Keelan Sexton keeps Mike Brennan by his side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ACTION is to heat up in the local gaelic football scene with quarter-final draws held for the Clare SFC, Junior A and B championships with the semi-final pairings known in the intermediate championship.
MOUNTSHANNON continues to be one of the cleanest harbours in the country in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey which found both Lahinch Beach and Doolin Pier to be moderately littered.
The Lahinch ladies senior cup team continued their golden period when they claimed their third AIG women’s senior cup title in five years (no competition in 2020) by defeating Douglas golf club 4/1 in an all-Munster clash at Tramore.
*Lahinch’s main street during The Irish Open. Photograph: Martin Connolly ADDITION of a second pedestrian crossing on Lahinch’s main street would result in the loss of three parking spaces.
*David Fitzgerald produced a man of the match display for Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON ARE THROUGH to the last eight in the bid to claim the Jack Daly after overpowering Doonbeg in the second half.
LAHINCH’s Marie O’Connor was named best female athlete at the European Transplant and Dialysis Games.
*A rusting bridge in Ennistymon. Photograph: Patrick Comerford CRITICISM OF Iarnród Éireann has been aired by North Clare councillors over the lack of repair works completed on the remaining bridges of the West Clare Railway route.
*Brid O’Meara. Photograph: Martin Connolly Inflationary pressure is threatening the feasibility of SMEs throughout the country as energy prices continue to climb, leaving Clare businesses in great uncertainty.
Tommy Fleetwood hits to the par 3 8th hole pictured during the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in Lahinch Golf Club, Clare in 2019. Photograph: Brian Arthur This year has seen “a dramatic improvement” in the finances of Lahinch Golf Club.
*Cathal Malone gathers the ball before Josh Moloney. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON ANTICIPATE a “big battle” in their decisive group clash with Doonbeg while Kilmurry Ibrickane reman confident they will bounce back from their defeat to the North Clare side.
