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Cllr Nestor quits Council for priesthood PÁRAIC McMAHON

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LARE’S YOUNGEST councillor is to leave his role as an elected representative to join the priesthood.

Cllr Mark Nestor (FF) is to resign from his role as a county councillor at Monday’s meeting of the local authority ahead of a move to the seminary and a new career path. He will also be leaving his post as a Development Officer with An Clár as Gaeilge Nestor has informed family, friends and political advisors of his decision prior to the summer with the thirty year old to depart the county in the coming weeks.

Ennis native Mark has declined to comment publicly on the matter when questioned by The Clare Echo but news of his move to the priesthood has been confirmed by senior officials within Fianna Fáil and elected members of the party.

He had been expected to become Mayor of Ennis at the Annual General Meeting of the

Ennis Municipal District but opted not to take on the mayoral chain ahead of his departure.

In March 2019, Fianna Fáil added Nestor to their ticket for the local elections in the Ennis Municipal District where he joined Cllr Pat Daly (FF) and Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF). He had been actively involved in the party prior to this and had canvassed for Fianna Fáil in every election since turning eighteen, he was the first member of his family to be associated with The Soldiers of Destiny.

His performance was one of the standout moments of the 2019 local elections. The Cloughleigh man in his first election amassed 1,211 first preference votes (10.59%).

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POLISH NATIVE JOANNA ACES IRISH EXAM

by TADHG HOLLAND ENNIS resident Joanna Bogucka has passed Irish in the leaving cert after studying the language for just a year and half.

Joanna, who emigrated from Poland to Ireland with her parents at the age of 11, never studied Irish in school, instead taking extra English lessons, and sat her original leaving cert in 2014 without the Irish exam. Now however, she’s managed to get a H4 in the subject, a feat that usually takes 13 years of schooling completed in just over 18 months.

“I’ve always loved languages and when covid came I kind of questioned my life and was like, ‘What am I doing?’ So originally, I wanted to do primary school teaching but I didn’t do Irish in school obviously, so I had to go back and do it from the very start” Joanna explained.

She said, “It was very difficult because it’s a different type of language to the ones I’ve done before.

I have French and German, and I started learning a bit of Spanish, so they’re all kind of linked, they’re all Latin languages, whereas Irish is very very different, and I was starting with absolutely nothing.”

However, despite the initial challenges of the language, even before Joanna received her results last Friday, she told The Clare Echo she was happy with the way the exam went, “I felt it went alright.

I struggled a bit with the aural part of it but I loved the speaking part because I was mature enough to be able to go in and have a normal conversation rather than just ‘hello my name is Joanna. I enjoy going to the cinema in my free time.’ I felt I actually had a nice conversation with the examiner. Then I was super stressed to go in for the written exam but I think that was a mixture of going back to your old school, going back to Flannan’s, just how that felt, but then when I came out, I was happy. I think it was a handy exam.”

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IBAL shows mixed report

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OUNTSHANNON 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, write Páraic McMahon and Zoe Howell.

Overall, litter levels are on the rise, with only 8 of 33 areas surveyed receiving the ‘Clean’ designation. Alongside its impact on tourism and recreation, IBAL is warning that coastal litter has grave implications for the future of our planet.

In its report for Mountshannon, An Taisce stated that it was “a very freshly presented and well-maintained environment with evidence of community clean-up and a thorough cleaning regime.

"Very good dog fouling signage and facilities for the disposal of same - this appears to be having the desired effect - there was no evidence of same. The recycle facility was well presented and clear of any accumulations; recently erected signage discouraging the feeding of swans as they defecate in the swimming area, contaminating the water; cigarette butts were obvious but apart from that, there was a virtual absence of litter throughout the area surveyed”.

Although Lahinch has “plenty of dog

fouling signage” attached to railings, rocks and imprinted on the ground with audio messages to boot, instances of dog fouling are still prevalent, the report noted.

“Cigarette butts were also obvious, particularly around the drains. Other litter items included plastic bottles, fast-food wrappers and sweet papers; marine related items included fishing lines/nets/rope (found in the rock armour on the beach). The surrounds of the top car park were littered and there were no visible litter bins”.

Doolin has “a heavy cigarette butt presence in the car park,” the report found.

Drivers are understood to be throwing them from parked cars along with plastic bottles, utensils and sweet wrappers.

“Some dog fouling and covid related litter was present.

"There weren't any bins apart beside the food stand and no opportunities for the separating/recycling of litter. Both the yellow and green 'Mutt Mitt' facility were fresh and clean; signage relating to beach usage, parking, 'Scoop the Poop' and 'Keep Dogs on Lead' was in good order”.

Speaking to The Clare Echo, Cllr Shane Talty (FF) voiced his surprise with the findings,” I'd be surprised that somebody would class it as littered but if that’s the case, we need to see how we can improve it”.

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Judge Mary Larkin comments on actions of woman who pleads guilty to stealing from graves

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WOMAN who stole from and desecrated graves in County Clare “hasn’t shown one ounce of empathy for the consequences of her behaviour”.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis on Tuesday, Judge Mary Larkin made her comment about Mairead O’Sullivan (42) who has entered 18 separate guilty pleas to charges of stealing goods with a combined value of €597.50 from graves at cemeteries at Drumcliffe and Templemaley outside Ennis and also from Tulla cemetery.

There are 14 victims in the case as Ms O’Sullivan of Fergus View, Cappahard, Tulla Rd, Ennis stole from the same graves on a number of occasions.

At the same court in May, mother, Kirsty Donnellan described as “pure evil” the actions of Ms O'Sullivan who stole from and desecrated her daughter’s grave on three separate occasions.

Ms Donnellan told the court that she was "in a state of shock, anger and despair” when finding that her

lVICTIM: Kirsty Donnellan at the grave of her daughter Scarlett which was desecrated Photo by Eamon Ward

daughter, Scarlett's grave had been desecrated in May 2020. She said that to have someone disturb your child’s grave and steal items from it is "the most hideous crime one could ever be a victim of ”.

During the course of her victim impact statement, the mother of three told the court that eldest daughter, Scarlett (17) had died

just 20 months prior to the thefts from her grave at Tulla graveyard.

Judge Larkin adjourned the case to Tuesday of this week for a Probation Report on Ms O’Sullivan and the judge commented that Ms O’Sullivan has shown “a complete lack of empathy” for the victims of her offending.

Judge Larkin said, “Ms O’Sul-

livan hasn’t shown one ounce of empathy for the consequences of her behaviour for what she did and the effect it had on the people”.

Judge Larkin said, “She would just go along and help herself to ornaments because she thought she would like them in her house”.

In response, solicitor for Ms O’Sullivan, Tara Godfrey said, "That hasn’t come across in the Probation Report. Ms O’Sullivan hasn’t said that to me, that she would like the ornaments in her house or garden”.

In reply, Judge Larkin said, “This is what she said in her Probation Report.”

Ms Godrey said that all items were recovered from a garage. She said that her client “had rather a difficult upbringing”.

She added, "She has one child with special needs and her marriage is breaking up and she was reflecting on the death of her father”.

Judge Larkin said that she would adjourn sentencing to December 6th to allow a further Probation Report be carried out on Ms O’Sullivan.

Judge Larkin said, “She has to make reparation - Ms O'Sullivan

has to think about the effect and the consequences of her actions and the damage she did to the parties who are entitled to allow their next of kin rest in peace”.

The judge said, “I want a full proper exploration here of what is going on in her background and I want to know what she is prepared to do rather than jail and do community service - to make some reparation”.

Judge Larkin said that the impact of Ms O’Sullivan's offences is not the monetary value of the items “but the psychological consequences for those people whose graves were interfered with and the families of the bereaved”.

Judge Larkin said that Ms O’Sullivan “has to take responsibility for her actions”. At the conclusion of the case today in court, Ms O'Sullivan wiped away tears as Ms Godfrey spoke to her in the courtroom.

In her victim impact statement, Ms Donnellan told the court in May, “These thefts have added to my anxiety, pain and huge loss, as a mother that grieves for her child, I should never have to visit my child’s grave finding it interfered with and desecrated. My daughter also deserved to rest in peace”.

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Hunt on for replacement FIANNA FÁIL are to begin the hunt for a successor to Cllr Mark Nestor (FF) this coming week, writes Páraic McMahon.

The process in organising a co-option to the local authority will only commence when Cllr Nestor resigns from the County Council at its September meeting. Chairman of Fianna Fáil’s Clare Comhairle Dáil Ceantair, Michael Enright told The Clare Echo that nominations will be sought after Cllr Nestor makes his announcement official. Potential candidates will have to receive a nomination from the Ennis Fianna Fáil Comhairle Ceantair and a deadline for the receipt of nominations will also be set.

He passed on his best wishes to the outgoing councillor. “I wish Mark all the best in his new venture. I hope it all goes well for him. It was a privilege to work with him as a councillor and in helping him to become a Fianna Fáil candidate. We wish him the very best and look forward to meeting him again when he returns to the county”.

At this stage, five names have been linked with the role but The Clare Echo understands that Fianna Fáil are hopeful of securing a big name from either sporting or business circles to put their name forward for the co-option in order to bolster their chances of retaining three seats within the Ennis Municipal District for the 2024 local elections.

Clarecastle’s Bernard Hanrahan who served as a councillor from 1999 to 2009, is among the names linked with the vacancy according to party sources.

Garret Greene, Tom O’Callaghan, Angela Coll and Amanda Bartez Emenike (formerly Amanda Major) have been touted as a potential runners.

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HE Cloughleigh man in his first election amassed 1,211 first preference votes (10.59%) and was the third candidate elected behind Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Cllr Johnny Flynn (FG).

He secured bigger tallies than Cllr Colleran Molloy, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG), Cllr Ann Norton (IND) and Cllr Daly, all of whom were returned to their roles.

On his reasons for entering politics, Cllr Nestor told The Clare Echo, “Politics is not an easy game but helping people is something I like to do, I’m very much involved with a lot of organisations and I feel the next step is trying to help people is to engage with the political system”. Speaking after his election, he listed education, business, the

Irish language and mental health as the four main pillars he hoped to progress as a county councillor.

Following on from his election, Mark took over the mantle from Cathal Crowe (FF) as the county’s youngest councillor.

His departure means that Cllr Liam Grant (GP) aged 31 is now the youngest elected member of Clare County Council, the nearest in age to him is Cllr Shane Talty (FF) aged 39.

Within a year of joining the Council, Nestor was elected Deputy Mayor of the Ennis MD prompting Colleran Molloy to comment, “To be Deputy Mayor within a year of election is very impressive. You have the best intentions and you will do a great job”.

During his three year term on the local authority, different items raised by Cllr Nestor included his call for the introduction of bi-lingual packaging on all consumer products for sale in Ireland, a review and update of the Council’s Irish Language Plan.

lVOCATION: Cllr Mark Nestor (FF)

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Calls to reopen Ennis ED to be brought to Dáil committee PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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ALLS for the reopening of Ennis Hospital’s emergency department to be heard before a Dáil committee next week.

A petition containing 15,000 signatures has been submitted by the Midwest Hospital Campaign to the Dáil Petitions Committee. The petition calls for an upgrade of Ennis Hospital’s status to a model three hospital and the emergency department’s reopening.

Noeleen Moran of Midwest Hospital Campaign explained, “This action was taken to put the national spotlight on the need to tackle overcrowding at UHL and to address the situation of timely access to safe and proper healthcare in the Midwest”. Their hearing will be held on Wednesday (September 14th).

She flagged that 80 people were lying on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick on Monday with “thousands more” waiting on lists for treatment. Noeleen said, “The out of hours GP services in this county has been greatly depleted and in recent weeks even the minor injury units in Ennis, Nenagh and St John’s Hospitals had to close on a temporary basis because of staffing shortages. We

need much greater investment to be put into the health service in Clare. We need our hospital upgraded and we need the emergency department reinstated. The people of Clare deserve timely access to proper healthcare”.

In June, a HIQA report highlighted that UL Hospitals Group is the only hospital group which does not have a model three hospital to support the work of a model four hospital. “While UHL management in their response to HIQA committed to exploring the possibility of a model 3 for the region the former HSE CEO Paul Reid ruled this out,” the Ballyvaughan native noted.

Moran was hopeful the petition would lead to Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (FF) answering questions directly on the issue. “The petitions committee gives the public an opportunity to interact with the parliamentary system on matters of general public concern or interest. It has the powers to invite the Minister for Health to answer questions in relation to this petition. It is the hope of the campaign that the delegates to the committee will bring Minister Stephen Donnelly before the committee to answer directly on this issue”.

She added, “The campaign is calling on all of Clare’s public representatives to use their voice and support the campaign by publicly putting on record their support for the campaigns objectives in the lead in to September 14th”.

New record for seven day UHL ED attendances A NEW RECORD for average seven day attendances at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been set, writes Páraic McMahon.

Over the seven-day period to Wednesday, August 31st, there was an average 214 attendances every day at the Emergency Department.

This exceeds the 210 average daily attendances during 2021, which was busiest year on record.

UHL’s Emergency Department

has experienced “significant demand” throughout the summer, Chief Operations Officer, UL Hospitals Group Noreen Spillane outlined in correspondence to national and local politicians.

She said they are working with the HSE National Support Team on patient flow and decongesting the UHL site. “Following an initial four-week programme of work with the Performance Management and Improvement Unit that

commenced in early July, we continue to engage with the support team, working jointly with HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare to respond to current pressures faced at UHL”.

According to Ms Spillane, the support team’s role “was to drive a programme of work to respond to the unprecedented levels of demand for services in the MidWest Region and to support and oversee the implementation of

rapid improvements. The team was also tasked to identify was what required locally, regionally and nationally to sustain improvements in operational and clinical effectiveness. Under the Five Fundamentals of Unscheduled Care Framework, one of the areas of focus was capacity and capability.

“A renewed focus on hospital avoidance, discharge planning, patients with long stays in hospital etc has seen some progress in re-

cent weeks, including the removal of ward trolleys and an overall reduction in admitted patients waiting on trolleys. We are committed to sustaining this focus on process improvement to help de-escalate the UHL site.

"It remains essential, however, that the widely acknowledged deficits in bed capacity and increasing resources to meet growing demand in our hospital group are also addressed as a priority”.

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Data Centre objections lodged

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BJECTIONS have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála this week over Clare County Council’s decision to give the construction of a data centre in Ennis the green light.

Futureproof Clare on Monday handed in their appeal to An Bord Pleanála, they had the support of environmental groups such as Ecojustice Ireland, Extinction Rebellion, and Friends of the Irish Environment.

They challenged the decision on the grounds of failing to adhere to Irish Statutory requirements, failure to have regard to relevant considerations, and failure to adhere to international and EU environmental law.

Mélina Sharp of Futureproof Clare stated, “We are in a desperate fight for survival, humanity’s life support systems are crashing all around us. Yet it is with total disbelief and dismay that we are faced, almost on a daily basis, with news of decisions made by this government which will cause even more harm to people and the natural world both locally and internationally despite having declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019”.

Chairperson of Ecojustice Ireland, Declan

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Owens who recently addressed a briefing on the subject held by Futureproof Clare said, “It is shameful that Clare is being treated as a sacrifice zone for the interests of big business and that this is facilitated by local and national politicians”. He added, "I recently visited the Ennis Data Centre site and was forlorn to envisage it being transformed into a further blight on the landscape of the beautiful county of Clare and to be a seri-

ous risk to the health of the people of Clare, such are the environmental consequences of its construction and operation”.

At Monday’s sitting of Council’s Economic Development SPC, environment and conservation representative, Emma Karran who is also a member of Futureproof Clare attempted to raise the matter of the recent decision. She labelled data centres as “a real threat to the energy supply we have in

this country” while also referencing “various health concerns”. She there is “a lot of concern” from environmental groups in the county.

Director of Economic Development, Liam Conneally advised Ms Karran that the decision was subject to the statutory planning process, “matters considered as part of a planning appeal should be confined to the statutory planning process”. He said the minutes of the meeting “can note that there was concerns raised in relation to the permission granted but we won’t be considering any of the content of those objections in this committee”.

Fellow Clare PPN representative on the SPC, Elaine D’Alton said she was “surprised we can’t bring up what’s in the content of the appeal. The Data Centre has created such a huge response and reaction from the Clare public”.

Cllr Johnny Flynn (FG) said it was “not appropriate under planning legislation to discuss an application” in the meeting.

Praise for the Council’s decision was voiced by Cllr Pat Daly (FF), “I’m for it, it is a great announcement, they’re still sick in Athenry over what happened, it will be a great asset to the county, I’d be worried by anyone who criticises it. We’re behind other towns, it’s important that Ennis climbs the ladder”.

Cllr Johnny Flynn resigns from board over plans

by PÁRAIC McMAHON ENNIS COUNCILLOR, Johnny Flynn has resigned from the Board of Ennis 2040 DAC. With the Ennis Data Centre listed as one of the nine transformational sites under Ennis 2040, Cllr Flynn confirmed that he had submitted an objection to An Bord Pleánala following Clare County Council’s decision to give the green light.

Cllr Flynn said that he wished everyone involved with the strategy the very best of luck and pinpointed the Ennis Wetlands as a project he was particularly excited about.

The Ennis representative tried to nominate his party colleague, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) to sit on the board in his absence but this attempt was rebuffed.

In a 4,500 word submission to the planning appeals board, Cllr Flynn admitted he

would be in favour of the development of the Data Centre at the site subject to it being powered by green low carbon energy with near zero greenhouse gas emissions, protection of air quality, biodiversity and environment “to best international standards”, resolving energy grid, energy security, water, flooding and road safety risks to best standards.

He stated, “I believe that the proposed planning permission for Ennis Data Centre does not deal with the bulk of my serious reservations”.

In his submission, Cllr Flynn noted that the Data Centre would have an energy use and consumption of 200MW which is made up of 80MW from the National Electricity Grid and 120MW to be generated on site by burning fossil fuel “which could result annually in up to 650,000 additional annual tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions”.

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LDER drivers should receive no penalty points and only a fine when caught for their first offence of speeding, a former Clare TD has argued.

James Breen who served as an Independent TD for Clare from 2002 to 2007 has this week wrote to the Minster for Justice, Helen McEntee (FG).

Kilnamona native Breen said senior citizens requested him to contact the Minister.

“They are concerned that if they are caught speeding they receive a fine and penalty points which makes it difficult for them to secure insurance”.

He told The Clare Echo, “I maintain a person driving for 60 years and hasn’t come to attention to attention of Gardaí, they should get a fine and not penalty points for their first speeding offence”. Should they reoffend he agreed that a fine and points were warranted.

Breen who also served as Mayor of Clare

said he was compelled to contact the Minister with the proposal after a motorist for 65 years “who never came to the attention” of Gardaí was left “very aggrieved” when they

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“The person was barely over the limit, the first offence should never be penalty points,” he added.

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HOME energy saving kits have been made available to borrow across five Clare libraries.

Since Monday, de Valera Library in Ennis, Kilrush Library, Dr. Patrick J. Hillery Public Library in Miltown Malbay, Scariff Library and Seán Lemass Public Library in Shannon have had the home energy saving kits which have been described as the ultimate toolkit that helps save energy at home.

With 5 easy-to-use tools and 6 practical exercises, this kit allows a person to get a better understanding of the energy usage in their home, problem areas that may need attention and ways to improve energy efficiency.

Energy bills can be reduced by up to 20% by implementing easy energy saving measures and could also improve the comfort of the home and helping contribute to a better environment at the same time.

The tools in the kit are easy to use, they provide an interactive and tangible way to introduce the concept of energy usage into the home and a perfect way to get the whole family involved.

The Home Energy Saving Kit was designed

by Codema, the Dublin Energy Agency, and is available to borrow from libraries in almost all counties across Ireland, and will now also be available in County Clare.

To request to borrow a kit, contact the library.

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Newmarket-on-Fergus tractor run to give back to Temple Street

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EMPLE Street Hospital will be the beneficiary from the Newmarket-on-Fergus Agricultural Show Society’s annual tractor run this coming weekend and one local family have hailed the lifesaving work of the staff at the Dublin facility.

Sunday (September 11th) sees the Agricultural Show Society’s tractor run return to the roads of Newmarket-on-Fergus, it has become a staple event over the past seven years with only one run cancelled in this time due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Jane O’Leary of the Agricultural Show Society explained, “The committee has always chosen a fund or charity that is

close to the hearts of its members. Over the years we have raised money for the local Parkinson’s Association that meets in Carrigoran Day Care Centre, Pieta House, The Irish Heart Foundation, Ronald McDonald House at Crumlin Hospital as well as the hospital itself and Meals on Wheels”.

She said this year they are aiming to collect much needed funds for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

The Hartigan and McGrath family are among those locally forever grateful for the care they received at Temple Street.

Now eight years old, Ruby McGrath was transferred to Temple Street Hospital after she was born on March 5th 2014, during her eight weeks there she underwent several surgeries. Ruby was diagnosed with spina bifida and had hydrocephalus which

is an abnormal buildup of fluid in the ventricles (cavities) deep within the brain.

Ruby’s mother, Mary recalled, “They looked after her and they looked after us, they were so good, we were away from our home and our family, they were outstanding. The advice they gave us to help us through it was to take it one day at a time and we did, they are out of this world.

Temple Street have always been there for us, they are just a phone call away”.

Registration for the Tractor Run will begin from 12pm in the show field on the Old Dromoland Rd with the first vehicles hitting the road from 1pm. Donation buckets will be present in the village of Newmarket-on-Fergus with complimentary refreshments at the end of the route at The Crabtree Tavern.

Ambassador encourages greater links

A TWINNING arrangement between local universities and their counterparts in India was proposed as one means of achieving greater linkages between the Mid-West region and India at a recent briefing for the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, Akhilesh Mishra, writes Elaine Tubridy.

The Ambassador spoke about his wish to see greater business, social and cultural links between Shannon and India. “I would encourage every initiative at local level that aims to grow such contacts so that Indian-Irish links are spread throughout the regions here,” he said.

Welcoming the Ambassador, Eoin Gavin, Shannon Chamber president said that the Chamber is very interested in fostering links with India. “We are anxious to facilitate, at every opportunity, efforts by our members to develop further mutually beneficial business and social links with Indian firms, business groupings and other interests,” he added.

During his visit to Shannon, Ambassador Mishra, and his wife, Reeti, were also briefed on various business linkages that exist already between Shannon firms and India.

Chamber CEO Helen Downes said that the Chamber will be following up on a number of initiatives discussed at the briefing. “We also plan to invite other foreign ambassadors to Shannon and, in this regard, would like to hear from local companies that have trading or other links with particular countries,” she added.

FASD headquarters officially launched THURSDAY, SEP 8 2022

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NEW organisation aiming to raise awareness for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) has officially opened their headquarters in Ennis.

Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Anne Rabbitte TD (FF) officially opened the headquarters located on O’Connell Street in Ennis.

The organisation aims to raise awareness for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a condition present in children whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy that may result in physical deformities, behavioural issues and intellectual disabilities.

Eighty per cent of Irish women on their first pregnancy have

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reported consuming alcohol while pregnant which puts Ireland at number five in the world in alcohol consumption during pregnancy. This has naturally translated into a huge prevalence of FASD in the country.

While true numbers are not known, it is estimated that in

Ireland, there are 47.5 persons with FASD per 1,000, significantly exceeding the global average of 8 per 1,000.

At the opening, Tristan Casson-Rennie CEO of FASD Ireland explained: “We are launching a campaign on world FASD awareness day, the 9th of

September.

"We are hoping to partner with pubs, club and restaurants to get the message into their bars. We are all aware that at Christmas we allow a driver to have a soft drink for free, why don’t we allow somebody who’s pregnant to have a soft drink for free as well? We can do that, it’s so simple”.

Tristan also committed the future of FASD Ireland to Ennis, “We hope to set up an FASD hub where families, parents, social workers, anyone who’s touched by FASD can ring us seven days a week and ask for help and support”.

Junior Minister Rabbitte told The Clare Echo that FASD was a major topic within her Department. “When I was a teenager there used to be campaigns ‘don’t be pregnant and drink’. It was as simple as that. Maybe in the 21st century we need to go to TikTok to inform people about the awareness that’s required”.

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Clare FM to air Caitriona tribute

by PÁRAIC McMAHON CLARE FM will air a documentary to mark the sixth anniversary of Caitriona Lucas’ death.

September 12th 2016 was a day that tragedy shook the county. The capsizing of a rigid inflatable Irish Coast Guard search and rescue boat near the cliffs of a heavy Atlantic swell in Kilkee saw three volunteer thrown from the vessel into the sea. Two Kilkee-based members of the volunteer service were subsequently rescued during a major multi-agency operation however, the third person was 41 year old mum of two Caitriona Lucas from Liscannor, a volunteer with the Irish Coast Guard based in Doolin for 10 years.

Caitriona was recovered unconscious from the water and airlifted to hospital as attempts were continued to resuscitate her. She later passed away in UHL. She was the first member of the Coast Guard to die on duty and flags were flown at half-mast.

To mark the sixth anniversary of Caitriona’s passing, Clare FM has produced a tribute to honour her life. The documentary - ‘Caitriona Lucas, Fearless’ - and has been produced with the support of her family, Bernard, Ben, and Emma Lucas. The documentary will be broadcast on Clare FM this Monday (12th September 2022) at 11am.

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Karina praises kindness of Clare people

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ELL known Ukrainian model and fashion blogger Karina Lira has praised the people of Clare for the “unbelievable kindness” they’ve shown the refugees fleeing her war-torn homeland.

Karina, who now lives in Lisdoonvarna, left her home in Kyiv for the Polish border the day Russia launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine before flying to Ireland with her family one month later to escape “the fear of shelling and the craziness of the war”.

“When I was leaving my homeland, it was like I was in a coma, I couldn’t even think. I was just terrified of everything and kind of ashamed of what

I was doing, leaving my country. We had no accommodation, no work and we just arrived and went to a policeman and said ‘we are from Ukraine and we need shelter’. It was very stressful to go somewhere when you don’t know what to expect or where you’re going to live but actually everything turned out very good,” she recounted.

Karina says the peace and quiet of Clare was exactly what she needed to recover from the trauma of war.

She explained, “In some ways Irish nature was like a cure to me. When I was in cities here, I was feeling anxious and nervous, but in nature, especially in Clare, [I was much better]. Many people say that Clare has the most beautiful nature in Ireland and when you have problems with your anxiety Irish nature is the best”.

Earning while learning a 'bonus' AN ENNIS MOTHER is on a quest to become a forensic accountant by the age of 30, writes Páraic McMahon.

Twenty four year old Rebecca Ryan is in the second year of an Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) apprenticeship with Clare County Council. She studies through Limerick College

of Further Education and through the apprenticeship she is among the cohort of students enabled to work, earn and learn. The apprenticeship, which will create 140 jobs nationally this year, is a funded, two-year workbased learning programme in which apprentices earn at least €21,060 a year while

attending lectures one day a week with a local college.

Rebecca said earning while studying is a "huge bonus".

She added, “the apprenticeship has opened so many doors for me. I am hoping to gain a trainee contract with a firm of chartered accountants and become a qualified forensic accountant by the

While in Ireland, Karina has continued posting on her fashion blog, including some photos from around Clare.

She has 300,000 followers on her Instagram page Lira_Karina. Last Friday, she launched her new course on the history of fashion from the mid-19th century all the way through to the 1990s on her website karinalira.com.

Karina commended both the Irish people and the Government for the support they’ve given refugees. She said, “Irish people are famous for being the most polite, kindest nation in the world and I would say that that’s true. People here are unbelievably kind. I was so surprised how nice people are here, they’re so supportive and welcoming. I think Irish people understand us perfectly because you had the same problems, you had to fight for your independence too”.

lAPPRENTICE: Rebecca Ryan

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age of 30. I would certainly recommend the Accounting Technicians Ireland Apprenticeship."

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Antonov pilot visits gallery lICONIC: Captain Dmytro Antonov

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NTONOV Airlines’ chief pilot visited Shannon Airport’s aviation gallery to study an iconic new exhibit.

Captain Dmytro Antonov, chief pilot for Antonov Airlines, who shares the same name as the famous Ukrainian aircraft company, spent time visiting the world’s largest collection of diecast model planes after recently flying into Shannon on the Antonov AN 124.

His reason was a poignant one, to view a rare scale model of the largest plane ever built, the Antonov AN-225, an aircraft that Dmytro himself captained for many years.

The 620-tonne aircraft played a key role

during the global pandemic, as it was used to transport vital PPE equipment all over the world. In October 2021, the AN-225, known as the ‘Mriya’, the Ukrainian word for dream, touched down at Shannon Airport for the last time before it was destroyed at Hostomel Airfield, outside of Kyiv, during the conflict in February of this year.

Michael Kelly, who donated his life's collection of model aircraft to be permanently displayed at Shannon Airport said, “I am delighted Captain Dmytro got to see this exhibit here in Shannon. He has been the face of Antonov and has flown the entire range of the company’s airplanes."

CEO of Shannon Airport Group, Mary Considine stated, “It was an honour to have Dmytro visit our aviation gallery to see the new Mriya exhibit on display and we would like to thank Michael for all his work in finding this rare model."

Aodán Fox stars in 'A Night in November' AODÁN Fox is to star in a one-man muse production hitting Shannon this month, writes Páraic McMahon Muse Productions are returning to the Shannon stage this month with a piece of theatre titled ‘A Night in November’ running from September 15th to 17th at the Hope Café.

Written by Marie Jones of ‘Stones in His Pockets’ fame, ‘A Night in November’ follows Kenneth Norman Mc-

Callister, a Protestant dole clerk working in Belfast.

He witnesses the hatred directed towards the Catholic supporters of the Republic of Ireland at a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Northern Ireland which causes him to question his beliefs and his identity as a British Protestant in Northern Ireland.

Directed by Ted Germaine, the production is a treat for all ages, although

some of the themes may be too mature for very young children.

The production is sponsored by Shannon Springs Hotel and Ei Electronics.

Tickets are €10 and are available from the new Online Booking System at https://www.ticketsource. eu/muse [ticketsource.eu], by phone at (087) 413 6822 and on the door provided it is not a sell-out.

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Wastewater infrastructure crucial to survival of villages PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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ASTEWATER treatment sytems are critical to sustaining populations of towns and villages in the county, a Corofin representative has stressed.

In North Clare, completion of a wastewater treatment plant for Kilfenora is anticipated for mid-2023 while construction will commence on the Ballyvaughan infrastructure next year with a target of 2025 for its conclusion.

Construction work is ongoing in Kilfenora, senior engineer in the water and environment section of Clare County Council, Cyril Feeney outlined. “Hydrostatic testing

and backfilling around the various process tanks has been completed. The storm tank floors and walls are now complete and roof sections have been lifted into place”.

With regards to Ballyvaughan, EPS are in place as the design/build contractor. Design works remains ongoing with a landscape architect appointed to the scheme. “Following on from the planning process and planning approval, construction is anticipated to commence in late 2023 with completion in mid 2025”.

Current infrastructure in coastal parts of the county is irritating, Cllr Joe Killeen (FF) maintained, “Ballyvaughan is a seaside town and too many of our seaside towns don’t have adequate infrastructure, wastewater is being pumped into the sea and that is not good enough”.

He added, “If we’re going to have a survival of population of our towns and villages,

we do need a wastewater treatment system”.

The Corofin representative felt the addition of the treatment plants would be very positive for both Kilfenora and Ballyvaughan.

Elected representatives are “fighting hard” for the 52 settlements without treatment plants, Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG) assured. “We will be diving into the County Development Plan over the next few months and the interpretation over population projections”.

Works by Irish Water represent a “huge

Change is in the air when it comes to solid fuels.

New regulations for solid fuels will come into effect from 31st October this year, aimed at improving air quality for everyone.

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State investment into these towns and villages to make sure people live there. It is a critical pillar in the picture, it is outside of our control largely but it is up to us to make sure our internal strategies follow State investment to drive footfall and increase the capacity for people to live in these villages”.

Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District, Cllr Shane Talty (FF) said it was important to acknowledge the investment in both Ballyvaughan and Kilfenora by Irish Water.

If you produce, sell or supply solid fuels, your business needs to prepare for the introduction of this new legislation.

For guidance on how to get ready, visit gov.ie/cleanair

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The gift of children

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RONAN SCULLY

Thought for the week

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VENTS have happened lately that give a person pause to wonder about what life is really all about. The sadness that has happened to children in these last few weeks especially the horrific murder of 3 children in Dublin which was reported recently is unbearable for so many.

Our thoughts and prayers are with them in their suffering. I am also in Ethiopia at the moment working with displaced people and children and the tragedy, sadness and suffering that I have seen because of drought and conflict in some parts of the country is so frighteningly sad. The people, especially the children in these countries such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and indeed now in our own country of Ireland where the homeless figures for children are growing week by week need plenty of our help, support, action, love and prayers.

Kearney Cooks

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UTUMN is well and truly here. As I write this the wind is howling and the rain is bucketing down.

There's only one thing for weather like this and that's a nice big bowl of fruit crumble with a heap of custard.

Thankfully there are lots of blackberries on the bushes and plenty of cooking apples just come into season, so they are the flavours I'm using today.

But honestly, an awful lot of seasonal fruit works well in a crumble, such as pears, plums and raspberries. The below recipe is the first dessert I ever made in a restaurant kitchen and it has never let me down and

I still use it 20 years on. I hope ye enjoy it.

place into a large baking dish.

YOU WILL NEED: • 500g Bramley apple (3 big cookers), peeled and chopped into cubes • 80 g blackberries • 3 tbsp brown sugar

Step Two Combine the butter, sugar, flour and cinnamon together in a bowl and using your fingertips mix together until you get a sandy crumb like texture.

Place this crumble topping on top of your apple and berry mix. If you wish to add in some hazelnuts or porridge oats at this point then go for it.

For the crumble • 175g plain flour • 110g golden caster sugar • 110g cold butter • 1 tsp cinnamon For the topping (optional) • 1 tbsp rolled oats • 1 tbsp chopped hazelnuts Step One Mix your berries, apples and sugar in a bowl and

Step Three Fire that badboy into a preheated oven @190 degrees for between 30 to 40 minutes. Take out when the top is golden brown and serve it up with a haggard load of custard.

Enjoy

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Terrific Responsibility towards Human Life

After seeing the events of the last 3 weeks where so many children have died and are dying of hunger and thirst in the Horn of Africa and also the needless and horrific deaths of the children in Dubin I have started to hug my 2 little girls more tightly each day and I am constantly thanking God for giving me the opportunity to have them in our lives and for the wonderful gift they are to my wife and myself.

I remember the poem called ‘To my Child’ by poet Sally Meyer's who wrote it about her son on the wall of a children’s hospice that goes as follows:

To My Child

"Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh

when I feel like crying. Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is. Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park and play.

Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles. Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck, and I will buy you one if he comes by. Just for this afternoon, I won’t worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned. Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cakes, and I won’t stand over you trying to fix them. Just for this afternoon, I will take us to Supermacs and buy us both a Supermacs’ meal so we can have both toys.

Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you. Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.

Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV shows. Just for this evening, when I run my fingers through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.

I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the

mothers and fathers who are visiting their children’s graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can’t handle it anymore.

And when I kiss you good night, I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer.

It is then that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day..."

Thought for the week

Let me leave you with this prayer poem, a favourite of mine by Sharon Lagueux called "Children are a Gift from God" and it goes as follows... "Children are a gift God entrusted to our care. To love, guide and protect them through faith, hope and prayer. We build them up when we cheer them on. We are the stepping stones they lean upon.

We leave imprints upon their dear hearts. And the love we give leaves on there's a beauty mark. We enjoy the playful hours God’s given to us each day.

The time spent with our children is quality time in every way. Each child has a unique quality about them we love. Suited just for them like a pair of gloves.

Their sheer sense of humor is such a delight.

There are things we learn from them. That we're sometimes wrong and not always right. How blessed the child who feels at home and loved. To know they’re touched by God’s grace above.

Children bring laughter and the sunshine into a home wherever their little feet wander and roam. In every room pieces of their lives are seen. Where little minds wander, they tell us of their hopes and dreams.

They color with crayons, pencil, and paint on paper, they speak what's in their heart. The love they share for us is impartial. Their creative little hands are God’s plans in making little wonders His Children.

They make our home a blessing. Amen.

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Young Curators programme kicks off with folk double bill

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DOUBLE BILL of alternative folk will kick star the Young Curator’s programme at glór.

Rufous Nightjar, Ultan O’Brien and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin all feature in the programme of events produced by Mary Nagle and Fiona O’Connell, the double bill of folk music is the first event of the series.

It takes place at 8pm on Thursday September 22nd in glór.

The trio of Branwen Kavanagh, Anna-Mieke Bishop and Zoé Basha make up Rufous Nightjar.

Their three-part harmony is by turn playful and haunting. Inspired by Eastern European folk songs, the trio render Branwen’s originals with ethereal harmonies.

The trio are returning from

residencies in two of the most beautiful old houses in Ireland, where they charted arrangements for their first album, due for release later this year.

Ultan O’ Brien and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin are another powerful musical friendship. They too take a lead from music with a long memory, turning to sean nós and Scottish influences.

Solas an Lae, (The Light of the Day) is the début album from Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien, a compelling exploration of that relationship, creating a unique dialogue that blends raw, rugged earth with the ethereal otherworld.

In Solas an Lae, bouncing songs and strings off one another, Eoghan and Ultan have created a duo album that emerges viscerally from the sean-nós roots of upbringing to blossom into two of the most articulate Irish musical voices on the scene today.

Visit glor.ie for info.

lETHEREAL: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien

Susan O'Neill and Mick Flannery join forces again

lMUSICAL CHAIRS: Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill

Photo by Mic Conlon

ONE of Irish music’s top collaborations of last year has reignited with Susan O’Neill and Mick Flannery joining forces on a new duet track, writes Páraic McMahon.

‘Truth Can Be Kind’ sees the pair combine once again, the track will feature on Susan’s forthcoming Solo EP ‘Now you See it’ which will be released on Wednesday (September 14).

Ennis native, Susan explained, “This was another cowrite and duet with Mick Flannery. I guess the theme is in a similar vein to our duet album.

The protagonist struggling to deal with some harsh realities of an adulterous lover. They piece some of the story together, but request in the song to not hear the truth said out loud”.

Mick admitted that the song

wasn’t finished in time for their ‘In The Game’ album but said he was very glad to see it released on Susan’s EP. The song has a raw soul-like swagger that showcases again the pair's intimate, yet warring, vocal union, which has now become one of the favourite vocal pairings to come out of Ireland and beyond in many years.

The pair reunited with In The Game’s producer Tony Buchen (Smashing Pumpkins, Courtney Barnett) for this song.

‘In The Game’ saw the pair receive nominations for the Choice Music Prize Album of the Year, the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards’ Album of the Year and take home the Best Original Folk Track award for their song ‘Chain Reaction’. Susan was also shortlisted for the ‘Vanda and Young’ Award for her song ‘These are the Days’. The collaboration album ended up being the biggest selling Irish independent record for 2021.

Susan will embark on her largest Irish headline tour in support of the EP, including festival appearances at glór, Clonakilty Guitar Festival, Imagine Arts Festival, Vantastival and Sligo Live Festival.

Visit glor.ie for info.

WEST CLARE RAILWAY GREENWAY SECTION 1: KILRUSH TO KILKEE Clare County Council is currently progressing the Options Assessment for Section 1 of the West Clare Railway Greenway project between Kilrush and Kilkee.

Public Consultation No.2 is now being held to provide an update on the Options Assessment Process and to present the Stage 2 Route Corridor Options.

We invite submissions from the public and interested stakeholders regarding the Stage 2 Route Corridor Options and the option selection process to date. This information will be used by the design team to identify the Preferred Route Corridor with a view to minimising, where possible, the impacts of the project on the surrounding environment and communities.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION No. 2

will take place from: Friday 9th September 2022 to Friday 30th September 2022.

The consultation will contain the following information: • Brochure • Comment Form and • Drawings (Stage 2 Route Corridor Options).

These documents will be on display at the following locations from the Friday 9th September for 3 weeks: • Kilrush Public Library, O’Gorman Street, Kilrush, Co. Clare • Sweeney Memorial Library, O’Connell Street, Kilkee, Co. Clare In person information sessions will be held from 3.30pm to 8.30pm on: • September 14th at Kilrush Public Library, O’Gorman Street, Kilrush, Co. Clare • September 15th at Sweeney Memorial Library, O’Connell Street, Kilkee, Co. Clare Private Landowner Consultations can be facilitated during the Information Sessions.

Clare County Council welcomes your submissions, which can be made by return to the above locations or via post to PMO, Clare County Council, Buttermarket Building, Drumbiggle Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 DXP2 or via email: wcrgreenway@rod.ie.

For more information on the consultation please visit www.clarecoco.ie.

Consulting Engineer: Roughan & O’Donovan, Arena House, Arena Road, Sandyford, Dublin, D18 V8P6.

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Develop your passion with a course at College of FET

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Thinking about what to do after school can be an exciting time, but it can also be confusing for many students who feel under pressure to know exactly what they want to do with the rest of their lives.

However, as student Corinne Gibbons discovered when she embarked on her learning journey, exploring your options doesn’t have to be stressful. It can be an adventure.

In 2017, 18 year old Corinne wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, so she decided to follow her dad’s advice. “When it came to college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do at first, I thought about studying nutrition and maybe becoming a dietician. And while I’m still interested in that subject, I didn’t think it was going to be my passion.

Then my dad told me he felt he saw a spark with my photography and that’s when I decided to explore a more creative choice. My parents really supported and helped guide me through this."

Photography was a hobby for Corinne’s father and he set up a dark room in the house he grew up in to see if it was something he had a talent for. He thought Corinne might like to try her hand at it too and bought her a camera at Christmas. It was then he noticed that she also had a creative flair and an eye for taking photographs.

Together they googled photog-

lEDUCATION: Corinne Gibbons

raphy courses and came across a Level 5 Photography programme at Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s College of Further Education and Training, based at the ETB’s LCFE Mulgrave Street Campus. It was a one-year QQI Level 5 programme, which both Corinne and her dad thought would be the perfect opportunity to see if it was something she would like to pursue.

Talking about her experience at the campus, Corinne was full of praise: “From the moment I started there I loved it. It felt like a family at the campus. The other learners were great, we made great friendships, and we got great advice from one another & our lecturers. Our class went on trips abroad to Vienna and around the Mediterranean taking photos, editing them and working on our assignments.

The facilities at the campus are brilliant, with all the equipment and lighting we needed. I loved that there was an on-campus dark room that we had access to. This really helped me explore my creative side and I ended up going on to do an Advanced Photography programme at the campus.”

“I never felt like there was any pressure to know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, I just felt encouraged to explore my creativity and the lecturers were great.

Honestly I don’t think I’d be where I am today without Áine, Dan, and Eoin.”

After graduating from LCFE Mulgrave Street Campus, Corinne went on to study Creative Broadcast and Film Production in TUS where she is currently in year three of a four-year programme. She has also won three awards for her

Documentary ‘Underground Éire’, including a First Cut award in Cork and awards at the Dublin International Film Festival and The Catalyst in Limerick. The film is a music documentary inspired by a group of music learners she met during her time at LCFE Mulgrave Street Campus. “I met such a great group of friends at the campus and I decided to do the documentary because I felt young Irish musicians don’t get enough recognition in Ireland, so I wanted to make a documentary and shine a spotlight on what they do,” she explained.

Looking to the future Corinne says she would love to work in both photography and film, using film technology instead of digital and is looking forward to the future. As for advice for anyone not sure about what they want to do after school, her message is simple: “Explore as much as you can.

I did night-classes in photography to see if I was interested and then I applied to the Photography programme at the campus and went from there. What I’ve also learnt is that creativity doesn’t come straight away. I’m still finding it actually. You’ll have your doubts and you’ll go through different emotions while you’re looking at your options, but you’ll find someone (like a parent or friend or the team at Mulgrave Street Campus) who will inspire you and push you to find your passion. But if you realise it’s not for you, there are so many other options you can take too. So it’s important to remember that.”

If, like Corinne, you'd like to explore your passion and be inspired by all the exciting possibilities available at LCFE Mulgrave Street Campus, go to www.lcfe.ie.

SVP launch third level education and training bursary for financially challenged students

by PÁRAIC McMAHON STUDENTS of all ages who may struggle financially to access or stay in third level education and training programmes will be supported through a new bursary launched by the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) in Clare.

Last year, Clare SVP spent almost €60,000 helping individuals and families. Through the bursary, SVP assisted students needing to pay for accommodation, food, books and IT where the student grant did not cover their full costs

and where their families did not have any savings or spare resources to help them.

Assistance was also provided to persons paying for equipment and exam fees to participate on training courses.

Others to benefit from the bursary included a lone parent who was undertaking a part time degree course that allowed them to balance their family commitments and seek out new employment opportunities and also a student in Direct Provision with transport costs, the person had to undertake three separate bus journeys

to do an access course and they have since gone on to a third level course full time.

Denis Carty, SVP Clare Area Council President stated, “SVP recognises the importance of education at all levels. However, for many people accessibility and affordability are real barriers to obtaining a third level education and training. In the last few years, Clare SVP has dealt will many students from different backgrounds whose grant payments are simply not enough to cover accommodation costs, let alone the addition costs of food, travel and books.

This had been made worse by the current rental and cost of living crises”.

Recent research by TU Dublin has shown that Clare Students looking to study in Dublin could face costs of at least €13,305 while the maximum SUSI grant available is €6,115. Costs in nearer locations such as Limerick and Galway vary from €800 to €1,100 per month.

All recognised third level education and training programmes will be considered for funding, except postgraduate studies and private colleges. Students must demonstrate that they have applied for

all available state funding or other grants. Information on other sources of funding is available on the Student Finance website.

Bursary awards are dependent on funding availability.

For more information on how you can apply to the Clare SVP Education and Training Bursary Programme, contact SVP shop at 065 682 4188 or by email at StJosephs.

Ennis@Svp.ie. An application form will be supplied, and applicants can expect to be interviewed by in person or by phone.

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KILRUSH TOASTMASTERS THE Kilrush and District Toastmasters Club will return to in-person meetings on Tuesday September 13.

The Club like many other groups held virtual meetings over the past two years and are looking forward to meeting face to face.

Toastmasters has been in existence in Kilrush since 2005 where members and visitors enjoy the atmosphere and support one gets from listening to the topics and prepared speeches as well as enjoying the cup of tea or coffee and informal chat.

Each year the club invite guests to come along to their meetings which usually attracts people who want to learn some new skills without pressure or feeling self-conscious in an atmosphere of support and encouragement or just to make new friends.

Many people have a huge fear of speaking in front of a group of people and often actively avoid it but we can all develop this skill if we have the right support which can be found in Toastmasters clubs.

Our club together with the Ennis and Shannon Clubs prides itself on diversity with all age groups from all walks of life.

Anyone feeling even a bit interested are invited to come along to our first meeting of the season on Tuesday next at the Haven Arms (meeting room) at 8pm where you will receive a huge welcome.

Meetings are held every second Tuesday and guests are always most welcome. One can also follow the club on Facebook @Toastmasters Kilrush or Whatsap 0860794985 for further details.

KILMIHIL COFFEE MORNING PAULINE and Noel will again be holding a Bewley’s coffee morning in aid of Cahercalla hospice on September 24th at their home in Shyan, Kilmihil. lSOCCER: U12 Girls – Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry – U12 girls Soccer team travelled to U L to take on Limericks Broadford in the Munster Community Games quarter final. Playing with a slight breeze the girls settled well and took the lead through Darcy O’Hara after ten minutes following great build up play from Anna Madigan. The Limerick side had a shot narrowly wide soon after but from there to half time the Bridge girls took control however a range of goal line clearances, last ditch blocks and two wonderful saves which meant it was still one nil at the break. The second half was more even and Broadford equalised when a free kick deflected off one of the Bridge

girls and into her own net. Two minutes later Anna Madigan saw her shot cleared off the line.

With ten minutes to go a super Broadford free kick found the bottom corner of the net. Efforts from Sarah Conroy, Ashling White, and Anna Madigan forced a series of corners one of which saw a Darcy O’Hara shot cleared off the line.

The last act of the game saw an Anna Madigan saved brilliantly by the keeper but there was no time for the resultant corner.

Team – Lucy Coughlan, Lily Flannery, Sarah Conroy, Lucy Conroy, Anna Madigan, Ashling White, Darcy O’Hara, Faye Collins, Anna Gilligan, Roisin Moloney.

lGAELIC FOOTBALL: U12 Girls – Ballynacally/ Lissycasey – The Ballynacally/Lissycasey girls took on a very strong Skibbereen team in U L Sports Complex in the preliminary round. While the results did not go in their favour on the day the girls played with such determined spirit and showed unwavering stamina right to the end. The girls displayed their skills throughout all parts of the field and never gave up. We are very proud of the girls for a wonderful performance at provincial

level. A word of thanks to all the coaches, parents and community games representatives for all their commitment in getting the girls to this stage of the competition.

Team – Maeve Coughlan, Ella Garry, Nicole Griffen, Ciara Haugh, Emer Hehir, Aoibhin Keane, Clodagh Kelly, Aine Lees, Kara Lynch, Caoimhe Mc Mahon, Saoirse Murphy, Aoife O’Rourke, Ciara O’Roiurke, Olive Quinn, Chloe Talty, Shona Lally.

Call in any time during the day, all very welcome. Every euro donated goes directly to our local hospice. Please support. We will be following Covid guidelines.

COUNTYWIDE CLARE CULTURE NIGHT PROGRAMME RELEASED CLARE Arts Office is delighted to announce its programme of events to be held throughout the county from 4.00pm on 23rd September. This year’s Culture Night embracing the theme of ‘One Night For All’ offers an exciting, vibrant, and diverse programme of events and activities for all ages showcasing the wealth of artistic talent throughout the county.

This year's programme, which is organised by Clare Arts Office and funded by Clare County Council and The Arts Council, is filled with almost 40 free events across the county. Events are live this year as we enjoy a return to in-person events and a night for us all to come together and enjoy the best of Ireland’s culture.

All genres of the arts sector will be programmed include music, song and dance, literature, film, art, and workshops starting at 4.00pm until late.

All events are free of charge and are suitable for all ages. In addition to showcasing traditional and established work, Clare Culture Night is delighted to include events from newly settled communities to our county.

Ennis will host a miscellany of events throughout the evening as glór open the evening with Laoise Kelly and Tola Custy and later that night host one of Culture Nights first late night events.

The Circus Ponies, an exciting group of musicians and singers will entertain us on the steps of Ennis Courthouse.

Mna ag Gaire will host ‘Hands in Harmony’, a Deaf Community Choir followed by a poetry reading from ‘Queering the Green - Post 2000 Queer Irish Poetry’. De Valera Library will open its doors to music and poetry, and a bilingual poetry and music event with Emer O’Flaherty and Joanne Callinan will be held at Clare Museum.

There are plenty of events to entertain

as we go around the county throughout the evening.

The Mountshannon Arts Festival will ‘Shine a Light for Culture Night’ as they host a Lantern Festival in the beautiful setting of Aistear Park. Traditional music events will be held in Tulla and Tuamgraney and the Viewpoints art exhibition at Scariff Library. A trio of young musicians, Harpanno will perform in Sixmilebridge and David Hope will launch his new album in Shannon.

A full schedule in West Clare at the tranquil setting of Lissycasey, music and dancing in Kilrush Square and Quilty. Cultúrlann Sweeney, Kilkee will host the screening of ‘The Job of Songs’ an intimate film about musicians in County Clare followed by The Riches of Clare concert.

We can Weave Stories and Spin Yarns at Stacks in Ennistymon with Aindrias de Staic and Jean Moran and Oliver O’ Connell will premiere the screening of ‘Always a Journey Never a Destination’ at the Teach Ceoil. While ‘Real Time Science’ are looking forward to some exciting experiments for children in their online workshop.

Additional events will be added to the programme in the run up to Culture Night and commenting on this year's programme of events in Clare, Siobhan Mulcahy, Arts Officer with Clare County Council said “We are excited to be fully back with in-person events this year.

The range of events taking place county-wide highlights the diversity of work on offer in the county and the talent that exists in our communities.”

Details of the Culture Night programme for County Clare and links to online events can be seen at www.culturenight/ clare/events or www.clarearts.ie For updates, follow Clare Culture Night on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter which are being updated constantly as more events are confirmed.

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ENNIS CLARE ROOTS SOCIETY CLARE Roots Society will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday 15th September at 8.00pm in Maria Assumpta Hall Ennis. This month's topic is Genealogy Research, updated Resources and Websites given by Clare Roots Society Chairperson Jane Halloran Ryan.

This talk will update the new resources that have become available since 2020 and the benefits for those researching their Clare roots.

Jane is a member of the Clare diaspora whose great-grandmother emigrated from Tulla, and whose great-great grandfather emigrated from Feakle.

Jane undertook an M.A. in Local History at University of Limerick where she graduated in 2017 with honours.

ENNIS Her thesis was entitled "Agrarian Outrages in the Parish of Tulla, County Clare: 1852-1894". She is currently a fourth year PhD research student at Mary Immaculate College.

She was recently a recipient of a Hibernian Research Award through the Cushwa Center at University of Notre Dame for her proposal "Bridging the Emigrant Gap: The Norwalk Catholic Club 1897-1940".

Jane expects to complete her dissertation in 2023 entitled "Networks of Necessity: The Clunes, Clare and Connecticut Connections".

Jane operates a genealogy and local history research business "Dalcassian Origins" and she has undertaken commissioned research for family history, genealogy, house history and a day tour genealogy service.

QUIN FARMERS MARKET MALACHY’S Bar will be holding their next Farmers Market on the third Sunday of September (18th) and it will

run from 10am to 1pm.

For queries regarding the Farmers Market, email malachysbarquincoclare@gmail.com.

MILTOWN MALBAY ‘NOURISHING YOUR BODY THIS WINTER’.

ON THURSDAY 15th September at 6.30pm, Miltown Malbay Library will be welcoming Grainne Travers, Nutritionist, for expert tips on how to nourish your body this winter. Learn how to support your immune system and gut health through diet.

Grainne will also share practical cooking ideas and recipe tips.

Free event. Places are limited and booking is essential. For booking and information, contact Miltown Malbay Library on 065 7084822 or email miltown@clarelibrary.ie This is a Healthy Ireland At Your Library Event.

lRESULTS DAY: Brian O'Donoghue, principal of Ennis Community College and Gaelcholáiste an Chláir, is pictured with two of the students who received their Leaving Certificate results on Friday: Emmanuela Moses (Ennis Community College) and Daniel Mac Sandair (Gaelcholáiste an Chláir)

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SIAR aims to be best in the west at Irish Made CLARE company, SIAR Photography has been named as a finalist in the home category of the Irish Made Awards by Irish Country Magazine for the second year running, writes Páraic McMahon.

Voting for the competition closed on Tuesday with Siar hopeful of collecting a gong in the sixth year of the Irish Made Awards.

A handpicked selection of businesses were chosen across 12 categories. Finalists were chosen by a panel of 21 leading industry experts and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Morrisson Hotel on

the 7th of October. The overall winner will receive a prize worth €20,000 which includes a marketing package with Irish Country Magazine, a stand at Showcase Ireland 2023, Bloom in the Park, one to one mentoring with Design and Crafts Council Ireland and a one year membership of Guaranteed Irish.

Founded by Gary Collins and Aoife Lenihan in 2019, SIAR is a range of contemporary photography prints of Ireland. SIAR Photography offers over 100 original photographs by Gary, with each print printed, packaged and sold from their Ennis studio.

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Over 34,000 entries received in digital tourism campaign

lEPIC TRIP: Peggy and Daniel Haukup pictured outside the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon with Cliffs of Moher Experience Sales and Marketing Manager Melanie Lennon

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ORE than 34,000 entries from across the United States of America and Canada were received for a digital tourism marketing campaign offering a fiveday getaway break to Co Clare, writes Páraic McMahon.

Hosted by the Cliffs of Moher Experience and supported

by Tourism Ireland, Aer Lingus and Clare tourism operators, the ‘Epic Trip’ competition targeted the North American market and reached an audience of 3.4 million people via The Cliffs of Moher Experience social media channels.

On Tuesday morning, the winning couple, Peggy and Daniel Haukup from Wichita in Kansas, arrived in Dublin Airport. Their prize includes Aer Lingus direct scheduled return flights from the USA with AVIS car hire and a fivenight stay in Co Clare with attractions and activities included. They will visit parts of the county such as Liscannor, Doolin, Lahinch, the Burren, Ballyvaughan, Lisdoonvarna, Newmarket-on-Fergus and Ennis. Flights were booked after a winner was selected, a spokesperson for The Cliffs of Moher Experience confirmed with no connecting flights from Chicago to Shannon Airport.

Director of the Cliffs of Moher Experience, Geraldine Enright ex-

plained, “The success of this digital marketing campaign is the result of a collaborative effort involving Aer Lingus and Tourism Ireland and is evidence that an inter-agency digital marketing campaign can be very effective at capturing a wider audience”.

She said the campaign was funded by Tourism Ireland through the Industry Market Access Programme (IMAP) “which has been established to support the tourism industry on the island of Ireland to recover swiftly from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic”. Geraldine added, “The Programme has a particular focus on supporting sales focused activities in key overseas markets such as the North American market, which our campaign specifically targeted.”

Ms. Enright said that targeting the North American visitor market following two years of declining international visitors to Ireland is central to ongoing recovery of the Irish tourism sector. “Visitor numbers this summer are down across the Irish tourism sector compared to 2019 and therefore, a key focus this autumn and winter must be on tapping into the considerable North American visitor market to ensure that we recover some of the ground lost due to the pandemic.

Our digital marketing campaign is evidence that Ireland as a tourism destination remains a significant

draw for people in Canada and the United States.”

The winning couple’s prize in-

cludes visits to the world-famous include delivering economic beneCliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle fits to the wider tourism economy. and Folk Park, Aillwee Cave, Falls The support shown by the local Hotel and Spa, Doolin Inn, Hotel sector throughout this campaign is Woodstock, Lunch in Hylands in very encouraging and underlines Ballyvaughan, Moher Cottage, the importance of and benefits asLahinch, Ennis, Burren Smoke- sociated with the sector working house and the Wild Honey Inn together”. in Lisdoonvarna, a guided tour of The Cliffs of Moher Experience the Burren with the Burren and is Ireland’s most visited natural Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Glob- attraction, a Signature Discovery al Geopark Geologist Dr. Eamon Point on the Wild Atlantic Way, Doyle, and a trip to the base of a main Geosite of the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher and the Aran Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Islands on board Doolin Ferry Geopark, and a Special Protection Company.

Area (SPA) under Natura 2000 Melanie Lennon, Sales and Mar- designation. The visitor attraction keting Manager, Cliffs of Moher is a wholly owned tourism asset of Experience, said the packaged Clare County Council. holiday “incorporates the best of what Clare has to offer in terms of attractions, activities and our food produce.”

She stated, “Our focus has PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED been on proSOCIAL WORKER PANEL moting what the wider North Clare County Council is currently inviting applications from suitably qualified persons for the above Clare region has competition. Clare County Council will, following the to offer beyond interview process, form a panel from which future the Cliffs of Morelevant vacancies may be filled subject to sanction her tapping into approval from the Department of Housing, Local our key objecGovernment & Heritage. tives in the Cliffs Completed applications must be emailed to: of Moher Stratrecruitment@clarecoco.ie not later than 4.00 p.m. egy 2040, which on Thursday 22nd September 2022.

RETAINED FIRE-FIGHTER PANELS (PART-TIME) Clare County Fire & Rescue Service is currently recruiting staff for inclusion on panels for the following stations:

GRADE 5 – STAFF OFFICER Initial Duties: Training Administration Support Team at College of Further Education and Training, Raheen Campus, Limerick City.

Permanent Contract.

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Ennis Ennistymon Kilkee Kilrush Killaloe Scariff Shannon

Candidates must live and work within 2.4 km of the Fire Station and be available to attend drills and fire alerts.

Completed applications must be emailed to: recruitment@clarecoco.ie not later than 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th October 2022.

Garda vetting will apply prior to any appointment(s) that are made.

Ref. No. 012022 Applications are invited for the above post.

Online application form and further details are available on www.lcetb.ie/recruitment Closing time and date for receipt of applications is 12 noon Friday 16th September 2022.

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Canvassing will disqualify.

Application forms and further particulars may be obtained by requesting same from the Human Resources Department, Clare County Council at 065-6846439, via e-mail: recruitment@clarecoco.ie or can be downloaded from the following website: www.clarecoco.ie Clare County Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the Community.

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Acupuncture treating wide spectrum of ailments

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EOPLE suffering from anxiety and depression are turning to acupuncture since the global pandemic.

That is according to Ennis-based acupuncturist Keir McNamara, who also serves as Chairperson of the Acupuncture Council of Ireland. Speaking to The Clare Echo, Keir explained that while traditionally acupuncture has been used to treat areas including musculoskeletal injuries, female health and fertility, there has been a shift over the last two years.

“One of the main areas I’ve seen a huge number of patients coming in over the last two years is around the treatment of postCovid symptoms and issues people have through post-viral fatigue which is one side of it,” says Keir. “The other side of it, which is probably greater, is the huge amount of treatment of anxiety and depression - anxiety being the bigger one. All of us have seen the effects of Covid, lockdowns, social isolation and everything else that has come with Covid times. We have seen a huge increase, so much so that within our profession I organised a webinar last year with an international expert from Israel because it was evident that this was going to become a huge part of what we practice.”

In the broader spectrum, acupuncture is also used to treat allergies, skin conditions, sinus, cold and flus, and viral conditions.

On the subject of women’s health, Keir adds, “There’s been a lot of publicity in recent years about menopause and poor levels of support and treatment options and it’s a huge part of

Keir McNamara chairperson of the Acupuncture Council of Ireland and owner of McNamara’s Turnpike Clinic Photo by Gary Collins

what we do here, and for a slightly younger lady an awful lot around female health issues, regulation of cycles, and fertility treatment. It’s seen as a really good adjunct to other treatment options that ladies are pursuing in relation to fertility. Most IVF clinics would have a close association with an acupuncturist if not an in-house acupuncturist working with them, very much to support what’s been done medically for the patient.”

The former St Flannan’s student has taken the reigns at the Turnpike Acupuncture Clinic after 18 years working with his mother, following Mary’s departure from the business which she established in 1989.

A trailblazer in the industry, Mary was only the second qualified practitioner in the county and was fondly known as Mary ‘Needles’ particularly to the masses in West Clare, where she served as team physio for Kilmurry Ibrickane for many years.

In his role as Chairperson of the Acupuncture Council of Ireland, Keir has played an integral role in protocols on return-towork safely for the industry, while supporting members as they readjust to life after Covid. Keir stresses that regulation of the industry is of utmost importance, noting how a female British soccer player was forced to retire as a result of pneumothorax punc-

tured lung as a result of an acupuncturist in the UK while here in Ireland a physiotherapist who had done a course in dry needling punctured the lung of a young doctor who she was treating for a sports injury. “It really highlights the need for proper regulation and education and safety standards around the profession.”

For a first-time patient concerned about needle work, Keir notes that acupuncture needles are “incredibly thin, they’re only one-tenth the diameter of a hypodermic needle… people are often quite surprised by how painless it is compared to what they expect.”

Keir uses needles in conjunction with massage therapy to treat musculoskeletal conditions and issues lifestyle advice around exercise and diet “because as we all now know, they’re fundamentals in maintaining your health”, while herbal medicine is also used in the treatment of some conditions.

“I often joke we have a very poor business model – our main aim is to get people sorted as quickly as possible and have them doing very sound, simple, logical and cheap usually methodologies at home in order to maintain their health without needing to come back to us in a hurry. It’s common sense advice but when people are working on themselves, they do better.”

For more information or to book an appointment at Turnpike Acupuncture Clinic, call (065) 6841280 or Email: keirmcnamara@gmail.com.

The Health Connection

“W

E ARE PASSIONATE about what we do!”

That’s how Olivia Cahalane explains the enduring success of The Health Connection, located on Turnpike Rd, Ennis.

We are dedicated to providing our community with healthy, organic local foods, supplements, refils and sustainable beauty.

Owner Olivia is a qualified Nutritional Therapist and has over twenty years experience in the health and wellness industry.

Her speciality is advising on gastrointestinal issues and giving dietary and sports nutrition advice.

The Health Connection stocks a wide range of supplement brands such as Bio Care, NHP, Terra Nova, Macanta, NaturesPlus and Solgar. In store you will also find Dr Clare’s Apothecary, a range of herbal medicine supplements, made in Galway. In addition, The Health Connection stocks a wide selection of collagen and protein supplements such as Planet Paleo and NuZest.

At the Health Connection, we also specialise and are passionate about giving sound nutritional and supplemental advice to tailor our customers needs.

Our team includes Grainne who is a qualified Health Coach and Dietary Counsellor, whose speciality is in assisting perimenopasal women by advising with key supplemental and dietary protocol.

Laura and Maria are currently completing the IAHS certification.

We are also very proud to have recently been awarded the Sally McKenna Plaque, as we endeavour to always source locally produced foods.

Take a look at any section of the store,

and you can see the hard work put in by Olivia and the team in seeking and sourcing high quality foods. There is a strong emphasis on featuring as many locally produced products as they can – everything from the iconic St Tola goats cheese, to the exuberant krauts and sauces from Savage Craic based in the heart of the Burren.

The Health Connection also stocks a wide selection of artisan foods including cheeses, pestos, and olive oils from Toonsbridge, Macroom and sumptuous truffles and dates from Hungry Crow.

Olivia and her team are also passionate about naturally sourced essential oils, beauty and body products such as Dublin Herbalists, Kinvara, Trilogy, and our fabulous new facial range De Danu from Athlone.

Our Ecco station is constantly expanding and evolving, and customers are welcome to come in and refill from our Sonett and Faith in Nature ranges.

We also operate a loyalty scheme that is very popular and have lots of special offers coming up this Autumn.

We would like to highlight running from Monday 13th to Saturday 24th September, our 15% off all Eskimo fish oil capsules and liquids.

Also 10% off all Planet Paleo Collagen products.

Do call in store or check out our Facebook and Instagram for regular offers.

Olivia and her team would like to take this opportunity to especially thank their loyal customer base who we take great pleasure in serving, and of course we always welcome new faces too!

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Weight loss success for two amazing slimmers with type 2 diabetes after losing over 8 stone

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NE IN TEN people around the world are living with diabetes, a lifelong condition listed by the World Health Organization in 2019 as one of the top ten leading causes of deaths globally. In Ireland, over a quarter of a million people have been diagnosed with the disease. However, it is estimated that a further 850,000 are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a major contributor to kidney failure, heart attack, cancer, and stroke. As well as the human cost, the economic burden of diabetes on the Irish health care system is becoming a major challenge for the government and the HSE. Being overweight or obese is a major risk factor in developing type 2 diabetes. By helping people to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, Slimming World can dramatically reduce a member’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes and can help members to manage their condition.

Raymond from Ardrahan in South Galway joined Slimming World in Gort after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year. Since joining, he has lost over 4 stone and has now halved his medication for the disease. And he says he is well on his way to reducing it completely. Raymond says, “My

sister saw a Slimming World sign and suggested I join. I’m absolutely delighted I did.

I can’t believe that a few small changes can make such a huge difference. I can still have steak and chips and even a couple of glasses of wine and still lose weight!”

Raymond has also taken up walking and he loves it. He says, “I used to get out of breath after a couple of rounds of the walkway in Ardrahan but now I regularly do 8 rounds, which is 4 miles, and I average about 15 miles per week now. I feel so much better and other people are also noticing my weight loss, which really gives me encouragement” Nora Daly from Galway had been overweight since her early 20s. She was diagnosed with weigh related Type 2 Diabetes a few years ago. She was advised to lose weight to improve her health. She says, “I’ve tried many diets over the years, and they worked to various to degrees, but as soon as I stopped dieting I put the weight back on with more besides. I saw a banner outside the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway for Slimming World, and I thought it was a sign. I walked through the doors in mid-January, and I’ve lost 4 stone 2.5lbs since then. My health has improved so much. The week after I joined

Slimming World, I had an appointment in the diabetic clinic and my blood sugars were way too high, they had been for a while. A few weeks into my Slimming World journey they had stabilised into the normal range and in the main, have remained so ever since.

The plan is so easy to follow with nothing off limits and I can fit it into my daily life.

I love that I can still have my treats within certain limits. There are so many easy-tofollow recipes for lots of great meals which the whole family can enjoy, like our favourite, crustless quiche” Nora has also embraced Slimming World’s Body Magic activity programme. “My fitness levels have gone up and so too has my love of walking. That walking, as well as following some of the fitness videos available on the app, is really helping me to tone up” she says.

“I’m really happy I took that first step into group and this time I’m not going to slip back into old ways. The ongoing support I get each week in IMAGE therapy will see to that. I feel like I’m among family, people who understand, people who do not judge, people who are ready to share their stories, their experiences, their help, and advice” On average, Slimming World members

lose a clinically significant 5% within the first 3 months which means that they already start seeing health benefits such as less joint pain, improved mobility, less breathlessness, better sleep, reduced blood pressure and improved management and reduced medication for conditions like type 2 diabetes. Members following Slimming World’s healthy eating plan enjoy a diet of filling and satisfying everyday foods – including fruit, vegetables, eggs, poultry, lean meat, fish, beans, pulses, pasta, rice and potatoes – which can be tailored to suit individual needs, tastes and budget, including being able to fit into any advice from their diabetes care team.

To join your local Slimming World group, visit www.slimmingworld.ie

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All Star Harvey returns to training two nomination weeks after giving birth to son for Cleary

by DARAGH SMALL

CLARE captain, Eoin Cleary is the county’s sole nominee for the 2022 PwC GAA football AllStars, writes Páraic McMahon.

For the second year in a row and the second time in his career, Eoin has been nominated for

an All Star. Last year, he became the first St Joseph’s Miltown footballer to become a nominee.

Once again, he is the only Clare footballer on the 45 man shortlist despite Colm Collins’ side reaching the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals following wins over Meath and Roscommon. Cian O’Dea, Ciaran Russell and Pearse Lillis can count themselves unlucky not to have received nominations.

Cleary kicked 1-17 in this year’s championship, 1-10 of which came from play.

A Garda based in Limerick, Eoin made his championship debut in Colm Collins’ first year as manager in 2014. He was first appointed county captain for the 2020 season, a role he has maintained since.

All-Ireland champions, Kerry have received 12 nominations on the back of a season where they claimed All-Ireland, provincial and National League honours. The full breakdown is Kerry (12), Galway (eight), Derry (seven), Dublin (six), Armagh (five), Cork (two) and one each for Clare, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo and Monaghan.

Kerry powerhouse David Clifford will be up against Galway sharpshooter Shane Walsh and the Tribes midfield star Cillian McDaid for the Player of the Year award. For Young Player of the Year, Derry forward Ethan Doherty is joined by Dublin defender Lee Gannon and Galway defender Jack Glynn in the voting.

Dating back to 1971, the All-Stars are selected by a team of GAA journalists from across print, radio, digital, tv and broadcast media. A separate Tailteann Cup team of the year will also be honoured this year.

The PwC All-Stars will be presented at a blacktie banquet in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Friday, October 28. The hurling team will be announced live on the night with the football team being released publicly 24 hours earlier.

LESS than two weeks after giving birth to her first child, Caoimhe Harvey was back on the field, training, and three days later she returned to competitive action.

The Clare star is a competitor by nature but even though she missed a TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship where the Banner reached the final four, before a narrow loss to the eventual champions, she wouldn’t change it for the world.

Many of us will remember August 13, 2022 as one of the hottest days of the year but Caoimhe and her partner, Cormac Murray, will never forget it for different reasons.

“Rían was born at 5.46pm,” said Harvey. “The last month was surreal, so surreal. You can’t even put it into words, imagining it. Rían entered our lives and it was so strange. It’s full -on but 12 days after having him, I was able to return back to training so that was definitely an experience for myself, to just be able to get going on the football field again.

“Then on Sunday, which would have been 15 days, I got to play 30 minutes of championship football. So that was definitely something I am delighted to be able to be back doing. Both of us play football and we wouldn’t be able to do it without the support from either of our families so that is just amazing”.

The 23-year-old who plays with West Clare Gaels was due to captain her county this year before she stepped away from the panel in February.

Harvey was ever-present in the saffron and blue since joining the intermediate panel in 2016 and watching on from the terraces for an entire season was a huge shock to the system.

She made a conscious effort to step away completely and let the new joint-captains Orla Devitt and Niamh O’Dea take up the main leadership roles. It was a difficult call but Harvey needed to separate herself.

“I was at the games but as a supporter, I wasn’t there as a player for the first time,” said Harvey. If the girls texted me or rang me I would have picked up the

phone, no bother. But not being able to play, I stepped away completely. I needed that time as well to get my head around what was going to come."

Clare had a poor Lidl National Football League and they were eventually relegated to Division 3 by Tyrone at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in April.

However, their season ignited when the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship rolled around, especially after they got back to winning ways in Connacht.

The momentum built and Evan Talty’s side found themselves in a semi-final before Laois beat them 2-21 to 2-19 in a thrilling clash at Kiltoom.

Talty vacated the Clare hot seat but they can plan ahead for 2023 looking to build on a positive summer.

Harvey will continue to plot her own return to fitness, and the scintillating form that saw her become one of the best players in the county.

One message is clear for the Querrin native, she wants other mothers to know that if their health allows it, they can also be out exercising and even playing sports

competitively within a few weeks of giving birth.

“The one thing that I noticed is you think your legs can move and then you realise they don’t go as quick as they used to,” she said. “The last six months I hadn’t been doing speed work. Just little things like that. Even, you don’t lift as much in the gym. I would have been doing gym work and I would have been able to run but you are doing everything at a different pace.

“It’s just now getting into the mentality that you’re back trying to get a championship pace of football. So you just need to realise what the body is able for. Just start working, you are starting off literally nearly pre-season and working your way through again. So yeah, definitely it’s just my legs weren’t going as quick as I thought they could.

"While I was pregnant I just didn’t think that far ahead of what shape I will be in after having Rían. I just said I will take it day-by-day. It was a dose of reality but there is plenty of time and I won’t panic just yet”.

Clare GAA September Meeting: Collins' reign continues

by EOIN BRENNAN

IRELAND’S longest serving inter-county football manager Colm Collins has been ratified for a tenth year, it was confirmed at Tuesday September meeting of Clare GAA in Caherlohan.

On the back of reaching the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals for a second time in seven seasons, Kilmihil native Collins, who has also been at the helm of Cratloe for the past 16 seasons, was unanimously returned by the delegates for another year.

Michael Neylon, who previously steered his club St Joseph’s Miltown to county senior titles in 2015 and ’18, was reappointed for a fourth season at Clare U20 Football Manager while Brian O’Connell (Wolfe Tones) was returned as Clare Minor Hurling Manager following a hugely encouraging season which ended with a first All-Ireland Semi-Final in a decade.

Clare GAA COO to be appointed by end of September Having interviewed the final three candidates in the past week, Clare GAA Chairman Kieran Keating announced to the club delegate that the new full-time role of COO (Chief Operating Officer) ‘will be hired before the end of the month’.

Last week’s presentation format discussions were the second round of interviews to be conducted after the initial field of 16 candidates were originally shortlisted to eight.

Replays return for county finals Every county final, if level after 60 minutes, will be decided by a replay and not extra-time and penalties it was agreed at Tuesday’s county board meeting.

With the Munster Club draws ensuring quarter-final starts for all but the senior hurling, there is sufficient time to re-introduce replays for all adult hurling and football championship finals.

Over the past two seasons, condensed championships (mainly due to COVID) dictated that a result on the day was required if teams could not be separated after the initial hour. While quarter-final and semi-finals will still follow the ‘result on the day’ format, all adult finals will extend to a second day if required.

The dates for county finals were also confirmed with the senior hurling decider pencilled in for Sunday, October 23 followed by the football (Sunday, October 30), with intermediate hurling (Oct 22/23) and football (October 15/16) and Junior A hurling (Oct 8/9) and football (October 15/16) also provisionally scheduled.

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Garrihy praises Breckan's commitment St Breckan's 3-07 St Joseph's Miltown 0-09 Venue: Ennistymon GAA Grounds Compiled by Páraic McMahon

FACTFILE ST BRECKAN’S Frees for: 21 (10/11) Wides: 4 (3/1) Spread of scorers: 6 Scores from play: 2-02 Top scorer: Jamie Stack (1-04 4f I’Pen) Bookings: Aiden Davidson (54) Own kickouts won: 13 from 14 (93%)

ST JOSEPH’S: Frees for: 14 (5/9) Wides: 5 (3/2) Spread of scorers: 6 From play: 0-05 Top scorer: Conor Cleary and Kieran Malone (0-02 each) Bookings: Seanie Malone (39), Cian Mahony (61); Red Card: Eoin O’Brien (60) Own kickouts won: 8 from 14 (57%) REFEREE: John O’Connell (Cooraclare)

DONIE GARRIHY, ST BRECKAN’S SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER: “We’ve done the business back-to-back years, three years in-a-row actually at senior football championship in a county that is non-stop in Division 2 of the National Football League and All-Ireland quarter-finalists this year - we’re playing senior football championship and we’re holding our own, I’m happy.

“It’s a pity about the grass. The grass is a bit long (in Ennistymon) and we stated that to ourselves before the game. When you win you’re happy, you don’t have to win pretty all the time.

“We came in as a management in January

Alan Sweeney celebrates his goal for St Breckan’s Burren Eye Photography

2019 and they asked me to do it. I asked 'how much are you interested in it', they said 'what do you want me to do'. This was a miserable night in the month of January, I said I’d see you in the pitch tomorrow morning at quarter to seven, ‘but shur there’s no light’ they said, my response was ‘so you don’t want to do it?’ They were there and they’ve been there since, in the dark and in the shit.

“Rowan (Danaher) was excellent, I always reference his Dad, his Dad was a tiger and you saw Rowan was a tiger there, that’s the way he plays - Rowan is a tiger, he has actually found his feet this year, he’s doing really well. He was an excellent U14, U16 and minor footballer, he’s found his feet now at senior football.

“There’s nothing easy [when asked about progressing from the group stages].

"I think that’s what Clare in Division 2 of the National Football League has brought to the Clare football championship, high demands on players, really professional from all the clubs, long may it last because I’m 57 years of age and I tell you one thing, when I was in SCAN HERE FOR my teenage years I was MATCH REPORT around when Clare got beaten 9-21 1-07 by Kerry, I was in Miltown - that was a miserable time and I don’t ever want us going back to that again."

Ennistymon: this group will not wilt

Ennistymon 1-08 Doonbeg 0-09 Venue: Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay

FACTFILE ENNISTYMON Frees for: 16 (9/7) Wides: 9 (4/5) Spread of scorers: 5 Scores from play: 1-06 Top scorer: Brendy Rouine (0-04 1f) Bookings: Sean Rouine (HT), Eoin Rouine (40), Own kickouts won: 10 from 12 (83%)

DOONBEG: Frees for: 17 (8/9) Wides: 3 (3/0) Spread of scorers: 4 Scores from play: 0-07 Top scorer: David Tubridy (0-06 2f) Bookings: Cathal Killeen (40), Darragh Burns (44), James Killeen (56) Own kickouts won: 13 from 19 (68%)

REFEREE: Chris Maguire (Wolfe Tones) MARK SHANAHAN, ENNISTYMON SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER:

“If you beat Doonbeg in a championship match it’s a good day because they have great history, tradition and great men over them which means they will turn up and that was proven today.

"They came at us with everything, our first half performance was flat but we showed tremendous heart, fitness and resilience in spades in the second half, that period where we lost a man for ten minutes in the second half and that could have been the ten minutes that won us the game, the second half was full of heart.

“I know now that this group won’t wilt, they will not wilt, I’m around football long enough to know what’s what in that regard

and this group won’t wilt, they have the resilience, they have the heart and the character but our football is going to have to improve dramatically if we’re going to put a dent in the championship.

“We made a few positional changes and we really said we wanted to go at them, we were a bit conservative in the first half but we were flat, every player said in the dressing room he had to up his game, the team had to up their game and empty ourselves completely. That heart, resilience and character with the positional switches won us through against a formidable Doonbeg team.

“I think the three games were ferocious battles, because the two other games were so physically demanding it could have had a fear bearing on today. I think we were battle-hardened, it was tit for tat coming at the end but we had a great second half. Overall we’re going to have to improve.

“It’s all about getting our own house in order, you mentioned years past and we have too much on our own plate. We feel we can put it up to anybody and we want to get that consistency going, if the group has shown anything it’s that we’re building towards that but we have a lot to do, everyone is willing to put their shoulder to the wheel and that’s the most important thing.”

KIERAN O’MAHONEY, DOONBEG COACH:

“It was tough to take, Ennistymon are a very decent team, they have a lot of good footballers, they were always going to come back into it. We fought tooth and nail and you couldn’t complain about our lads.

Ennistymon’s Brendy Rouine Photo by Gerard O'Neill

"It’s sad, it’s a week where referees have got a lot of abuse and nobody condones that but at the same time you can’t condone bad decisions, when you’re training teams for

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eight, nine or ten months and a game hinges on a bad refereeing decision referees have to take responsibility as well as managements and players for what goes on, on the sideline and on the field...It might have been a harsh black card as well, I didn’t really see it. "[Ennistymon] are a real decent team with two or three inter-county footballers, they’ve been playing Division A since they were 12 years old, they are more than capable, they are a very decent outfit and will put it up to anyone that get at this stage, we wish them the best of luck and have no ill-feeling towards Ennistymon. The game went to the wire and we came out at the wrong side of it and that’s the way it is.

“David has been the best forward in the county for 15 years at this stage, when the pressure was on he stepped up, David got a great goal at the end and for some strange reason that nobody seems to understand the free was given out, nobody seems to understand why it was, that’s just the way the breaks go.

“Referees and umpires have a lot to answer for as well as managements and players to the discipline of the game, we all stand up and do things wrong but referees also need to SCAN HERE FOR stand up when they make MATCH REPORT mistakes.

“I don’t think anybody denies it was a legitimate goal, the referee just made a bad call, that’s the way it is.”

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Youngsters show 'cool heads' Kilmihil 2-8 St Joseph's Doora-Barefield 3-9 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis

FACTFILE DOORA/ BAREFIELD Frees For: 13 (7/6) Wides: 11 (4/7) Scores from Play: 3-6 Spread of Scorers: 8 Top Scorer: Tom McDonald (1-3 2f) Own Kick-Outs won: 12 from 14 (86%)

KILMIHIL Frees For: 14 (6/8) Wides: 4 (2/2) Scores from Play: 1-4 Spread of Scorers: 5 Top Scorer: Ciaran Downes (1-4 1’Pen 2f) Own Kick-Outs won: 18 from 23 (78%)

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REFEREE: Barry Keating (Lissycasey) DONAGH VAUGHAN, ST JOSEPH’S DOORA/BAREFIELD MANAGER: “It’s great to finally get over the line, the lads were asked questions of today and they answered them so I’m delighted. In the first ten minutes of the second half, Kilmihil put us under real pressure but we kept a cool head, worked hard, got back on track and pushed on so that’s a good sign of improvement from the lads.

“We had the wind in the first half and went for it to go nine or ten clear. We let in two goals just before half-time but we said ‘let’s not panic or give out’, instead we wanted to get back down to work and thank God it paid off.

“Our oldest man on the field is 25 so we are young and we’ve got to play to our strengths which are pace, movement and youth. We’ll make mistakes like any team but we’re learning every week and it’s great.

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Eoghan Thynne shepherds the ball from Fionn Febbraro Photo by Gerard O’Neill

GERRY DOWNES, KILMIHIL MANAGER: “We didn’t envision that we’d be in this position at the start of the championship but if you lose three games in the group, you don’t deserve to progress in the championship, that’s the reality.

“I’m not sure what the slow start was about because we had specifically spoken about that in the dressing room. I mean we played these guys [St Joseph’s] this time last year and they were about ten points up at half-time as well so we left

ourselves with a lot of work to do but look, that revival in the last ten minutes of the first half left us in a great position to into half-time and come back out and attack it again.

“However, Doora/Barefield are a class side, they’ve a lot of talent on the bench as well as the field whereas we’re probably lacking that extra two or three players to bring us to the next level. That said, they were the better team and deserved their victory today, that’s for sure."

Éire Óg 3-8 Corofin 0-11 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Compiled by Eoin Brennan

ÉIRE ÓG Frees For: 15 (7/8) Wides: 5 (4/1) Scores from Play: 3-1 Spread of Scorers: 3 Top Scorer: Gavin Cooney (2-3 3f) Own Kick-Outs won: 14 from 19 (74%)

COROFIN Frees For: 13 (5/8) Wides: 7 (4/3) Scores from Play: 0-7 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top Scorers: Diarmuid Cahill (0-03 2f), Gearoid Cahill (0-03 2f) Own Kick-Outs won: 13 from 16 (81%)

ÉIRE ÓG are leading the way in the race to win the Clare SFC but also in to collect the MD MyClubShop.ie / The Clare Echo top scorer award.

Gavin Cooney’s clinical display for Éire Óg in their third round win over Corofin sees him overtake Mark McInerney to hold top spot by a margin of two points. Although Kilmihil will contest the relegation play-off, Ciaran Downes continues to step up on the scoring stakes.

Gavin Cooney (Éire Óg) 2-16 Mark McInerney (Éire Óg) 3-11 Ciaran Downes (Kilmihil) 1-16 Cathal McInerney (Cratloe) 1-15 Conor Finucane (Lissycasey) 1-14 Jamie Stack (St Breckan’s) 1-12 David Tubridy (Doonbeg) 0-14 Cormac Murray (St Joseph’s Miltown) 0-14

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Cooraclare’s Pearse Lillis

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REFEREE: Jim Hickey (Cratloe) PAUL MADDEN, ÉIRE ÓG MANAGER: “We probably could have done more but on reflection we’ve a lot of games played in the last five or six weeks and I just felt that there was a little bit of fatigue and muscle cramp evident towards the end. The type of game we play, we need full energy and we saw it in patches of the first half but the second half performance bar the play for the goal wasn’t good enough.

“Corofin have some very good footballers and we knew that from having seen them all year.

They probably had a chance or two that flashed over the bar but some of our play was very sloppy and we wouldn’t be happy with it.

“We’ll get a bit of recovery and rest this week and then we’re going to go hard again. It’s the hurling [quarter-finals] in three weeks time and football in four so once we get to that, we have to refocus as it’s the business end now.

“We just have to get more consistency for 60 minutes for the quarter-finals. There is good character in that squad and it will be tested over the next month.”

DOUGLAS HURLEY, COROFIN MANAGER: “If you offered me a place in the quarter-finals

Marc O'Loughlin tries to win the ball back from Ikem Ugwueru

at the start of the year, I’d have 100 per cent taken it as our first goal to take a scalp and cement our senior status. So we’ve done both those things so we can move on now and look forward to a quarter-final.

“In the second half today, we more than held our own, it’s just that we were a bit naive for the goals. But I think those three games will stand to us now and I said from the start if we could get out of this group, we wouldn’t fear anyone else.

“We missed 1-2 ourselves before half-time that could have made it a lot tighter and in the sec-

Photo by Gerard O'Neill

ond half we came out and really battled and got it back to about five points. So I can’t fault the lads for effort as they kept bouncing back from conceding sucker-punch goals but we have a lot to work on for the quarter-finals.

“Add in the fact that we’ve 15 dual players, it’s been all go these past few weeks so we’re the epit-ome of a dual club so we’ll have a few weeks now to rest up and bodies and refocus.

Hopefully we can throw off the shackles for a quarter-final as with our status secured, we’ve nothing to lose.”

Niamh O’Dea hits the ground during Sunday’s encounter with Kilmihil Photo by Gerard O'Neill

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Veterans drive on Bricks Clondegad 1-09 Kilmurry Ibrickane 1-11 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis JAMES MURRIHY, KILMURRY IBRICKANE SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER: “Getting to a quarter-final was the ultimate goal today. We didn’t make things easy for ourselves.

With maybe seven or eight minutes to go we were five points up and in control of the game but did some silly things. And even when Clondegad got the goal, we continued to do silly things and allowed Clondegad to have chances to potentially put us in a play-off.

“Thankfully, we finished second in the group which was our primary target, we’re in the quarter-finals and we’ve an opportunity to get ourselves right over the next month. “[Four points down at half-time], there was a lot of honesty in the dressing room and there didn’t need to be a whole lot said. The older experienced players took on a level of responsibility and came out in the second half and for the bones of 20-25 minutes, we played some really good football. We went at Clondegad, went man-on-man and really put pressure on them.

“Now we did leave scores behind us in that second half that we got away with today but won’t when it comes to the quarter-finals and beyond.”

MARTIN BRENNAN, CLONDEGAD SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER: “We weren’t intending to be in a play-off but we are now so we’ll just have to deal with that. We’re disappointed to have come out on the wrong side of the result but we feel aggrieved with some of the decisions there.

“It was such a close game that every score counted and that’s the way it worked out in this group.

We hoped to be in the quarter-finals but we’ll go again, we’re definitely not going to lie down after this. There was a lot to admire in that match today.

“It was a tough game for both teams and an entertaining game too as Kilmurry Ibrickane are a fine team.

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by PÁRAIC McMAHON AN ADVERTISEMENT for the role of Clare intermediate ladies football manager is due to be issued in the coming days.

Evan Talty called time on his two year term as manager last month with the county reaching the All-Ireland semi-finals this season, losing out to Laois by two points following extra time.

Senior officials in Clare LGFA are to finalise the application process in the coming days as efforts begin to find Talty’s successor. The Clare Echo understands that the new manager will be without at least two pillars from last year’s side. Liscannor's Roisin Considine is set for a move to London while study commitments will keep Ennis’ Orla Devitt out of the county.

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Joe Campbell tries to evade the challenge of Gearoid O'Connell Photo by Gerard O'Neill

“Look, you can go out any day and get beaten so we were beaten today and we’ll take our beating, lick our wounds and go again and hopefully we’ll be ready for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in two weeks SCAN HERE FOR time."

MATCH REPORT

Efforts to find Talty successor

SENIOR CAMOGIE

FACTFILE KILMURRY IBRICK' Frees For: 19 (9/10) Wides: 6 (4/2) Scores from Play: 1-5 Spread of Scorers: 5 Top Scorer: Dermot Coughlan (1-1) Own Kick-Outs won: 10 from 12 (83%)

CLONDEGAD Frees For: 14 (7/7) Wides: 4 (3/1) Scores from Play: 1-7 Spread of Scorers: 5 Top Scorer: Gary Brennan (0-6 2f) Own Kick-Outs won: 13 from 17 (76%)

REFEREE: Niall Quinn (Miltown)

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Kilmaley’s Grace Carmody

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Collins delight as momentum continues

Cratloe 1-15 Lissycasey 1-13 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis

FACTFILE CRATLOE LISSYCASEY Frees For: 11 (5/6) Frees For: 19 Wides: 11 (5/6) (7/12) Scores from Play: Wides: 2 (1/1) 1-11 Scores from Play: Spread of Scorers: 1-9 8 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top Scorer: Cathal Top Scorer: Conor McInerney (0-6 4f) Finnucane (0-5 4f) Own Kick-Outs Own Kick-Outs won: 11 from 15 won: 19 from 27 (73%) (70%) REFEREE: Niall Quinn (Miltown) COLM COLLINS, CRATLOE SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER: “It’s been a good year for us so far in football and hurling so we’re delighted to keep that momentum going today. We only had 17 players available today as we’re trying to keep the junior team intact too.

“There was some good football out there today especially going forward. At the end of the day, whichever side won today, it didn’t really matter as both of us were already through and maybe that helped the game but it will be different I’d imagine the next day because if you lose you’re out.

“While we’re happy to come out on the right side of the result, I was very impressed with a good few of the Lissycasey team. They have some really good players coming through and some

Diarmuid Ryan keeps Aaron Griffin from Sean Collins

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excel-lent forwards. Aaron [Griffin] went through threateningly a few times at the end but we’re lucky that we have Kevin [Harnett] who is a really good defender and held him out. But on another day they [Lissycasey] could have got a lot more scores.

“Thankfully they didn’t today and we came out on top but all eyes on are the quarter-final draws now as it’s knock-out from here on in.”

JOHN RYAN, LISSYCASEY SENIOR FOOTBALL MANAGER: “I thought our performance was good today. We worked well and created some good goal chances but you need to be taking them if you want to win a game like this.

“It was tight and very small margins there today.

I thought we might have had a penalty there at the end but I’m not a referee and sometimes you get the rub of the green and sometimes you don’t.

That said, fair dues to Cratloe, they’re top of the table and best of luck to them in the championship.

“From the amount of possession we have and the amount of breaking from inside our own ’45, we’re not taking our scores. That’s a big problem we have and we need to rectify that if we are to challenge SCAN HERE FOR MATCH REPORT in the knock-out stages.

“Every team remaining in this championship will be ready for action. This is the business end, it’s knock-out now and we’ll prepare well for whoever we meet.”

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GOLF: All-Ireland glory for Lahinch ladies Last week’s ladies seniors outing to Gort was won by Phil Butler, Eileen J Corry and Frances 0'Reilly with 41 from Ann Kelly, Nuala D'Auria and Joan Cullinan-Coote with 41.1. In third spot with 42 were Mary McMahon, Peig Cleary and Patrice Ryan.

Last Thursday, 120 members of the Ennis men's seniors social group played to honour their captain Michael Cummins on his Captain's d. The winner was Tony T McInerney with 40 points. In second place was Thomas Woulfe followed by Liam Barry and they also scored 40 points

by SEAMUS HAYES LAHINCH GOLF CLUB:

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.

On Friday, the ladies overcame a very strong Royal County Down team 3.5/1.5 to progress to the semi-final where they had a comprehensive win over Dun Laoghaire by 4.5/0.5.

At sun-drenched Tramore, Lahinch sealed victory when Niamh O’Dwyer came from three down on the back nine to win her match on the 18th green.

The scores from the final are as follows: Aideen Walsh defeated Clodagh Coughlan 3&1; Sarah Cunningham defeated Karen O’Neill 2&1; Niamh O’Dwyer defeated Aoife Ni Thuama 1 hole; Olivia Lucas halved with Jemma Barry (match called in A/S playing 18) and Jenny Hennessy halved with Jessica Kavanagh (match called in with Jenny 2Up playing 17).

The Lahinch team managers are Valerie Hassett and Aedin McCarthy.

The men’s senior cup team lost out to Tandragee golf club in their quarter-final match, 3.5/1.5 on Saturday morning. Despite the disappointment of Saturday’s defeat, team managers, David Conway and Kyle Cannon, and the entire panel have reason to be be proud of their achievement in bringing home a men’s Munster pennant for the first time in 38 years.

After a busy month of August, normal service has resumed. September is historically one of the busiest months for overseas visitors and with daylight hours reducing week on week, the demand for tee times remains high.

EAST CLARE GOLF CLUB:

President T.J McNamara’s prize was played for at the weekend when there was a big turnout. Jason Horan emerged as the winner with a very impressive 45 points. He had one to spare over Brenda Moloney with Colm Kelly in third spot with 43 points followed by Danny Minogue with a similar score. Eoin McGuinness

DROMOLAND GOLF CLUB:

won the gross with 74. Richard McLoughlin had the longest drive while Terry Coughlan won the nearest the pin competition.

The president’s prize to the senior men’s section was won by Redmond Walsh with 41 poinrts from Matthew McNamara with 39 and Michael Heffernan with 38 points. Redmond Walsh Senior won the past president’s prize while Niall Melody won the junior’s prize.

Loretto O’Donnell won the president’s prize to the ladies with 37 points from Siobhan Shanahan with 36. They were followed by Margaret Lynch with 36 and Noreen Skehan with 35 points. Rachel Whelan won the gross with 20 points, Brid Hayes had the longest drive while Pauline Nugent won nearest to the pic The men’s open on Thursday was won by Charlie Hannon with 43 points from Brian Muldoon with 42 and Ronan Hayes with 39.

Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Tony McNulty, Kevin Wallis and John Brett from Pat McNamara, Nick Ryan and Jackie Mc Hugh with third spot filled by Ailbe McDonnell, Jack Manley and Jim Fahy.

In the Wednesday ladies competition the winners were Phil Burke, Hannah Guinnane and Margaret Lynch.

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The weekly men’s open singles continues on Thursdays with the mixed scramble continuing on Friday evenings at 5.30p.m.

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The men’s competition at the weekend was singles stableford sponsored by Brew’s Hardware and gift shop which was won by Noel Kilkenny (19) with 43 points.

He won by one from Tom Fox (9) with third spot filled by Dominick Enright (15) with 41 points. The category winners were Michael F. Ryan (18) with 39 points, Shane Carey (15) with 40 points znd Tom Cleary (20) with 36 points.

In the women’s stableford competition the winner was Stephanie Roughan (20) with 40 points from Olivia McCarthy (26) with 39 points with third spot filed by Jean Lorigan (29) who also returned 39 points.

The category winners were Anne Brennan (12) with 38 points, Agnes Shannon (24) with 38 points and Edel Crowley (31) with 34 points.

In the 12 hole competition the winner ws Hanora O’Dea-Kilkenny with 31 points from Margaret Clune with 27 points.

ENNIS GOLF CLUB:

The Coco Restaurant ladies 18 hole stableford competition at Ennis was won by Kathleen Frehill (36) with 38 points from Rose Enright (24) with 36 points with third spot filed by Ann A. Gallery (18), also with 36 points. Peg Hanrahan (19) won the gross with 20 points.

The overall winner of the 9 hole competition was Theresa Lillis (25) with 23 points. Sinead Hegarty(10) won division 1 with 19 points, Bridie Keane (17) won division 2 with 21 points and Patricia O’Reilly (26) won division 3 with 39 points.

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Brian Shally won the men’s monthly medal at the weekend with 69. Cathal Nolan, with a similar score, was in second place with Diarmuid O’Connor in third spot with 70. George Smith won the gross with 76 while the winner in the 22 plus category was John O’Neill.

In the 9 hole competition the winner was Alan O’Flanagan with 22 points from John Canny with 21 and Mark Skehan, also with 21.

Last week’s 9 hole competition winner was Brenda Fitzgibbon with 21 points.

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Senior captain Sean Howard’s prize was played for last week and Anthony Coote emeerged as the winner with 43 points. He had one to spare over John McGrath with Michael Foley in third spot, a point further back on 41.

Martin White won the past captain’s prize with 40 points. Greg Fogarty won the over 75’s category with 40 points while the guests section was won by Gerry Daly, Ennis with 37 points.

The nines were won by Eugene Morrisroe with 22 points and Brian Logue with 20 points.

Last week’s ladies competition winner was Kathleen McEnery with 39 points from Teresa Sherlock with a similar score.

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The Josie McInerney trophy was played for at the weekend when Niall Finnegan(13) emerged as the winner of the stableford event with 43.

Martin Callinan (11) won category 1 with 40 points, Colie McGarry( 15) won category 2 with 38 points and Steve Moylan (29) won category 3 with 42 points. Eanna Melville(4) won the gross with 34 points.

In the Friday open singles the winner was Colin Whelan (16) with 38 points The ladies competition, a 9 hole waltz, was won by Olive Mulcair, Carmel Joyce and Bernadette Burke with 48 points from Anne Kerins, Ena Furey and Sandra Broderick with 41 points while third spot was filled by Joan Fogarty, Mary Dervan and Marion Mulvey Fahy, also with 41.

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Success not elusive for Browne's Cascade Phantom

by MICHAEL MAHER

CASCADE Phantom, owned by Clare hurler, Jack Browne recorded his second success in only his third outing.

The A2 graded fifth contest over 525 yards was the feature event on Friday night’s Galway card which took place in constant driving rain but as the traps rose for the feature Fast Fit Vic was very smartly into stride along the inner with Astro Podge close up on the leaders outside as they approached the opening bend where both tracked well and kicked clear of their rivals entering the back straight.

Racing along the back, Astro Podge edged to the front and exiting the back led by half a length. Rounding the home bend though the John Quinn and Tarragh Cantwell of Gort owned Fast Fit Vic (Ballymac Vic-Rossmult Martha) saved valuable ground and the Declan McDonagh of Liscannor trained runner dug deep to score by half a length in 30.07.

The chief supporting contest was the A3 graded sixth contest and on a night where it paid to be on the pace the Jack Browne of Ballyea owned Cascade Phantom (Droopys Sydney-Coolavanny Spice) never saw another rival as he recorded his second success from just three outings by five lengths from Springwell Diva in 29.70. The winner led by two lengths rounding the opening bend. Extending the advantage early in the back straight it was just a case of how far the margin of victory from the halfway mark.

In race two, Orbsen Olive trapped best in this A6 graded contest leading from Creevy Bird along the inner racing towards the opening bend. At the bend Creevy Bird ran off the rails carrying Orbsen Olive wide also and this allowed the Feakle Five Syndicate owned Mounvoor Lad slip through to take command turning down the back straight.

Jack Browne with three of his biggest fans. Caoimhin Shannon, Cathal McNulty and Daire Hogan

Kicking clear racing along the back the son of Ballymac Best and Ridgedale Martha was home and hosed exiting the back straight as he eased home seven lengths clear of Creevy Bird in 30.02.

The concluding contest went to the Martin Griffin of Lissycasey owned Room To Stop who recorded his sixth career success by making all to defeat Backstreet Lady by

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three lengths in the concluding S5 graded contest in 19.79. Away smartly in company with One Survivor out wide the winner took command of the contest at the opening bend and racing right away rounding the home bend the son of Laughill Blake and Nebraska Scot ran out a comfortable winner.

The feature contest on Saturday’s Galway racing was the A1 graded seventh contest

over 550 yards which was over at halfway as the Stephen Murray of Sixmilebridge trained Arrowhead had his rivals really on the stretch. Away smartly the son of Pat C Sabbath and Krystalise showed plenty of pace on the long run towards the opening bend to lead by three lengths from Cloonturk Bruno as they rounded the turn. Racing down the back Arrowhead opened up a four length advantage on Cloonturk Bruno who never gave up the chase but Arrowhead was always in total control as he eventually crossed the line a length and a half clear of Cloonturk Bruno in 30.14.

On last Thursday night at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, a nice crowd congregated to view the 12 races on offer, the racing circuit was rated 20 fast for the evening. Shanakyle Abbey was the first Clare winner of the evening in race three an A4 contest, owned by the Shanakyle Syndicate from Parteen which is spearheaded by Joe Collins, this son of Droopys Roddick and Toremore Nosey recorded his seventh career win in 29.58.

Snuggie Bunty made it a third career win for Breda Casey from Newmarket-on-Fergus with his 29.01 effort, this son of Australian import, Paddys Magic and Miles Girl battled hard to take the honours.

Donal Cooney’s Barnhill Jack recorded the fastest time of the evening with his 28.82 effort, this was career win number 4 for this son of Droopys Sydney and Emmas Pride.

Inislosky Jasper justified favouritism for O’Briensbridge’s Mary Crotty when he took the honours in 29.49 and in doing so this son of Droopys Roddick and Cailin Pol notched up career success number nine.

The finale of the evening, an A5 graded contest, proved fruitful for Mullagh’s Noel Moroney with his charge Tiermana Jetty, a son of Kinloch Brae and Tiemana Rum, his 29.06 effort was his fourth career success.

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NINE Clare lifeguards are heading to Riccione, Italy for The World Lifesaving Championships, writes Tadhg Holland.

The biannual championship is the centre point of lifesaving sports, events such as obstacle swims, mannequin throws, surf races, beach sprints and board rescues.

This year, in their bid for the crown, Ireland will send 12 junior and 12 senior competitors, of which Clare will be represented by Leana Liddane, Oisin O’Grady, Ferdia Hayes, Hugh Cronin, Leah McMahon, Aoife Madigan, Hannah Garrigan, Tommy Nunan and Dylan O’Brien.

The tournament

The Clare Junior SLS team which competed in Cobh

has always been dominated by the South Pacific but Clare thinks Europe has developed a lot in recent years, “There’s very strong French, English and Irish teams that are now making finals and challenging the main players."

Almost a third of the national team is made up of Clare competitors which

reflects well on water safety in the county, Clare said “A lot of our people compete very well which means Clare has very strong lifeguards. They’re fitter and stronger than those in most other counties.”

The world championships comes as a cap to what has been a successful season for life saving sports in Clare.

In the youth ranks Clare took first place in the national championships in Youghal, Co Cork in both the Nippers competition for children aged 8-14, and the junior section for those 14-18. Clare picked up 43 medals between the two categories including 17 golds.

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PLANNING

THURSDAY, SEP 8 2022

PLANNING CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL LARAGHAKEA, KILFENORA, CO. CLARE, EIRCODE V95P2E1 Take notice that Cara and Fergal O Donoghue intend to apply for permission to extend the existing dwelling house & all other associated site and ancillary works at the above address.

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL ARDNACRAA, LISCANNOR, CO. CLARE Take notice that Fiona Considine and Conor Cawley intend to apply for permission to build a new dwelling house, install a sewerage treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL OFF MAIN STREET & THE SQUARE, ENNISTYMON, CO. CLARE Take notice that Gabriel John McCarthy intends to apply for permission to build a single bedroomed maisonette, connect to public services & all other associated site and ancillary works at the above address.

The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to

the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL CIRCULAR ROAD, KILKEE, CO. CLARE FURTHER INFORMATION/REVISED PLANS Planning Ref: P22/52 Development Description: Planning permission to demolish existing workshop and replace it with a new dwelling house with all necessary ancillary services at the above address Location: Circular Road, Kilkee, Co. Clare Take notice that Gerard & Mary McGrath has lodged significant further information in respect of planning application P22/52.This information and planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority of Clare County Council, Planning Department, Aras Contae an Chlair, New Road, Ennis, Co. Clare during its public opening hours.

A submission or observation in relation to the further information or revised plans may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, not later than 2 weeks after the receipt of the newspaper notice and site notice by the planning authority or in the case of a planning application accompanied by an EIS within 5 weeks of receipt of such notices by the planning authority.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL KNOCKNAGROAGH, BALLYVAUGHAN, CO. CLARE Take notice that Noeleen Moran intend to apply for permission to build a new dwelling house, install a waste treatment system, create a new entrance onto the public road & all other associated site and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL SPANISH POINT HOUSE, SPANISH POINT, CO. CLARE Take notice that Armada Hotel Holdings Ltd intends to apply to the Planning Authority of Clare County Council for planning permission for development at Spanish Point House, Spanish Point, Co. Clare which is a Protected Structure. The development will consist of a 20sqM single storey Porch extension to the west/side, and replace an existing window with a door to the east/ courtyard side of the Kitchen; a 5sqM single storey Porch extension, replace existing door with window, form new fire escape door within existing window opening, and covered canopy area all to the west/ courtyard side of the detached outbuilding; change of use 20sqM of part of existing bedroom accommodation as visitor toilets; retain existing 16.5sqM single storey extension to the rear/ north; retain existing canopy in the courtyard; retain single storey bay window 5sqM to the south/ front of the detached outbuilding, and retain the timber cladding as installed to the former Marian Way; additional car parking and extend existing sewage treatment plant capacity to service increased intensity of use of the overall development.

That the planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL SHANTRAUD, KILLALOE, CO. CLARE We, Smith O’Briens GAA Club, am applying to the above authority for permission/retention permission for the following development on property at Smith O’Briens GAA, Shantraud, Killaloe, Co Clare.

(1) Permission for construction of new entrance and car park area to western side of existing building, installation of electronic scoreboard to

the southern side of the existing playing pitch, installation of LED lighting standards to proposed new carpark together with all associated ancillary and incidental works (2) Retention permission for retention and completion of existing clubhouse building and spectator stand which differs from that previously granted permission under previous planning ref 11/857 together with all associated ancillary and incidental works. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL HILL ROAD, KNOCKYCLOVAUN, KILLALOE, CO. CLARE I, John Burns, am applying to the above authority for permission for the following development on property at Hill Road, Knockyclovaun, Killaloe, Co Clare. Permission for construction of two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, onsite waste water treatment system, connection to necessary services together with all associated ancillary and incidental works.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL CRAGGATASKA, QUIN, CO. CLARE Take notice that Raymond & Deirdre Hynes Intend to apply for permission to retain garage and covered patio as constructed together with all ancillary site development works and services at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee

not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours.

A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL CLOONOMRA, ENNISTYMON, CO. CLARE Take notice that Brian Foudy & Associates Ltd of Osprey House, Carmody Street, Ennis, Co. Clare 065 6893565 www.foudyconsulting.ie. intend to apply to the planning authority on behalf of Fergal O’Connell & Linda Heir for permission to construct a dwelling house with detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL MANUSMORE, CLARECASTLE, CO. CLARE Planning Ref: P8/13134 Permission is sought to (a) Retain ‘as constructed existing’ dwelling house i.e. (P8/13134) (b) Retain ‘change of use’ of attached garage from previous domestic garage use to ancillary granny flat accommodation. (c) Retain all ancillary site works and services at above address.

Applicants: Frank & Anna Travers.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt

by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL ATTYCRISTORA, LAHINCH, CO. CLARE Alan & Loraine O’Brien intend to apply to Clare County Council for planning permission to: construct a dwelling house, car port, garage with home office, entrance from public road, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL ISLANDMAGRATH, CLARECASTLE, CO. CLARE Take notice that Sinead Concannon intends to apply to the planning authority for permission to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, Clare County Council, Aras Contae an Chlair, New Road, Ennis during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL LEAMNALEAHA, BALLYNACALLY, CO. CLARE Take notice that Gerard Meaney is applying to Clare County Council for planning permission to construct a new dwelling house, access road, entrance, private garage and install a new wastewater treatment system along with all associated works at the above address. The planning application may be in-

spected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of Clare County Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL KELLS, TUBBER, CO. CLARE Take notice that Dermot and Kate Taaffe intends to apply for permission for development, the development will consist of a material change of use from a school, currently not in use to part of new dwelling house, the construction of a new dwelling house onto existing school building with new waste water treatment system with percolation area and associated site works at the above address. The planning application maybe inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL CRAGG, LAHINCH, CO.CLARE Take notice that D. McDonagh intends to apply to the Planning Authority for permission to alter the design of 1No. split level house as granted under P22/115 along with associated site works at the above address.

That the planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

OBITUARIES

THURSDAY, SEP 8 2022

Prayer THE MIRACLE PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, In the past, I have asked for many favours.

This time, I ask you This special favour.

(Mention Favour) Take it dear Heart of Jesus, And place it within Your own broken heart Where your Father sees it, Then in His Merciful Eyes It will become your favour Not mine. Amen.

Say this prayer for 3 days.

Promise Publication.

AOB

THE MIRACLE PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, In the past, I have asked for many favours.

This time, I ask you This special favour.

(Mention Favour) Take it dear Heart of Jesus, And place it within Your own broken heart Where your Father sees it, Then in His Merciful Eyes It will become your favour Not mine. Amen.

Say this prayer for 3 days.

Promise Publication.

TJM

Recent Deaths Cunneen, Andrew Kilmore, Clare Date of Death: Monday 5th September 2022

O’Sullivan, John Shannon, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 4th September 2022

Organ, Martin Ennistymon, Clare Date of Death: Friday 2nd September 2022

McMahon (née Garvey), Pauline Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 4th September 2022

Power (née Madden), Dymphna Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 3rd September 2022

Toner, Colm Lahinch, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Mulcahy (née Quinn), Marcella Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Tuesday 6th September 2022

Considine, Tadhg Lisdoonvarna, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Ward, Paddy (The Great Padini) Sixmilebridge, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Ryan, Alison Kilrush, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 4th September 2022

Gaynor, Paddy Ogonnelloe, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 3rd September 2022

Collins (née O’Connell), Ann Louise Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Whelan, Thomas (Tom) Kilkee, Clare Date of Death: Monday 5th September 2022

McNamara, Patrick Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Friday 2nd September 2022

McMahon (née Moore), Rita Shannon, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Kenny, Bill Killaloe, Clare Date of Death: Monday 5th September 2022

Moriarty (née Sullivan), Bridie Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

Ganly (née Scanlon), Teresa (Tessie) Crusheen, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 4th September 2022

O’Driscoll, Kieran Parteen, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 1st September 2022

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QUIZ

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The Clare Echo Quiz

CLARE HURLING

was the Clare Senior hurling What team did Clare beat in the 11896When team founded?

6 quarter finals of the All- Ireland Senior hurling championships 2022?

1884 1875

How many times has Clare won 2 the All-Ireland Senior Hurling championships?

5 2 4

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What Clare hurling club does Ian 7 Galvin play with?

Cratloe Clonlara Clooney- Quin

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Tony Kelly 20 18 16

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2011-2016

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What Clare hurling club does Rory Hayes play with?

Ballyea Clonlara Wolfe Tones

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10 Cup?

When was the last time that Clare won the Liam McCarthy

2012 2014 2013

Spot the Difference Can you spot the difference? Spot the 7 differences.

The answers will be revealed in next weeks edition.

ANSWERS 6.Wexford 7.Clonlara 8.16 9.10 10.2013

2012-2016 2012- 2017

Photo by Gerard O’Neill

1.1884 2.4 3.Tony Kelly 4.2012-2016 5.Wolfe Tones

Shane O’Donnell Ian Galvin

. Scone missing . Colour different on dress . Watch missing on person (right) . Plaque in background missing near door . Lanyard missing on person in background . Joint missing on brick (bottom right) . Tree missing in background (left)

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