*Cormac Murray is kept under pressure by Padraigh Chaplin and Diarmuid Ryan. Photograph: Ruth Griffin DECISION MAKING proved costly for St Joseph’s Miltown when they fell to a five point defeat to county champions Cratloe in the opening round of the TUS Clare senior football championship.
*Podge Collins pushes off the challenge of Eoin O’Brien. Photograph: Ruth Griffin REIGNING CLARE SFC champions Cratloe got their bid for back to back titles off to a winning start on Friday but their first round showing won’t win any championship, manager Colm Collins has stressed.
*Cathal McInerney weighs up his options. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CRATLOE’s defence of their TUS Clare Senior Football Championship title began with exactly what manager Colm Collins wanted out of it, two points on the table and no injuries on the sideline.
River Graney at New Bridge – Aine Donnellen / DJ Lane. A newly published study is looking at ways to protect rural communities and the environment in North East Clare.
You don’t have to be from Clare to advise the European Environment Agency on science, but it helps.
