Golfing great Queally laid to rest
ONE OF LAHINCH’s best known golfers PJ Queally died this week.
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Kilrush/Killimer, Banner & Ennistymon off to opening round U21 wins
*Éanna Rouine was Ennistymon’s goal scorer. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill There were wins for Kilrush/Killimer, Banner and title holders Ennistymon as the race for the John Marrinan U21 A football championship memorial cup got underway at the weekend.
Shannon Airport is the gateway for the 2027 Ryder Cup
*Shannon Airport. TO FURTHER BOOST Shannon Airport’s status as the gateway for the Ryder Cup, Clare County Council have been encouraged to introduce travel discounts at local authority owned tourism sites for passengers that fly into the International Airport.
Ennistymon erupt with goals in second half to claim Minor A title
*Ennistymon players celebrate. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON are Minor A football champions for the third time in four seasons after powering past the challenge of Cooraclare.
‘To say we’ve been left on the hind tit is a fact’ – North Clare reps fume over six month wait to fill senior post
*Photograph: John Mangan FRUSTRATION IS close to boiling point for North Clare councillors over the six month wait to fill the post of senior executive officer for the local authority in Ennistymon.
Pulling Active Travel from rural Clare ‘utterly discriminatory’
*The pedestrian crossing in Spanish Point was one of the final Active Travel projects in Clare. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES in West and North Clare have slammed the manner in which Active Travel has been pulled from rural areas as “utterly discriminatory”.
Callinan has ‘special affinity’ with U21 grade as Berwick Solicitors come on board as new sponsor
*John Callinan. Photograph: Joe Buckley The decision of Berwick L.P. to become sponsors of the Clare under 21 hurling and football championships won’t surprise any when the identity of the directors of the law practice is revealed.
Bid to ban daytrip buses from Cliffs of Moher fails to get backing of North & West Clare councillors
*FILE PIC: Bobby Kerr, Chairman of the Board, Cliffs of Moher Ltd, Leonard Cleary, Director of Tourism with Clare County Council and Geraldine Enright, Cliffs of Moher. Photograph by Eamon Ward. ELECTED representatives in West and North Clare refused to back a motion from a Green Party councillor banning day trip buses from visiting the …
One piece of dog poo can see a beach breach its health standards
*Photograph: John Mangan JUST ONE piece of dog faeces is enough to fail a beach in its efforts to retain its Blue Flag.
‘This is just the start’ – Save Our Rivers campaign commit to hold further rallies on North Clare water quality
*Denis Vaughan, Neil Thomas, Kate O Hanlon, Su Powell, Aloma McKkai, Gordon Baylor and Cllr Shane Talty at Saturday’s rally. Photograph: John Mangan ORGANISERS OF A POORLY attended rally aimed at highlighting the water quality in North Clare have said their campaign is only in its infancy.
