis Hospital.
Tony Killeen and Mike Taylor with Páraic McMahon. IT’S GAME on so far as the General Election is concerned with a record number of nineteen candidates in the field.
*The coffin of PJ Kelly is carried from Our Lady of The Wayside Church in Lissycasey. Photograph: Tom Micks SAINT PETER will need to be well versed on planning with the pending arrival of retired councillor and former Chairman of Clare County Council, PJ Kelly (FF) to the pearly gates.
*Tony Killeen. Photograph: Joe Buckley EX MINISTER for Defence, Tony Killeen (FF) served as the peace broker as Fianna Fáil members voted in a new officer board of the Comhairle Dáilcheantair as they stressed their intention of healing old wounds and ensuring the party elects two TDs in the next General Election.
*Darragh McAllister. Photograph: Joe Buckley FORMER publican and ex President of Ennis Chamber, Darragh McAllister has been elected as the new Chairperson of Fianna Fáil’s branch in Clare.
Tony O’Brien and Mike Enright. Photograph: Joe Buckley A FORMER Minister for Defence and an ex Chairman of Clare GAA are among the names in the mix to contest the sitting Chairman of Clare Fianna Fáil for Monday’s AGM.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
