*Leonard McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BALLYEA’s management never doubted they would get a response from the three in a row chasing side when they bounced back from a twelve point opening round loss to edge out Inagh/Kilnamona.
*Ronan Monahan weaves through the Smith O’Briens defence of Evan Connolly, Cian Nolan and Mark Stritch. Photograph: Ruth Griffin TWO MORE teams will be relegated from the senior ranks this season so the opportunity to jump from the intermediate grade to the top tier is all the greater for the fifteen teams in action.
*Sean Rynne’s second season at senior level will see him carry additional responsibility. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill INAGH/KILNAMONA may be making their first appearance in the championship this weekend but could potentially knock out reigning champions Ballyea.
*Photograph: John Mangan LAHINCH BEACH has reopened to swimmers with the lifting of a prohibition on bathing.
Cllr Shane Talty (right). Photograph: Burren Eye Photography FIANNA FÁIL representatives have defied the recommendations of senior engineers in Clare County Council to proceed with declaring a local road in Inagh as a public road.
*The unprecedented fish kill occurred in May. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING following an unprecedented fish kill in North Clare.
INAGH COMMUNITY HALL hosts the twenty eighth run of the Frank Gallery Memorial Basketball Tournament this Saturday (June 10th).
UP TO 2,000 fish have died outside Ennistymon prompting both Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Environment Protection Agency to commence investigations into the matter.
Photograph: Joe Buckley INCREASING COSTS ASSOCIATED with extra curricular activities is the motivation for a golf classic for one Ennis secondary school.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward A CLARE SENATOR is among those calling for the abolition of public water charges to enable access for all to free water drinking points.
