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Lockdown not likely as Covid-19 cases rise PÁRAIC McMAHON

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O CLARE is unlikely to be put under lockdown measures again, health officials have stated.

39 cases have been recorded in the county over the space of 14 days. Most recent figures have shown additional diagnoses on Tuesday (3) and Wednesday (5) while six adult members of Cratloe GAA club have tested positive for the virus causing a delay to the local GAA championships.

Extreme measures were announced for Kildare, Laois and Offaly on Friday last with the counties entering into phase two lockdown.

Across the country, 833 cases were recorded between July 26th and August 8th. More than 300 of those were in Co Kildare.

Per 100,000 of population, the fourteen day incidences of the virus stood at 138.4 (Kildare), 109 (Offaly) and 83.8 (Laois),

Clare had the highest incidence of cases outside of the three at 26.1 per 100,000 of population.

Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn offered assurance that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) had no plans to impose a lockdown on other parts of the country including Co Clare at present but cautioned that the rise in cases was worrying.

A colour-coded scheme is being planned by the Department of Health to indicate the threat of the virus in different counties.

Kilmihil GP, Dr Michael Harty believes it is unlikely Clare will have to experience another lockdown. “Here in Clare we don’t have that intense cluster in meat processing plants and in Direct Provision centres. I know there has been a substantial increase in the number of cases in Clare but I don’t think the circumstances of those cases is similar to the three counties, it seems to be related to extended families and not industry, meat plants or other intensive industries,” he said on Clare FM.

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Mid-West Hospital Campaign has received PPE which it has distributed to nursing homes across Co Clare.

Funding for the PPE was provided from donations from elected members of Clare County Council including Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG), Cllr Mark Nestor (FF), Cllr Shane Talty (FF), Cllr Cillian Murphy (FF) and Senator Roisin Garvey (GP). The Clare Council of Trade Unions and Lisdoonvarna Fáilte also contributed financially to allow for the Mid-West Hospital Campaign to obtain the PPE. When it became known that there was a shortage of supply for PPE particularly disposable masks and gowns in Clare nursing homes, the action group issued a countywide appeal in June.

The campaign raised €6000 and was led by Hilary Tonge, Noeleen Moran and Cara Wynne.

Speaking to The Clare Echo, Noeleen Moran outlined that Cathaoirleach of the West Clare MD, Cllr Garrihy was “instrumental” in bringing fellow councillors on board.

“The nursing homes have told us that the supply situation is improving but they were very happy to have the additional supplies with restrictions lifting and visiting hours fully resuming,” the Ballyvaughan woman outlined.

Direct Provision centre will close this week

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LOCAL health action group has raised €6000 worth of personal protective equipment for nursing homes in the county, writes Páraic

MILTOWN Malbay’s Direct Provision centre is to close at the end of this week.

Residents were informed that the temporary DP centre which is located at The Central Hostel is to close and they will be moved to alternative accommodation having requested to move. All transfers will be completed by the end of the week.

Up until December, 35 men lived in the Miltown Malbay hostel before 15 were transferred to Clare Lodge in Ennis and others to a Galway travel lodge. 19 residents were living at the facility in June but at the time of the closure the figure had dropped to seven.

Speaking to The Clare Echo on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice confirmed that the residents were leaving Miltown Malbay but were unable to specify as to where they would now live.

“Restrictions on transfers were necessary as a precaution during the pandemic. While transfers can now take place in limited circumstances, our ability to respond to transfer requests is contingent on public health advice and subject to availability within the accommodation system”.

“Our stated aim is to reduce the reliance on emergency accommodation but given existing demand, that can only be achieved through increasing the number of dedicated

Direct Provision bed spaces. The pandemic has impacted the Department’s ability to open new centres. However the sourcing and provision of suitable accommodation to facilitate independent living for residents remains a priority,” the spokesperson said.

An inspection carried out by the Department of Justice in June found no health and safety issues. It followed calls from the Miltown Malbay Welcome Group for the immediate closure of the centre. The findings of the investigation were called “another shameful cover-up” by group members In a statement to The Clare Echo on Wednesday, the Miltown Malbay Welcome Group said they are relieved the Direct Provision centre will close. “Although we are saddened to think that we are losing the men who have added so much to our small community, we hope that they will now be accommodated in places where their safety, dignity, human rights and privacy are respected”.

Residents had written to Minister for Justice and Equality, Helen McEntee (FG) and Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman (GP) plus the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to flag their living conditions. Minister McEntee has been praised by the voluntary group for her quick actions in dealing with their concerns.

“We hope that the closure of the Central Hostel is just the first step in ensuring Ireland begins to comply with its obligations under the Reception Conditions Regulation,” a spokesperson for the group added.

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Tulla wages war against plastic CIAN O’BROIN

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SHOP window in Tulla has become the quintessential component in the war on plastic and packaged goods within

the town.

Cornelia Wahli has teamed up with health food store, Bia Follain, in a bid to reach a wider audience concerning the topic of pre-cycling and the eventual eradication of plastic waste.

The window, located on Main Street, looks to put the residents of Tulla to the test, in a Slim Your Bin exclusive challenge, hoping to achieve a 75 per cent reduction in plastic packaging per household by Christmas 2020. The shop window is the latest venture in Cornelia’s Operation de Plastification project, which originated in May 2019 following uncertainties voiced by students surrounding their future.

The movement has since garnered support from Clare County Council, offering support in the form of a waste prevention grant.

The aim of Operation de Plastification is to prevent the purchasing of plastic goods in the first place, a process known simply as, pre-cycling.

Recycling, although recommended and commendable, is a practice that

l ECO: Amelia Wahli admires her toys in Bia Follain's window

Cornelia wants to eliminate, circumventing plastic before it even reaches the grasp of consumers.

Catching plastic before it hits the food chain is all about shelf life, she tells. We don’t know what happens to plastic after we recycle. Just because pollution doesn’t happen in our country, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening elsewhere, she admonishes.

Utilising Bia-Follain’s shop window as a practical educational resource, Cornelia hopes to push the envelope a little further within the town and continue to reach a wider audience and incite a societal chang..

On the display itself, Cornelia details a number of items that she frequently takes shopping. Paper shopping bags, reusable flour and porridge paper bags, cloth bags, wicker baskets, glass jars as well as small and large cookie tins.

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Real graduation for UL students THE University of Limerick’s Student Life Services has released a statement promising the graduating class of 2020 that a full graduation ceremony will take place in January 2021, provided that a second wave of Covid-19 doesn’t hit, writes Cian O'Broin.

Student Officers have been liaising with the Higher Authorities within the University since June, after final year students petitioned a virtual defer not digitize campaign, penning 2,400 signatures.

UL’s Academic Planning Group (APG), following lengthy correspondence with UL Student Life and UL Postgraduate Students Union, sought to host socially distanced ceremonies in September, in adherence with public health advice and regulations.

The subsequent postponement of Phase 4 and the re-emergence of infection clusters has led to the decision to postpone any physical ceremony until January 2021.

Graduating students who received their final year results on July 6th, 2020, were formally conferred in absentia on

Tuesday, August 11th. Hardcopy parchments are expected to be mailed out to graduates before the end of August 2020, subject to public health guidelines.

Digital access to parchments will also be available via Digitary.

In a formal address from the UL Ceremonies Office to final year students, an email states: “We here in the UL Ceremonies Office wanted to reiterate our regret at the deferral of the Autumn Conferring’s, we fully understand your disappointment - it is a feeling right across the campus community.

"The graduation ceremonies are a highlight for everyone on campus, especially those of us who work in the UL Ceremonies Office. The decision to defer the graduation ceremonies was taken by the Academic Planning Group based on the current guidelines by Government and the current ban on large events being held during this COVID 19 Pandemic.”

The UL Ceremonies Office added, “We will invite you all back to celebrate when it is safe to do so.”

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4 under 50 living in nursing homes PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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N ENNIS councillor has hit out at a "scandalous" situation that is resulting in young people with physical disabilities being forced to live in nursing homes.

Over the past year, The Clare Echo has highlighted the cause of Ennistymon woman, Jennifer Hynes who aged 42 has been living in a nursing home since April 2019.

She has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and asthma, she is one of "a number of young people" living in such a setting.

Cllr Ann Norton (IND) highlighted the plight at a recent meeting of Clare County Council that was addressed by HSE officials.

"In this county, we have a huge issue with a number of young people

in nursing homes, they are physically disabled not intellectually disabled, it must be costing you an absolute fortune".

"It is absolutely scandalous to think in this day and age there are young people in nursing homes and they aren't allowed to be self-sufficient, they are taking Council accommodation off young people and putting them into nursing homes," the Barefield representative highlighted.

Chief Officer with Mid-West Community Healthcare, Maria Bridgeman committed to looking into the matter when responding to the former Mayor of Ennis.

"We are not in a position to provide 24 hour care to people that need it and that would prefer to live in the community".

She said that the cost of care at home has "huge costs associated with it". She admitted that the model would be looked at, in light of COVID-19.

Meanwhile. four people under

the age of 50 are living in Co Clare nursing homes.

The Clare Echo has learned that four persons with a disability that are aged under 50 are currently residing in nursing homes in the county, the quartet are being supported by the HSE Mid-West Disability Services.

Responding to queries from The Clare Echo on the matter, a spokesperson for the HSE outlined, “The provision of housing and accommodation is the responsibility of the Local Authority.

“However, to meet the specific needs of particular client groups Local Authorities work in partnership with the HSE to ensure that the appropriate accommodation is provided to meet the specific needs of a client, to assist them to live independently, with supports in the community”.

A delay in sourcing appropriate community supported accommodation has been experienced by the HSE during COVID-19.

‘Better policy needed’ for management of private nursing homes PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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sponse commented, "I couldn't agree more that a better policy needs to be put in place.

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EADING health officials in the Mid-West have supported the call for improved policy on the governance of private nursing homes to be put in place.

As of Monday, 3,365 people across the Republic of Ireland were hospitalised as a result of COVID-19, of this 1,818 were over the age of 65.

Of the 1,772 deaths recorded as of Sunday, 994 were associated with nursing home outbreaks.

Speaking at a recent meeting of Clare County Council, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) stated that the pandemic "has shown up the vulnerability of private nursing homes".

Nursing homes in South Clare and South-East Clare experienced outbreaks of the virus in their facilities.

Addressing representatives from the HSE, the Shannon councillor asked for a "better policy" to be implemented to oversee the operations of private nursing homes.

Chief Officer with Mid-West Community Healthcare, Maria Bridgeman in re-

lVULNERABLE: Chief Officer with

Mid-West Community Healthcare Maria Bridgeman

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Shannon Heritage numbers collapse lBLOW: Bunratty Castle visitor numbers have dropped by 70 per cent

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VISITOR numbers to Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and King John’s Castle have witnessed “a collapse” during the month of July, Shannon Group have stated.

Mary Considine, CEO of Shannon Group has told The Clare Echo that visitor numbers for July were down “almost 70% at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and down over 80% at King John’s Castle”.

She said this occurred “in spite of an extensive marketing campaign”.

Citing the planned closure of the Shannon Heritage operated sites at the end of this month, Considine highlighted the impact an absence of internation-

al visitors was having on its attractions.

“Unfortunately, as you will know the impact of Covid 19 has seen a collapse in international visitors to the region and the country as a whole. Our heritage sites like Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and King John’s Castle rely on overseas visitors for 70% of their visitor numbers and consequently we are looking at heavy losses in the business this year”.

Managing Director of Renaissance Resorts Emelyn Heaps has disputed the lack of demand from domestic visitors for sites such as Bunratty. “We’ve had people recently stay with us in Dangan, they were Dublin people coming back from Kerry, they diverted to go to Bunratty, the comments in relation to the Shannon Group saying it is for an overseas market is absolutely scandalous”.

Olympian approves new Cooraclare running track PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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NE of the first covered sprinting tracks in the West of Ireland located in Co Clare has been given the seal of approval by an Irish Olympian who described it as “a perfect surface for training”.

West Clare Sport and Fitness officially opened their five-lane

120m synthetic surface sprinting track on Tuesday morning. The state of the art facility in Cooraclare was built at a cost of €215,000 and compliments the already impressive cross-country track and the flood-lit 1km loop.

Innovation is etched all over the offering. From the iconic Olympic hoops manufactured from findings in scrap metal collection to the make-shifts seats made out of tyres to allow walkers take a rest during the loop walk. A ‘Bee Hotel’ and a

lHERO: Irish Olympian Thomas Barr Photo by Páraic McMahon

bus-stop also appear along the unique cross-country route.

“It’s been a long road but we are here and will be able to enjoy a wonderful facility,” secretary of West Clare Sport and Fitness, Dermot Galvin stated at the official opening where Thomas Barr was the guest of honour.

Galvin’s contribution was lauded by Chairman, Shane Gallager. “The farmers around here just thought it was going to be a big cow shed when it started going up first. Dermot has poured blood, sweat and tears in here”.

Athletics will grow as a result of the covered sprinting track, Irish Olympian 400m hurdler Thomas Barr remarked. “I’m very jealous, this is a fantastic facility.

For a small sport of athletics, to have something like this for you to use for field and track with a perfect surface for training, I’m very jealous of the fact that you have this here and will have this for years and years to come. Ye are extremely lucky to have this”.

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Covid mental health impact is ‘huge’ PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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ERVICES must be equipped to combat the mental health problems that have arisen from COVID-19, a North Clare councillor has outlined.

Of the plus 1,770 people that have died from COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland, the majority have been those with underlying conditions and of the older generation. Their families and friends are still coming to terms with their loss.

Across the country, the mental health consequences of the pandemic, its restrictions and its consequences are feared to leave a lasting imprint. Job insecurity and the absence of a ‘real college experience’ have been cited by young people as the primary factors impacting on their mental health according to SpunOut.ie.

Speaking at a recent meeting of Clare County Council, Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG) flagged that the mental health impact of COVID-19 was hitting the county hard, “We’re all suffering some level of PDST from the last four months”.

Chief Officer with Mid-West Community Healthcare, Maria Bridgeman responded, “There is no question about the

mental health impact is absolutely huge”.

She welcomed further input from elected representatives on ideas and ways to best assist the public whose mental health has suffered as a result.

Rural areas are experiencing “a large challenge” accessing home care packages, Cllr Garrihy also told the meeting. He stated that 15 companies were operating in the county at different levels for home care, the Lisdoonvarna native questioned if there would be a plan going forward to make the accessing of packages easier.

“We accept the difficulties it has put on families to deal with this. It has been very difficult for them. We’re doing our best and working with as many agencies as we can to get them back up and running,” Bridgeman replied.

l CONCERNED: Cllr Joe Garrihy

Photo by Eamon Ward

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‘Help elderly with Covid app’ A CAMPAIGN to encourage the uptake of elderly people downloading the COVID-19 tracker app has been suggested by Clare's youngest politician, writes Páraic McMahon.

Latest figures issued to The Clare Echo by the HSE have revealed that over 1.53m people have completed the app onboarding process. "The breakdown by age is not possible," a spokesperson told The Clare Echo.

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ers’ phone batteries were running down quicker than usual as a result of the app. The HSE has confirmed they are working with Google and the app developers to fix the issue.

Complimenting officials responsible for more than one million people downloading the app, Cllr Mark Nestor (inset) flagged that issues remain with the technology.

"From speaking to people, there are

issues that people have, will we see a campaign being done to increase the uptake, there are a number of older people who aren't as savvy as others with the technology, is there any plan in place to help them download the app," he questioned.

Security concerns persist with the app according to the Ennis representative who asked officials with UL Hospitals Group at a recent meeting of Clare County Council what has been done to ease fears relating to privacy and data.

THURSDAY, AUG 13 2020

'I wish the streets of Ennis were open' CIAN O’BROIN

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NNIS business owner Noel Tierney is lobbying to reopen the streets of Ennis to transport vehicles, in an effort to reverse the recent pedestrianisation implemented by Clare County Council as a result of Covid-19.

In a recent survey he conducted in accordance with his commercial counterparts, Mr Tierney claims that 85 per cent of business owners surveyed within the town are in support of rescinding the recent decision to pedestrianize the county capital, due to a decline both in business and footfall. Mr Tierney asserts that the Council is using Covid as an excuse to exact permanent pedestrianisation and in doing so, will inevitably turn Ennis into a "donut town", in his opinion.

The bicycle expert points to a number of critical issues in relation to the recent pedestrianisation. He claims the Council are "hellbent" on fitting Ennis into the Galway City model, with a pedestrianised core. He claims that the barriers put in place in Ennis subsequently divert traffic and footfall away from the town centre, making it difficult for individuals looking to purchase items such as prescriptions or books while he says additional stress has been placed on "bottleneck" car parks such as Abbey Street or Friary Car Park.

"I wish the streets were open," refected Mr Tierney, claiming, "They are using Covid as an excuse. We are all worried about Covid, but I know, even before, they were hellbent on doing this. It's fine at Christmas time and during events like the Fleadh. People want to park outside and see the town.

This isn't the case on a normal day. They are not going to do that. We are going to be-

come a donut town. They should reopen the streets, remove parking on O' Connell and Abbey Street and only allow deliveries here.

At least cars can flow through then. There are plenty of award-winning showcase fashion shops here in Ennis, with beautiful window fronts. A lot of people don't see these shops. If they at least got through, they would see these showcase shop. We should have a showcase town. They see the back of the town but never see the true beauty inside."

Mr Tierney has drawn up a letter for Clare Councillors with the backing of other local business owners and claims that up until now, the silence has been deafening.

The call to action from Mr Tierney is a response from the council that doesn't relate to Covid-19 and to answer the concerns of the those experiencing the negative effects of business, that have resulted due to the Ennis mobility plan and recent pedestrianisation.

lSHUT: Abbey St, Ennis

Photo by Cian O'Broin

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Participation takes the form of a 5km walk with your dog, on any particular day within the month.

Dog owners are encouraged to digitally document their venture on social media by using the #ecodogwalk, complementing the photo op with a small donation to support the voluntary work of An Taisce Associations. By taking part, An Taisce hopes that people can show their commitment to the environment whilst respecting public health advice.

The Eco Dog Walk celebrates the fact that everyone is conscious of protecting our environment and helps to build awareness around this point, tells Annette, of An Taisce’s voluntary team. In conceptualising the event, Annette wanted to create something that highlighted the fact that dog owners could take their pets for a safe and responsible walk in the current climate. An Taisce is there to protect all of our national species and environment and by participating in the event, dog owners are celebrating

the splendorous natural environment and heritage found within our country. Participants are asked to responsibly explore a wealth of walkways, local parks, heritage sites, canal walks and various other designated walkways, along with their beloved pet.

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Walkers are asked to ensure that they have their biodegradable poop bags at all times and to dispose of their waste responsibly. Registration for the event is now open and can be completed via the An Taisce website: antaisce.org or via their Facebook page.

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‘Fear & despair’ keeping publicans awake at night PÁRAIC MCMAHON

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LARE'S branch of the Vintners Federation of Ireland met with six of Clare's seven Oireachtas members along with the Mayor of the County on Monday night.

Senator Roisin Garvey (GP) had issued her apologies for not being able to be present.

Limited to an attendance of 50, the meeting at The Old Ground Hotel heard support from the county's Oireachtas representatives to "the plight" of publicans whose doors have remained closed since March.

Chairperson of the Clare branch, Darragh McAllister declared that

leaders in Government were happy to let pub owners "wallow in eternal limbo". He believed Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) and Tanáiste Leo Varadkar (FG) were guilty of elitism and cowardice.

McAllister recalled, "Before any other business was impacted we closed our doors. For the greater good, we took the cost on the chin and we let our staff go. From the outset, we have pledged to put public health and safety first".

Stock orders were received with the majority paid for while staff were taken off the COVID-19 payments, the Ennis man outlined but because of the decision to delay the reopening of pubs, he stated, "our fighting chance was snatched away from us".

Pub owners have been reliant on social welfare payments for the past

21 weeks while McAllister flagged bills continue to arrive, insurance must be paid and staff are left with "zero job security".

"Many of us do not own our

premises outright and instead have a lease. These contracts were signed in good faith with landlords who are fully entitled to their payments.

With no support whatsoever from

lWORRIED: Joe Carey TD, Cathal Crowe TD, Mayor Mary Howard, Clare IVF Chairperson Darragh McAllister, Michael McNamara TD, Violet Anne Wynne TD, Senator Timmy Dooley

government many of us have had to pay some or all of our rent for the past five months, incurring debt to do so. Others have had to get a moratorium meaning that without any income to the business debt is accruing weekly.”

Mental health of publicans has been affected, the Vice President of Ennis Chamber of Commerce highlighted.

"The impact this has had on the mental health of our members cannot be overstated. The fear and despair which keeps us awake at night greets us again at the foot of the bed every morning.”

VFI National Executive Committee member, Charles O'Meara in one of the final contributions slammed successive governments for eroding the ability of smaller pubs to trade.

Crawford replaces Garvey Overnight parking DR SUSAN Crawford (inset) is to be co-opted onto Clare County Council in place of Senator Roisin Garvey (GP), writes Páraic McMahon.

Susan received the backing of Green Party members overcoming Ennistymon's Sophie Piggot in a vote to fill the seat vacated following Garvey's nomination to the Seanad in June. She joined the party in recent weeks but has previously canvassed for the first female Green party councillor elected in Clare.

A two-time Fulbright Award winner for her work on the development of autism awareness programmes, the Inagh native formerly lectured at University College Cork where she also received the Digital Champion Award and President's Award.

Earlier this year, Susan was named as Clare Person of the Year. It followed a run she completed alongside her son Tomás across the Wild Atlantic Way over a distance of 2,500 km in 88 days

to enhance awareness about autism. Along the way, Susan held Autism Awareness Training workshops in venues in each county. Cllr Ann Norton (IND) previously won the accolade for advocacy for individuals with disabilities.

Crawford's interest in the area of Autism began in 1998 when her son Tomás was diagnosed with it. She completed her PhD in the field of Fundamental Movement Skills and Autism in 2007.

During this time Susan went on to setup the first autism unit attached to a mainstream school using an eclectic teaching approach in Co. Clare.

This unit is now referenced as an example of good educational practice.

Now living in Miltown Malbay, Susan works as a consultant in the area of ASD having founded Get Autism Active. She is expected to be co-opted onto the local authority in September.

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needed for tourists WITH Co Clare experiencing an unprecedented surge in domestic tourists over a short time period, Ennis councillors have called for the development of an overnight parking area for motorhomes in the county town, writes Páraic McMahon.

Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) tabled the motion at the July meeting of the Ennis Municipal District.

Murphy stated, "This is a market that should be targeted, particularly in these current times as foreign travel will not be very prevalent for the foreseeable future.

“The main requirements are a chemical toilet discharge point, reg-

ular wastewater discharge and running water (a tap). The fees recouped would be year round and a facility like this would bring additional business to Ennis".

Consideration will be given to the proposal, senior engineer Eamon O'Dea confirmed. Car parking bylaws of Ennis Town Council will have to be amended to allow such a facility be put in place. " As the process of amending the byelaws and selecting suitable locations will take some time, this facility might be provided on private property locations following consultation," O'Dea noted.

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Estate traffic calming needed RESIDENTS of one of Shannon’s newest housing estates have issued a request for the installation of traffic calming measures on its main approach road, writes Påraic McMahon.

Speed ramps or speed reduction measures have been detailed as the primary goals of residents of Inbhear Na SĂ­onna along the back of Inis RĂ­.

Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) brought the matter to the attention of the Shannon Municipal District. “According to residents, cars are speeding up that road and there is a lot more traffic on it now,� she penned in a motion to the MD. An examination of the matter will be undertaken “when traffic levels return to normal,� senior executive engineer Aidan O’Rourke responded.

If works are required, he highlighted that a funding stream would have to be found.

There is “a higher volume of traffic� on the road, Cllr McGettigan said due to the newer housing estate. “On one side, you have St Senan’s rugby grounds, the camogie club and the athletic club,� she added. “It is a wide open road with cars flying up and down�.

Fellow Shannon representative, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) clarified that this was the southern primary road that cost in the region of â‚Ź1.56m.

He speculated as to whenever normality would return to the county.

MeiraGTx to create 100 jobs PĂ RAIC MCMAHON

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EIRAGTX have announced they are to undergo a multi-million euro expansion in Shannon which will create up to 100 jobs.

Shannon has been selected by the bio-pharmacy comapny as the site of its second current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP viral vector manufacturing facility and cGMP plasmid production facility.

The facilities will be designed for the manufacture of commercial-grade gene therapies in a fully integrated manner supported by MeiraGTx’s global quality assurance organisation.

Located in the Shannon Free Zone, the plasmid production facility is expected to be operating by the end of this year while the viral vector manufacturing facility is scheduled to be ready by the latter months of 2021. The facility comprising 8,300m2 in two separate buildings

will be used for the manufacture of MeiraGTx viral vectors for gene therapies and the plasmid DNA that is one of the starting materials in viral vector production.

Highly skilled bio-pharma jobs will be created in the Mid-West as a result. Positions include bio-process scientists, engineers and technicians for manufacturing, engineering, technical and quality roles. Up to 100 jobs will be made available as Meira set up in Shannon.

A spokesperson for MeiraGTx detailed that the Irish facilities will provide additional flexibility as well as further large-scale capacity for clinical and commercial supply of its gene therapy product candidates from pre-clinical stages through clinical trials and potential commercialisation.

In its second quarterly 2020 financial results published on Thursday, MeiraGTx said the investment in Shannon is part of the company’s expansion of its “pipeline of potential gene therapy products�. The company said it is looking forward to “working with the local community in Shannon� as it establishes its

manufacturing facility.

IDA Ireland along with the Irish Government were involved in the selection of Shannon as the site for the clinical-stage gene therapy company’s expansion. Speaking on Thursday, Executive Director with the IDA, Mary Buckley outlined, “this investment is an emergent area within Biopharma, and strongly endorses the Midwest and Ireland’s reputation as a key location for the next generation of biopharmaceutical manufacture�.

Construction of the facilities is currently ongoing and are being developed by Shannon Commer-

cial Properties. When completed, it will mark the delivery of almost 1 million sq ft of new or refurbished office, aviation and industrial commercial property facilities at the Free Zone since the formation of Shannon Group in 2014.

Chairperson of Shannon Group, Rose Hynes believed the decision of Meira to located in Shannon validated the decision by Shannon Group to commence this development programme in the Shannon Free Zone and comes on top of investments by Jaguar Land Rover, Edwards Lifesciences, Engine Lease Finance and GE Sensing.

l JOBS BOOST: Artist’s impression of the new MeiraGTx site

Relocated allotments ‘a welcome outlet’ PĂ RAIC MCMAHON paraic@clareecho.ie

l GREEN FINGERS: Cllr Gerry Flynn, Liam Conneally, Murach Shannon, Ailish McMahon, Carmel Greene, and John Walsh, visiting the new site

RELOCATED allotment plots have reopened to the public in Shannon.

Allotment holders have started planting at the new site for plots in Ballycasey MĂłr and Clonmomey West having been relocated from Illaunamangh.

In one of his final acts as Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) visited the site alongside Director of Economic Development, Liam Conneally and the project team of Murach Shannon, Ailish McMahon and Carmel Greene along with John Walsh, Chairperson of the Shannon Allotment

Association.

Recognising the community need was a commendable approach, Cllr Flynn outlined: “Clare County Council had originally provided garden allotments as a pilot project for Shannon in 2009 and some land purchased for the local graveyard planned extension was used. “I put forward a proposal to Clare County Council in 2019 for the necessary extension to Illaunmanagh and the need for a new location for the garden allotments. “I am very grateful to Clare County Council for their fast and efficient response in providing a new location for the allotments and at the same time appointing contractors to extend the local graveyard�.

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‘It wasn’t until I got to work for Marvel I realised I’d made it’ CIAN O’BROIN

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VERYONE dreams of becoming a superhero as a kid. We idolise the supernatural mystique in order to evince the extramundane.

Around the world, bedrooms, televisions, cinema screens and the very clothes stuck to our skin pay homage to our trusty heroes. Declan Shalvey, a native of Ennis, County Clare, has worked for Marvel Comics for the last 10 years, pencilling protagonists such as The Thunderbolts, Deadpool and Moon Knight.

Revisiting his roots, Declan reflects on time spent at C.B.S Ennis and Rice College, Declan recalls words of encouragement from John Byrnes in secondary school, which led him to enter a number of art competitions.

Declan eventually swapped to St. Flannan’s College due to the availability of arts classes as part of the curriculum, quipping that he was one of the only students that took it seriously. Pencil and pad became second nature in early childhood, whereby Declan spent his time creating his own makeshift comic books based off cartoons he found himself enthralled within, even before he knew that comic books were a real thing.

Ennis wasn’t the ideal setting for a kid wanting to draw comics for a living in the 1990s, he admits. Comics and stock were

tight in a pre-internet era, however; Declan spent his afternoons after class at the pound shop, reading the likes of Marvel, Scrooge McDuck and X-Men. “It’s a very competitive industry. When I tried properly, I had a degree in fine art. It was kind of worthless, to be honest. There’s not a lot of jobs in this area, whereas with comics, it’s not down to what piece of paper you have but simply, how good you are.

While I was good, I wasn’t good enough. I had to work for ages, working on my portfolio. Saving up and getting to conventions

in the UK. “I was on the dole at the time. I suppose I was trying to get by and build my portfolio.

Those were the toughest years because you had no idea how it was going to pan out.

Getting that first job was great but it wasn’t the first job that did it, it took about five jobs.

It wasn’t until I got to work for Marvel that I realised I had made it.

“I was in America. I would save up and go to conventions there as much as I could, bringing my portfolio. I was doing a book for an American publisher based off the film

lSUPERHERO: Declan Shalvey has worked on Marvel characters such as Deadpool

28 Days Later. I met a guy over there who was writing a book for Marvel at the time called Thunderbolts. He really liked my stuff and told me he would send some to Marvel.

“I refused at first, out of politeness, as we Irish do. I didn’t want to impose or be rude.

I had work under my belt. They needed a fill in artist due to the main artist’s busy schedule. I was available, they liked my stuff and so they tried me out on that and they just kept hiring me.”

Declan has been working with Marvel for 10 years now. Initially an illustrator, he has since moved on to write for other artists, enjoying the collaborative process that playing both artist and writer involves. Writers get much more recognition than artists, Declan posits. Everyone knows who Stan Lee is. Nobody knows who Jack Kirby is. He co-created Captain America, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Writers could spend a week on a script and then move on to promotion work whilst an artist could be inside, working on the same project for over a month and a half. It’s difficult to build up a bibliography, he admits.

Declan decided to move into writing and a deeper collaborative space when he realised that he wanted to build more stories than he was physically able to draw.

This eventually led to Bog Bodies, an original graphic novel by Declan which features a story about an Irish gangster on the run in the Dublin Mountains after a job goes wrong.

glór appoints new Curator in Residence GLÓR have announced the appointment of a new part-time Curator in Residence to join their team.

Dr Moran Been-noon (pictured left) is an Israeli Dublin-based curator, artist, and writer with experience of working within the arts sector in Ireland and Northern Ireland. She comes with an impressive CV which includes a PhD in Fine Art (Media) from NCAD, Dublin as well as an MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, New York.

Moran is currently a Curator at

Belfast Print Workshop in NI, and has curated projects at Engage Art Studios, Galway, PS2, Belfast, and MART Gallery, Dublin.

She is a visual artist and a writer, a regular contributor of exhibition reviews and responses to The Sunday Times Ireland, Visual Artists Ireland Newsletter and CIRCA magazine.

As an artist she predominantly makes moving image installations, with a subject matter focus on political identity and post-migration living. As a curator she believes in inclusive curating and is primarily

interested in multiplatform group projects, with a commitment to expanded practice.

She sees curating as a practice of potential and works to fulfil this potential through her work with artists and community groups.

Moran has exhibited her work widely both nationally and internationally and selected exhibitions include Where you are lost, we are Sídhe, (May 2019) at Engage Art Studios, Galway, and Little Piece, (2015), Custom House, Westport. glór Director Orla Flanagan says,

“I am delighted to welcome Moran Been-noon and believe she will bring a fresh new voice to our visuals arts programme.”

Moran is “very excited to get such an opportunity to work with the people in glór and get to know the visual arts community in County Clare and the work being done”.

Dr Moran Been-Noon will curate a range of exhibitions and installations for glór’s gallery spaces, and further expand the arts centre’s reach to audiences and various communities through contemporary visual art.

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King of the hill... l(left) Mary Ryan from Parteen conquers St Patrick’s Hill in Cork as the 600km Tour de Munster came to an end on Sunday. Over the four days, cyclists pedalled hard through the towns and villages of Munster in order to raise vital funds and awareness for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) and individual beneficiaries; (below) Cyclists are led down O’Connell Street, Ennis on Friday by DSI Clare member Orla Hanrahan as the Tour passed through County Clare

Cian O’Broin delves into the last decade of our Reeling In The Years series

CIAN O’BROIN History

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HIS year, we delve into a new decade, placing a turbulent 2010 under the microscope, whereby the ails of parents, school teachers and business owners were decreed each week concerning the presence of head shops, as they danced through legal loopholes to poison the unsuspecting youth.

We look at the good old Western Railway Corridor as it reopens to the public after a thirty-year hiatus, adding in a number of new stations and reinstating some older ones such as Sixmilebridge, after forty-seven years out of operation. Finally, we look at the escapades of one Newmarket-On-Fergus man, who managed to travel 2,191m below the surface of the Earth, becoming one of only a handful of Irish people to ever reach the world’s lowest point. Let us begin.

HEAD SHOPS Headshops. An all too familiar word that would send a sudden and uneasy shiver down the spine of any parent. In January 2010, it was reported that one new headshop was popping up in the Republic every week.

Concern amongst parents was first registered in Clare in the same month, following an investigation by RTÉ’s Prime Time that focused on headshops within the country.

Mr. McDonagh, the then acting principal of St. Flannan’s College, advised all parents to watch the special investigation, later telling local media that some of the substances on sale were akin to cocaine and heroin. Two headshops had opened within the town of Ennis in the previous few months, operating incognito until the Prime Time special incited growing concerns around the town and county. The popularity of the headshops stemmed from a lack of regulation and control surrounding the legal products on sale, deemed ‘not fit’ for human consumption. On March 13th, disposition turned to disgust as a protest was organised in Ennis against the continued trading of local head shops.

Spurred by the presence of patients suffering psychiatric consequences from the consumption of these substances, parents took to the streets. A call for a mechanism of control was the battle cry on the day. In other counties, headshops were the subject of arson attacks.

In March, Kilrush Town Councillor Tom Prendeville pleaded with owners to refrain from letting their premises to potential headshops.

The following month, Ennis Town Council went one step further, passing a motion that meant that headshops could not trade less than 10km from any given school. Further investigations uncovered that the last headshop within the town of Ennis, Harmonisation, located on Parnell Street, was trading as a €2 retail outlet, serving a separate purpose to the nature of business officially registered.

The furore came to a finish on August 23rd, 2010, when the new Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 became law.

This empowered Gardaí to close head shops suspected of selling drug like substances.

WESTERN RAIL CORRIDOR REOPENS 2010 marked the official reopening of the Western Railway Corridor after a closure of more than thirty years. The corridor linking the two major western cities of Galway and Limerick, added stops at Sixmilebridge, Gort, Ardrahan and Craughwell. The redevelopment project commenced in 2007, running up a stipend of €106.5 million.

The project looked at the line between Athenry and Ennis. Like most infrastructural endeavours within the country, the line began to garner some criticism concerning operation times, with the first train leaving Limerick for Galway at 6.40am and the final journey home departing Ceannt Station at 5.25pm. Commuters felt that this was not suitable for those finishing work and college at 6pm and called for a review to the operation of services. Hope amongst business owners along the Western Railway Corridor

began to grow in anticipation of the reopening, as they looked to lift themselves out of the financial lull brought about by the 2008 recession and now being strongly felt two years on.

CLARE MAN BRAVES WORLD’S DEEPEST CAVE Newmarket’s intrepid Tim O’ Connell was one of four Irish men to take part in an expedition to Krubera-Voronja in Abkhazia, an area claimed by Tbilisi. Tim and his Irish counterparts were joined by individuals from France, Lithuania, Serbia and Spain. In August 2010, the group made their way 2,191m below the surface of the earth. The crew were in the cave for nine days and Tim touched on the physical and psychological effects of the journey.

Preparation had its limitations, with little to no resemblance in size, stature and depth

to be found in Ireland, but Tim felt that he was in very capable hands. An active member of the Clare Cave Club for the last number of years, Tim ensured that he was in peak physical condition before braving the seemingly bottomless cave. Training took the form of rope training, equipment preparation as well as 10km run each day.

On day five, the group brushed face with death, when a heavy rain created a flood pulse throughout the cave but luckily the crew were within 10 minutes of an area that would have been flushed, narrowly evading certain death. Tim and the crew counted their lucky stars on that one.

That’s all for this week folks, check back next week as we take a look at Reeling In the Years in Clare, 2011.

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Opinion

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Blind luck that Clare isn’t back in lockdown

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NOTHER week, another bout of Covid stories. I get it, we’re all tired of it.

I’m particularly sick of it myself. Four months of being at home is giving me cabin fever. The bank holiday weekend was supposed to be my wedding.

That fell victim to Covid and we’ve re-set a date for Summer 2021 now.

Instead of celebrating our union and jetting off on honeymoon, we found ourselves with just our immediate families together for a BBQ in Clare.

It’s something many people in our boat have done and we were damn glad to be able to do even that.

Seeing as what has transpired in Kildare, Laois and Offaly this past week, we can certainly count our blessings that Clare is still open.

There but for the grace of God go we!

Because that’s all that’s kept Clare from being locked down too.

Blind luck. We all saw the scenes from Kilkee beach of Covidiots congregating in large groups, drinking and causing unruly scenes.

Let’s get one thing clear, this wasn’t ‘just a bitta craic’. This was wonton endangerment of the lives and livelihoods of a vast number of people, and for what? The sake of a few late evening cans on the beach? If any of these people had infected someone working in healthcare or a facility like the midland meat factories, the Banner would now be on lockdown too. Instead, we’ve seen a serious threat to the county hurling and football championships due to Covid. The county board have taken prudent steps to allow the competitions, a well needed distraction, progress but there was a school of thought that they would need to be cancelled. They still might if the

EOIN NEYLON Politics

situation isn’t brought under control quickly.

I’ve heard enough excuses and complaints about young people being ‘scapegoated’. Enough of this ráiméis. The HSE have confirmed this for all to see. The figures are accurate and tell the true tale. With 75 per cent of all recent cases being amongst under 40s, and only a tiny fraction coming from community transmission, the science is clear that the main source of infection is gatherings like that in Kilkee and large house parties. Workplaces have then become secondary infection points. Those who feel the need to congregate en masse in these scenarios because the pubs are closed are the very people who are keeping the pubs closed. It’s easy to blame the National Public Health Emergency Team (HPHET) or the Government. It’s a lot harder, but altogether more accurate, to blame the poor, reckless behaviour of a minority that cannot follow simple guidelines to safeguard the health of everyone.

That said, I do feel it is a folly to restrict restaurants and those pubs that are open to a strict 11pm closing time. This will effectively increase the number of house parties as people will invariably want to continue to socialise beyond that point. If pubs and restaurants could continue to cater to patrons up to 12:30am, that would be enough time for most people. The move by Gov-

ernment will prove counter intuitive.

It would be much more prudent to allow pubs that can incorporate social distancing between groups to open. A requirement to stay seated at one’s table, strictly enforced on a ‘two strikes and you’re out’ policy, as well as table service would open a lot of businesses, and return many people to work. It would also instil confidence in the economy whilst reducing the number of house parties that have proven fertile breeding grounds for Covid-19.

This would appear appropriate with the confirmation by the HSE that, after 6 weeks of reopening, there was not a single recorded instance of transmission of Covid in a hospitality setting.

The drastic action of locking down three counties was necessary when the seven day rolling per 100,000 person rate of Covid was some 30 times the previous national average. Had any of the latenight beach revellers, who were openly breaking Covid guidelines, been working in a similar scenario, Clare would now be locked down too. All it takes is one infected person to set the entire country back.

Keep social distancing, keep listening to expert advice, obey the rules, wash your hands and wear a face mask. It’s not hard. Fighting the Coronavirus is hard enough without battling our Covidiots as well.

lThe behaviour of some young people congregating to drink on the prom in Kilkee in recent weeks was wonton endangerment of the lives and livelihoods of a vast number of people

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Dream of peace

RONAN SCULLY

Thought for the week

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NE of my most abiding daily wishes and prayers is that we all live in peace together. Each day I light a candle to reflect that prayer.

We have seen what peace has done for the people of Northern Ireland which was achieved in no small part by John Hume, a peacemaker extraordinaire who sadly passed away from this life to his eternal reward last week.

John Hume made us all rise up peacefully and led us to believe that there are better angels of good and of peace in us all and in doing so helped us to find real compassion, peace and respect in a world so torn apart. John Hume lived by his belief that the noblest qualities of humanity and peace would heal a divided nation. John Hume showed us through his inspired leadership, that emphasising the values of love, forgiveness, peace, purpose, trust, sacrifice, equality, diversity and liberty, could achieve real peace in his and our life time.

John Hume has shown us on his life journey or pilgrimage that Peacemaking is challenging and wrenching work. It takes much time and a lot of emotional energy.

One could compare it to crossing a fast moving stream on slippery rocks. The journey is needed. The work is risky.

And, sometimes you fall and the falls can be many. You pick up cuts and get bruised. And, sometimes you don’t make it across the stream. But thankfully John Hume made it across that stream and in doing so saved countless upon countless lives and helped many of us to cross that stream with him to a better more peaceful land and time.

Love Everyone

A message on a poster in a church caught my eye recently.

It said “Love everyone. I will sort them out, later.” - God. I believe it is safe to say that right now, globally and even, in some ways nationally, we are not doing a very good job of loving everyone. But we are good at sorting each other out.

Human beings have been doing that sort of thing for a long time.

Make no mistake, today we also deal with unrecognized purity concerns when we are sorting people into “us” and “them.” How many times in our history has one group of people set others apart, due to poverty, nationality, race, sexual orientation, politics, gender, religion? We’ve been divided before.

As we remember the life of John Hume these past few days, we

recall our own history, including many atrocities in Northern Ireland. How, going forward, can we approach life more like John Hume and express the better angels of our nature rather than the worst of us?

The nonviolent method which John Hume embraced is an attack upon the forces of evil. The nonviolent approach he used avoids both external physical and internal spiritual violence, not only refusing to shoot or strike, but also refusing to hate, an opponent. The ethic of real love is at the centre of his nonviolence. That real love shown

by John Hume is the same that was shown by Jesus, as he was tortured and dying on the cross.

He said, “Forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.”

This is the love we celebrate as we drink the cup of forgiveness at the communion table. This is where we eat the bread that God has provided, “in the presence of our enemies.” Here, we are loved and sustained. Here, we are called to sacrifice in love, for our neighbor.

This is the peace that John Hume has brought to all of us in Ireland.

But you only have to watch the news or read the papers to find conflict and suffering in every corner of our world and especially in Syria and Yemen and other pockets of our world at this present time.

The causes may seem complex, but I believe the root of much of it is one group trying to impose its will on another. The motives may be political, religious, greed or racism, but it amounts to the same thing. One group sees itself as ‘right’ and others as ‘wrong’.

Religion and politics are often used to justify such claims.

Another thing I often think, isn’t it ironic that the objective of war is to create Peace! In order to have a better, more peaceful world we must learn to think of the globe as a whole. Our world leaders need to be more selfless and sacrificing. Only by having a universal, peaceful and spiritual vision can we bring positive change into the political and world field. A person who is really interested in making positive changes will never resort to violence to effect political reform.

The approach has to be nonviolent and peaceful. Anything achieved through violence will not last long; it will leave an enemy sitting somewhere plotting against you. If instead, you make a friend, you need not be afraid of the other person; and he or she need not be afraid of you. Permanent peace can never be achieved by violent

means. Remember, there is no power higher than love. Hatred breeds hatred; violence breeds violence. If we sincerely want world peace, we have to depend on our soul force, not on anything else.

Thought for the Week

As your thought for the week, look at ways you can bring real, lasting and genuine peace into your own life and the lives of those around you. If peace is what you seek, focus your thoughts on this Prayer for Peace by Jackie Trottmann - “Dear God, I need your peace now. Silence my thoughts of confusion. Silence my thoughts of anxiety. Silence my thoughts of grief or despair. Silence my thoughts of hurt or anger.

“When there is chaos and turmoil surrounding me, shelter and protect me with your peace and loving, powerful presence. As I take this time to stop and pray, fill me with your peaceful presence.

With each breath I take, I breathe in your peace that surpasses all understanding. Help me to focus on peace instead of unrest. I surrender my unrest to you so that I may receive peace. Help me to be a spark that ignites peace in others.

Amen”.

And finally my own prayer for peace, Dear Lord, Our world waits in darkness longing for Your light.

In the midst of darkness, enkindle our hope. As we long for lasting peace in the midst of war and terrorism, Be with us. As we long for families to be reunited, Be with us.

As we long for homeless and abandoned people in our communities to be cared for, Be with us. As we long for enemies to be reconciled, Be with us.

As we long for cures and healings especially from this dreadful Coronavirus, Be with us. As we long for decent jobs and decent homes and shelter and economic security, Be with us. As we long for love, peace and community, Be with us. Fulfill the deepest longings of your people and dispel the darkness in our hearts and in our world.

Let your Word ignite the hope the world needs to bring to life your love, peace, equality, acceptance and justice. If we are to really honour the work of a lifetime of John Hume then it is a time to recommit ourselves to healing our hearts, our communities, our nation, our world and our planet. It is time to find the courage to listen to our “Better Angels”.

John Hume was one of our better angels, he was a leader who led with empathy, integrity, respect, passion and humility. Rest in beautiful peace John and thank you for all you did to bring peace, justice, respect, equality and acceptance to our country. Thoughts and prayers are with your family and all the Hume family and all who grieve his sad passing. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

THURSDAY, AUG 13 2020

Macra zoom into action

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IXMILEBRIDGE Kilmurry Macra had their AGM via zoom recently. In virtual attendance were Macra’s President Tomas Duffy, Vice President Sean Wallace, TDO Debbie Donnelly, along with some of the Clare Macra Committee and our SMBK Macra members.

Laura Donnellan was re-elected chairperson. The newly elected officers on the night were Patrick McNamara (Vice Chairperson and Treasurer), Lucy Killackey (Secretary), Maggie Cherry (PRO), Gerald Mulvihill (Rural Youth Rep) and Brian Clune (Young Farmer Rep).

“Lockdown has proved that Macra is not only for farmers.

It is a club open to everyone.

For the month of August, Macra Skillnet will host a variety of online courses to improve skills. Macra are also looking for the next FBD and Macra na Feirme Young Farmer of the Year with applications now open.

“Although these times are still very uncertain, Macra will always be there for a chat or a bit of craic even if it is virtually!

Our next meeting will be held via Zoom on the first Friday of September. New members are always welcome. A link to our Zoom call will be given before the meeting, a spokesperson for Macra said.

Follow Macra on Facebook and Instagram to find out more.

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lSHOW PONY: Pictured at the Miltown Malbay Connemara Pony Show on Sunday was overall show champion Gerry Coote from Inagh with his prize winning pony

HERITAGE WEEK MEETING THERE will be an An Taisce meeting on Sunday 16th August during Heritage week at the Oakwood, Shannon starting from 3pm in the Bunratty Suite allowing for social distancing – please use the entrance to the right of the main entrance.

Due to COVID-19 our fund raising the biodiversity campaign for the bees could not go ahead. Our Bee Garden Packs could not be made available in spring and during the summer. These packs now have Irish Wildflower seed which will need to be planted in the autumn before the frost comes or they will not germinate at all. To achieve this we are giving away the packs with seed.

At the same time we plan to give way our leaflets and those of the past government on Climate Action to do with conservation.

OUR LADY’S SHRINE IN KEEPING with government advice and HSE guidelines, we regret that Our Lady’s Shrine in Dromelihy, Cree, will be closed in full for all public access while these guidelines are in place.

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EAVE No Trace is a nationwide inter-agency campaign that looks to combat littering in public hotspots such as National Parks, Nature Reserves, Forest Parks, OPW National Heritage Sites as well as rivers, beaches, forests and special areas of conservation.

Primed with a prudent proclamation, Love This Place, Leave No Trace, the campaign appeals to the good sense of individuals holidaying throughout the country to take personal responsibility with respect to the environment and public health and safety.

A languid approach to mitigating the environmental impact left in special tourist hotspots is a growing concern cited by the government of Ireland since the onset of Covid-19.

Maura Kiely, CEO of Leave No Trace Ireland, urges everyone to take their litter home. Speaking to The Clare Echo, Maura broaches the subject of public littering and the necessity of an inter-agency approach, as well as concocting a cogent call to action for everyone to take personal responsibility and make a positive impact on our inimitable natural environment.

A first of its kind, as a specialised inter-agency approach in conjunction with the government of Ireland, the Leave No Trace campaign is Ireland’s only outdoor ethics programme.

Predicated on education, research and partnerships, the commune of special interest groups and bodies work ardently and intelligently to support individuals, communities and corporate companies to reduce their environmental footfall with respect to outdoor activities.

Proud to be operating in a partnership with the Irish government, Maura is grateful for the support of the eight agencies assisting the campaign in getting the message out, asserting that they have all taken their role of personal responsibility in conserving our countryside quite seriously, allowing the campaign to get off to a really positive start.

The eight agencies are The Department of Rural and Community Development, FĂĄilte Ireland, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Waterways Ireland, Coillte, Sport Ireland, The National Parks and Wildlife Services and The Office of Public Works.

Littering has a detrimental effect on our immediate environment, tells Maura, “it impacts our woodlands, people living in that area and our environment. It is also unsightly. “For wildlife, aluminium cans can take up to 500 years to break down and plastic bags can take up to 20 years.

“Plastic as a whole, is a huge issue for wildlife, making them suffocate and they often cut themselves on sharp objects left behind by visitors. “People can harm themselves in this process also. This is happening in all of our national tourist hotspots. In all our national parks, waterways and coillte woodlands.

It’s certainly happening in County Clare. “Broken bottles and glass, camping chairs, food waste and packaging as well as a proliferation of dog waste are some of the examples of what is being left behind at these locations. “Littering is illegal and everyone can take personal responsibility and have a positive environmental impact. “When holidaying, planning is important. Check regulations and local access.

Ensure you leave any campsites you visit clean after you leave and avoid any unnecessary crowds. “It’s essential to bring reusable water and coffee cups. Bring your litter home, that is the main message here.�

Litter, water, pollution, disturbance of vegetation, wildlife, livestock and other individuals are the key components that make up the techniques and guidelines supporting the Leave No Trace campaign.

The campaign is designed as a solution, offering seven key principles inscribed on its website to assist in minimising the environmental and social impacts of these special tourist hotspots.

The guidelines propose planning ahead and being mindful and considerate of others.

Respecting farm animals and wildlife is crucial, setting up shop on durable surfaces as well as disposing of waste and leaving the natural environment as you find it are all part and parcel of proper holidaymaking etiquette. Finally, the guidelines caution individuals to minimise the effects of fire.

Maura appeals to everyone travelling to areas of special conservation to adhere to these guidelines, which can be found at www.leavenotraceireland.org.

On a final note, Maura touches on the importance of converting ideas into actions. “Over the month of August there is going to be a lot of public awareness. This campaign is all over the radio, it is happening as we speak. “We have new guidelines available for everybody to access on our website. We are asking everybody to take personal responsibility. This is very important. We are also asking everybody to support us on social media. “We have a campaign online with the government of Ireland. We will have lots more media and promotion events throughout the month. Read those free guidelines on our website and this will help everybody form good habits going forward.�

lOH DEER: The Leave No Trace campaign looks to combat littering in tourist hotspots

Donate your unused bike(s) and make a difference Where? Central Waste Management Facility in Inagh.

Opening hours are as follows: Tuesday to Friday – 8.30am to 4.30pm; Saturday – 8.30am to 1.00pm.

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For more information please contact: Environment Section in Clare County Council at enviroff@clarecoco.ie or telephone 065 6846331

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HE Flower Room opened its doors on the Gort Road in Ennis on Monday, employing the award-winning expertise of Portuguese national Luis Da Silva, who comes with a wealth of experience of all aspects of bespoke floristry.

A master florist, requiring an apt for adventure and flexibility, Luis and The Flower Room work closely with clients to tailor towards their specific floral and aesthetic preferences. Luis tells of how he hopes to take traditional floristry just that one step further, drawing on the natural environment of parks and trees and even hopes to add an element of tropical diversity to the business.

The Flower Room was an idea spurred by a tentative lockdown period, whilst Luis was living in Dublin. Visiting friends in Shannon post-restrictions, Luis decided to set up shop in the town of Ennis, leading to The Flower Room, the name being suggested through an online competition.

Now an extension of the reputable Vaughan’s Garden Centre on the Gort Road, Luis concedes that the vast expertise shared by himself and Brid of Vaughan’s has created the perfect storm and provided a platform for him to showcase his clean and modern

lBLOOMING BRILLIANT: Master Florist Luis da Silva, who is operating from the premises of Vaughan Garden Centre (opposite page)

floristry style, steeped in over 25 years of experience. Working as a florist since the age of 15, Luis is a graduate of Chapel Manor College and was Director of London’s McQueen’s Flower School.

Luis, who hails from Madeira - the homeland of Cristiano Ronaldo - commends the vigilance and expertise of his staff, “We have Kate here. She’s in charge of the operations of the shop and the outdoors items. She’s extremely knowledgeable and brilliant at what she does. We have John here too, who is like a handyman and does amazing work. Then there’s Cathy, I met her before at another flower shop.

“The reason I ended up coming to the Garden Centre is because of her, she worked here as well. She is helping with The Flower Room as well; she is a florist too. We have some summer employees here too.”

Luis addd, “I love being here on the Gort Road, there is free parking, the Garden Centre is a firmly established business and I had never worked in a Garden Centre before, once I got here I was amazed by the variety and quantity of plants that come every day.”

Conceding that opening in the current climate is certainly a challenge, Luis is optimistic as to what the future holds for The Flower Room. Luis hopes to transcend the traditional florist in opting for roses and chrysanthemums and utilise his extraneous experience to diversify the shops interior.

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EAST Clare golf course closed the course on Friday last as a mark of respect to the late Michael Fahy from Feakle, writes Seamus Hayes. A former captain and president of the club, Michael was one of the five founding members of the club.

Extending sympathy to the Fahy family this week, Pat McNamara, chairman of the golf club paid tribute to Michael. “The foresight of the five founding members has led to this superb facility in East Clare.

Michael and his late wife Olive who passed away eighteen years ago made a massive contribution”, according to the chairman.

“Club members formed a guard of honour at the funeral. The club had teams competing in both the Bruen and Purcell shield competitions at the weekend and all team members won a black ribbon as a mark of respect and in honour of Michael”, explained Pat McNamara.

The proposal to develop the golf course kick started in 1992 and after several meetings the project got the go ahead. The founding five were John Joyce, T.J. McNamara, Micheal Hogan (RIP), Tom Murray (RIP) and the late Michael Fahy. The facility was first developed as a 9 hole course but enough land had been purchased for 18 holes and the development of the second nine came quickly after the opening. Michael was a lover of traditional music and was involved in many committees over the years including Muintir na Tire.

ENNIS Tennis & Badminton Club members were well represented at the Senior South of Ireland Open Tennis Championship with 19 members taking part.

On finals day at the Limerick Lawn Tennis Club, Róisín Moore (pictured right), Ciaran O’Brien, Nick Lester, Brian Arthurs, Eamonn McGuiness & Ken Breen were left to compete for titles.

First out on court was Róisín Moore in the Premier/Grade 1 Women’s Singles, despite still being a junior at 17 years, this was Róisín’s first senior singles final in this championship. She narrowly conceded defeat to Dearbhaile Roe. Fifteen minutes later Róisín and Dearbhaile were back out on court to compete for the Premier/Grade 1 Women’s Doubles Title against two very experienced coaches from Limerick Lawn, Jen Mulholland &

Moloney led team wins Shannon annual development classic SHANNON GOLF CLUB: 63 teams played in glorious conditions in the annual Club Development Classic at the weekend. The winners were Andrew Moloney, Mike O Brien, Teddy O Hanlon, and Kevin Stritch.

The event was Sponsored for the fourth year running by PIL (Partners in Logistics).

EAST CLARE GOLF CLUB: Last week’s men’s team of three competition at East Clare was won by Patsy Kett (13), Paul Madden (14) and Brendan Foley (12) with 79 points. They had four to spare over Pat Duggan (22), Brian Torpey (24) and John Canny (24).

In the men’s 18 hole stableford competition, off the blue tees, Oisin Donnellan (15) was the winner with 41 points from Pat McNamara (11) with 36 while William O’Brien (6) won the gross with 29. The ladies team of two competition was won by Rachel Whelan (27) and Maureen Clune (34) with 51 points with second spot filled by Mary Mannion (19) and Margaret Lynch (27) with 43 points.

In the ladies 9 hole team of three, the winners were Noreen Skehan, Phil Burke and Teresa Bradley with 33 points from Kay Grimes, Marie A Kelly and Oonagh McElhinney (31) with third spot filled by Catherine Murphy, Maureen Clune and Hannah Guinnane with 31 points.

In last week’s open day the men’s competition was won by Eoin Magill (2) with 41 points from Cathal Lenihan (18) with 39 while the gross was won by Anthony Sweeney (1) from Woodstock with 38. The ladies competition was won by Catherine Murphy (27) with 37 points.

KILRUSH GOLF CLUB: Kilrush hosted their annual open week competitions last week. In the men’s singles Super-

Valu stroke competition, Jim Young Junior (5) was the winner with 66 from Jim Young Senior (8). Gearoid Kelly (10) won the Whelan prize competition with 41 points from Rory Lillis (13) with 41, Jim Houlihan (16) with 40.

The Crottys Bar and Restaurant singles was won by Brian Scanlan (11) with 35 points from Thomas Coffey (13). Mark Shannon (6) was third and he also scored 35 points.

In the ladies competition Geraldine Burke (18) was the winner with 37 points from Margaret Donnelly (18) with 34 points.

In the Patrick Bourke menswear singles the winner was David Walzert (12) with 45 points from Mark Shannon (6) with 41 points with Declan O’Donovan (8) third with 39 points. Paul McGibney (22) won the Saint Gobain open with 40 points from Jason Hanrahan (21) with a similar score. Pat Mulcahy (24), also with 40 points was third. Jim Young junior (4) was the winner of the Munster Group open with 40 points from Terry O’Hare (15) with 38.

The ladies SuperValu open was won by Anne Brennan (12) with 37 points from Celia O’Grady (35) with 35 points. The Anne Marie Russell ladies open was won by Sheila G. O’Grady (16) with 36 points.

LAHINCH GOLF CLUB: The Granard cup, an NCBI competition in aid of sight loss, was won by Edel (9) and Isabelle Banim (23) with 50 points from Niamh Carey (9) and Isobel O’Grady (20) with 45.

The Heskin trophy was played for on the Castle course and was won by Katie Gleeson (12) with 43 points from Rachel Connolly (28) with 41, Mary O’Brien (22) with 41, Susan Grennell (35) with 40 and Ann Ui Nuallain(28) with 39.

Deirdre Collins. Having lost the first set, Róisín and Dearbhaile raised their game winning the second set taking it to a third for a nail biting finish to secure this

prestigious title.

Next Up was Ciaran O’Brien in the Premier/Grade 1 Men’s Singles event where Ciaran met Dave Hannam, a seasoned player, despite his best efforts Dave went on to claim victory on the day.

Nick Lester had a great day claiming two titles in the Grade 3 this Mens and Mixed Doubles events, in

the men’s event Nick had a three set battle with his partner Martin Ryan claiming victory after two hours to be followed by the Mixed Doubles event with his partner Annmarie Sheehan where they won in two straight sets.

Brian Arthurs & Eamonn McGuiness were defeated in the Grade 6 Men’s Doubles against a strong pairing from Nenagh while Ken Breen in the Grade 6 Mixed Doubles with partner Ruth Darcy were narrowly defeated by opponents from Killaloe Ballina.

Sarah McSwiney, Tennis Captain commented “Congratulations to both Róisín & Nick on such a great achievement and to everyone else who competed, I look forward seeing everyone again in the next upcoming tournament in Catholic Institute Limerick on the 15th August.”

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Niamh O’Dwyer won the gross with 38 points. and Eoghan Deasy (18) were the winners of the In the silver division Anne Vaughan (19) was Munster Cups fourball competition with 45. the winner with 39 points from Suzanne Hassett Saturday’s men’s singles stableford was won (18) also with 39 points. The bronze division was by Johnny Markham (11) with 47 points from won by Isabelle Banim (25) with 39 points.

Gavin O’Flaherty (12) with 45. Jonathan Keane The championship course hosted the Nora won the gross with 39. Niall Gleeson (7) won the Slattery trophy competition which was won by Arnott Cup strokeplay with 67 nett from Ross Catriona O’Callaghan (11) with 37 points from Whitaker 68. Mark Power won the gross with 67.

Una Molony (18) with 37, Suin McInerney (23) WOODSTOCK with 37, Miriam Abernethy (5) with 37. Niamh Last week’s senior’s outing at Woodstock was O’Dwyer won the gross with 37. won by Brian Logue, Brendan Arthur, Matt In the silver division Rachel Maher (19) was Power and Nick Germaine with 44 points. the winner with 36 points from Edwina O’Brien GORT GOLF CLUB: (18) with 36 and Mary Fahy Coen (16), also 36.

The Monday open at Gort was won by Eoin Eileen O’Doherty (21) won the bronze divi- Killeen (22) with 40 points from Liam Perkins sion with 36 points.

(21) with a similar score. Derek Kinsella (13) The J.K. Brice cup was also played for on the was in third place and he also scored 40 points championship course where Elaine McElhinney while the gross was won by Eanna Melville (4) (28) was the winner with 40 points from Edwina with 34 points.

O’Brien (17) with a similar score. Suzanne HasThe lady captain’s (Patricia Skehill) prize to this sett (18) was third, also with 40 points. Niamh the men was won by John Hynes (11) with 44 O’Dwyer won the gross with 34 points. points. Paul Brennan (7) won the gross with 33 Oonagh Mee (20) won the silver division with points. Micheal Cahill (1) won the senior’s sec37 points while the bronze division was won by tion with 35 points. Last week’s ladies singles Margaret Cooney (24) with 33. open competition was won by Ena Furey (46) Fiona McCarthy (14) and Linda Doyle (13) with 46 points. Siobhan O’Connor (12) won the won the Kilcreene cup fourball with 45 points gross with 23 points. from Jenny Hennessy (4) and Vicki Morris (13) SPANISH POINT GOLF CLUB: with a similar score. Aideen Walsh and Mary Paul Frawley was recently crowned of the Sadlier won the gross. In the men’s section the Boys Open Singles. Sally O’Dwyer on the Ladies Shaw cupMinute was won by Gerard Multi-Day21st 18 Hole Singles with 36 -points ahead Last Gift?Dunworth(5) Open with Sunday (11am 2pm) 40 points. Bob Loftus won the gross with 33. of Bernie O’Connor and Clair Cullinan. Michael Kyle McCarthyUnit won the men’s singles Business stable- Flick (15 Rd, points) won the Men’s 9 Hole 9 Westgate PkO’Brien Kilrush Ennis ford on the Castle course last Thursday with 46 Singles on Friday with John Lewis (12 points) (065)6840844 points from J. P. Neville (21) with 44. Fergal (1) and Tom Prenderville (12 points) close behind.

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WO major local derbies are on the cards in the Clare SHC quarter-finals with some exciting clashes also in store for the Clare IHC last eight.

Reigning senior champions Sixmilebridge take on the current intermediate champions Broadford in an exciting local derby in the last eight of the Clare SHC in a game that will split families and be sure to cause fierce debate in the next fortnight.

After impressing with a comfortable win over Clooney/Quin at the weekend, Ballyea have

been rewarded with a tough outing against Kilmaley who stuck four goals past Wolfe Tones.

O’Callaghans Mills caused an upset in overcoming Crusheen, once again they will go in as underdogs, this time they face Inagh/ Kilnamona who have recorded victories against Clooney/Quin and Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Feakle will face an extended wait for their last eight outing. They will meet the winners of Cratloe versus Éire Óg.

In the intermediate quarter-finals, the clash of local rivals Tulla and Scariff is the pick of the round. Bodyke will have momentum from their weekend win over Clarecastle but face a much stiffer test in the

guise of St Josephs Doora/Barefield. Tubber are paired against Sixmilebridge while Smith O’Briens will battle with the winners of Cratloe versus Corofin.

Clare SHC Quarter-Finals: Inagh/Kilnamona v O’Callaghans Mills Ballyea v Kilmaley Broadford v Sixmilebridge Feakle v Cratloe or Éire Óg Senior B Quarter Finals Whitegate v Clarecastle Crusheen v Clooney/ Quin Newmarket-onFergus v Wolfe Tones Éire Óg or Cratloe v Clonlara

Clare IHC Quarter Finals: Bodyke v St Josephs Doora/Barefield Scariff v Tulla Sixmilebridge v Tubber Smith O’Briens v Corofin or Cratloe Junior A Hurling C’Ship Play/Off Ogonnelloe v Clooney/Quin Éire Óg bye Junior B Hurling Quarter-Finals: Tulla v Whitegate Smith O’Briens v Newmarket-on-Fergus Banner v Corofin Feakle v Meelick

Newmarket Celtic retain Premier crown NEWMARKET Celtic have retained their title as Clare District Soccer League (CDSL) Premier Division champions.

Although they were made wait to enter Roslevan on Wednesday last, Newmarket Celtic recorded a 3-2 win over rivals Avenue Utd to collect their nineteenth Premier Division title. Goals from Kevin Harnett, David McCarthy and Ciaran McCoy saw the Mark O’Malley managed outfit get their grips on the league trophy.

It is second time Newmarket Celtic have won three Premier Division titles in succession following in the footsteps of the side that achieved the feat in 1984, 1985 and 1986.

They followed up the Avenue Utd win by putting five goals past Sporting Ennistymon on Sunday morning thanks courtesy of a Kevin Harnett hat-trick plus efforts from David McCarthy and Stephen Kelly.

Their final league outing of the season saw them welcome Shannon Town to McDonough Memorial Park on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Bridge Utd’s youths side saw their eventful FAI Cup campaign conclude on Saturday. Clinical Cork outfit, Douglas Hall AFC put three goals past the Sixmilebridge side in a 3-0 defeat. It was the first time the club had competed in the semi-finals of the FAI Youths Cup and represented a hugely positive season for Mark Culbert’s side who also reached the last four in Munster.

The Kyle Walker captained side will be determined to ensure they have silverware to show for their endeavours. They currently sit in second place of the CSGL Electrical Youths League A Division two points behind Shannon Town but crucially have a game in hand.

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WINS at the Galway Track on Friday and Saturday night for Owner Trainer Donal Cooney proved the ideal start for the O’Callaghans Mills man who continued his winning streak in Cusack Park as part of the management team that led the Fireballs back into the last eight of the Clare SHC. Friday’s four quarter-finals of the welcome back to sport A4 graded 525 Yards Stake dominated proceedings at Galway.

The Cooney owned and trained Killuran Puma showed plenty of pace and stamina as he made all the running to outpoint Rising Turbo by a length and a quarter in 29.20.

Away well, the winner outpaced Grahams Jet on the run towards the opening bend and railing well he led by a length entering the back straight. Approaching the third bend Raising Turbo closed on the inner but the door was shut in his face as Killuran Puma tracked well to run out a game winner in the end.

The Third Quarter Final went in superb style to the Stephen Murray of Sixmilebridge trained Astro Abby who never saw another rival as he trounced them by upwards of five and a quarter lengths in a superb 28.86. The daughter of Storm Control and Cragbrien Shawl was away like the wind from her trap three berth and approaching the opening bend she led Killanin Sky by two lengths but that rival had closed to within a length as they closed on the halfway mark with Rathmeehan Hill in third place. At the third bend though Astro Abby went through the gears and the Pepper-Williams-Murray Syndicate owned lady drew clear in the straight for an au-

thoritative victory.

Own Spice won the concluding quarter-final. Owned by John Browne of Ballyea, he led at the third bend on his way to a four and a quarter length success over Burren Ripple in 28.83.

Siobhan Garrahy’s Cloneyogan Blaze took the spoils in the A3 graded seventh contest on Saturday night. After finding another gear at the finish, Cloneyogan Blaze scored a three lengths victory in a sizzling 28.81.

In what was the second win on the track for the Cooney clan, Full Flight owned by Gary Cooney held off Typical Birch drawing clear in the straight to score by three and three quarter lengths in 29.23.

Mr Logan owned by Roslevan’s Eve and Martin Crowe made it two wins from two starts with a seven length triumph over Corrandulla Brae in 19.23. Approaching the opening bend though the Donal Duggan of Tulla trained runner looked in bother with a wall of runners headed by Corrandulla Brae kind in front of him but just as they reached the bend a gap appeared on the rails and Mr Logan needed no second invitation as he powered through and settled the outcome in a matter of strides.

Kilwest Lucky owned by the Keating Syndicate from Ennis and Kilmihil never left the inside rail in the A6 graded sixth contest proving a length and a half too good for the staying in Puck Out in 29.32.

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Ballyea 2-28 Clooney/Quin 0-11 Venue: O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

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Ballyea: Frees For: 13 (7/6) Wides: 8 (5/3) Scores from Play: 2-18 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Niall Deasy (0-13 8f) Own Puck-outs won: 10 from 17 (59%)

Clooney-Quin: Frees For: 8 (4/4) Wides: 7 (3/4) Scores from Play: 0-09 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorers: Donnacha Murphy, Seamus Conroy, Cillian Duggan 2f, Ryan Taylor (0-2 each) Own Puck-outs won: 19 from 35 (54%)

Kevin Sheehan, Ballyea manager: “We’re back into a quarter-final and everyone came off the field one hundred per cent so we’re happy with that. I think our guys were fairly focused there and when we could get moving, we really shoved it on and got the job done early enough. The competition for places is high and it’s becoming very aggressive around the fringes so that should keep lads fairly hungry. We have options up front. We had a good chat at the end of last year and said that we had to find something or change something or we’d keep coming down the same road and teams would figure us out so it just feels that momentum is shifting to different areas of the pitch so we’re happy enough with that”.

Noel Harrison, Clooney/Quin manager: “It’s very disappointing and there’s not a lot I can say really as it just hasn’t worked out for us this year for a number of reasons. Injuries have hit the squad hard and we’ve had to put in a lot of newer players, especially up front and while they’ve fought very hard, when you’re up against a team like Ballyea who have so many experienced inter-county players, you have to be at your best and unfortunately we weren’t today. Knowing the threats that they had, we had to set up more defensively than we would of liked and I suppose it did limit our threat up front. But in saying that, we’re much better than we showed out there this evening but we’ll regroup and hopefully come back stronger in the future.”

Inagh-Kilnamona 1-21 Newmarket-on-Fergus 1-14 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis

Kilmaley 4-13 Wolfe Tones 1-17 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis

Wolfe Tones: Frees For: 10 (4/6) Wides: 9 (4/5) Scores from Play: 1-09 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top scorer: Aron Shangher (0-07 5f) Own puck-outs won: 12 from 26 (46%

Kilmaley: Frees For: 6 (4/2) Wides: 9 (6/3) Scores from Play: 4-11 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top scorer: Daire Keane (2-03) Own puck-outs won: 13 from 27 (48%)

Kieran O’Neill, Kilmaley manager: “We came through but we’ve a lot of work to do, we’re in the quarter-final but we’ve a lot to work on and we’re taking nothing for granted. The lads are going back playing football next weekend which I think is great too, I’d be a football man myself, they’ll come fresh and be looking forward to hurling again next weekend, you can’t beat matches this time of the year and hopefully the championship continues to go ahead. I’m always anxious, I’m playing every ball, I don’t like to be hurling every ball but I love the game, we’re only in Kilmaley a few wet days myself and the fabulous management team, we’re in a quarter-final and we’re taking it step by step. From a mental health perspective, I’m delighted that club hurling is back from U10s up along for everyone in Clare, you meet people and they are out on a sunny da in the whole county. With the help of God, it keeps going ahead, we love our GAA in Clare. Anything could happen in the quarter-final. We’ll take it step by step, when you get to a quarter-final you have to bring a big massive performance, that performance today won’t win a quarter-final in the championship, I know that, our management know that and the players know that, we’ve a lot to work on”.

Inagh-Kilnamona: Frees For: 14 (6/8) Wides: 9 (2/7) Scores from Play: 1-11 Spread of Scorers: 9 Top Scorer: Aidan McCarthy (1-10 9f 1’65) Own Puck-outs won: 13 from 20 (65%)

Newmarket-on-Fergus: Frees For: 8 (4/4) Wides: 5 (3/2) Scores from Play: 1-07 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Colin Ryan (0-7 7f) Own Puck-outs won: 21 from 31 (68%)

Fergal Hegarty, Inagh/Kilnamona manager: “We’re delighted. I suppose we were a bit apprehensive coming into this evening as we really didn’t know how good or bad we were after the last day as Clooney-Quin were missing so many key players. We knew that Newmarket would bring a different challenge but I thought we moved the ball very well and I also thought that our defence was in control from the off. So overall we’re happy but I suppose its still a work in progress. We started eight Under 21’s tonight and finished up with nine of them on the field so we’re a young team and we’re learning all the time but we’re getting there”.

John Tuohy, Newmarket-on-Fergus manager: “We were nervous starting off and just didn’t get going. By half-time, we got it back to two but then the third quarter just killed us, I think it was 1-6 to 0-1 so you just can’t let a team like Inagh-Kilnamona score 1-6 like that because it allowed them to get into the groove, space starting appearing and they began picking off their scores much easier.

So that was our ultimate downfall as we did come good late on again but it was too little, too late. Look, the lads put in a huge performance and I’m very proud of them, they’’ve worked very, very hard behind the scenes but sometimes you don’t get what you deserve. So tonight was disappointing but that’s hurling, that’s sport and that’s life”.

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FEAKLE: Frees For: 12 (6/6) Wides: 7 (5/2) Scores from Play: 4-12 Spread of Scorers: 9 Top scorer: Shane McGrath (4-10 7f 1’Pen) Own puck-outs won: 24 from 27 (89%) CLARECASTLE: Frees For: 12 (5/7) Wides: 13 (5/8) Scores from Play: 2-08 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top scorer: Stephen Ward (1-02) Own puck-outs won: 18 from 32 (56%)

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Feakle 5-20 Clarecastle 2-12 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Sixmilebridge 0-20 Whitegate 1-13 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis

Michael Guilfoyle, Feakle manager: “On the day we were well in control. Our approach was that we didn’t want to give them an inch. We got on top from the start and we didn’t let up. They are a very young team whereas we have experience. I am delighted that we will be in the draw for the quarter finals”.

Rodger McMahon, Clarecastle manager: “We are very disappointed. We just didn’t perform. They definitely had an edge in experience. I would be hoping that the experience from these games will stand to us going forward.

Lack of match practice didn’t help some of our older players who were returning from injury.

We created a lot of chances and credit to the lads, they battled to the end”. lCian Galvin & Oisin Donnellan compete for the sliotar.

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Broadford 0-17 Clonlara 0-15 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis CLONLARA: Frees For: 16 (7/9) Wides: 8 (3/5) Scores from Play: 0-07 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top Scorer: Mícheál O’Loughlin (0-08 7f) Own Puck-outs won: 15 from 23 (65%) Dave Clohessy, Clonlara selector: “We are extremely disappointed. Broadford were hungrier on the day. We trained hard believing that we had the winning of the game. We missed a couple of chances in the second half to level it and maybe if we had got back level we might have got over the line.

The fact that we didn’t get back level killed us.

We weren’t helped by the loss of a few lads to injury. They had a few niggles and we were trying to mind them. We didn’t really want to push them in case they would be gone for a long time further down the line. These things happen and we are just very very disappointed.

We will re-group on Tuesday night and prepare for the senior B which we have been told we are now in”.

Sixmilebridge: Frees For: 9 (5/4) Wides: 12 (6/6) Scores from Play: 0-13 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Alex Morey (0-11 6f 1’65) Own Puck-outs won: 19 from 26 (73%)

Whitegate: Frees For: 14 (6/8) Wides: 12 (9/3) Scores from Play: 0-06 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top Scorer: Andrew Fahey (1-3 1-3f) Own Puck-outs won: 20 from 31 (65%)

Davy Fitzgerald, Sixmilebridge coach: “I’m actually delighted. I don’t think we were under pressure to tell you the truth. They got a penalty at the end and they were pushing us but once we got up to two or three points, I felt that we were going to win the game. Whitegate battled very, very hard. They fought like tigers and threw the kitchen sink at us like we knew they would as when you’re playing the county champions, you’re going to come with everything. Have we a few things to work on?

We have a few but we’re in the quarter-final of the championship so we’re happy enough. We haven’t hit our best form yet but we’re going to fight like anything and we’re going to be hard to beat and we’re just looking forward to whomever we draw”.

Terence Fahy, Whitegate manager: “It’s very disapppinting. We’d two championship games in two weeks and we’ve lost both so it’s very deflating to be out at the first knock-out game. That said, we’d be immensely proud of the boys and what they’ve put into the preparation all trough the year. They’re a fantastic group of men and they represent their parish with great pride so it wasn’t a surprise to us to see them perform like that. We were in with a sliver of a chance throughout that match and it was never really out of reach at any stage, it’s just that they seemed to find their scores that bit easier I suppose. We were a bit affected by injuries and lads carrying injuries so it’s just a pity because we were there-or-thereabouts in that match despite all the expectations outside of our camp.”

BROADFORD: Frees For: 13 (6/7) Wides: 6 (4/2) Scores from Play: 0-06 Spread of Scorers: 5 Top scorer: Diarmuid Moloney (0-10, 9f) Own puck-outs won: 22 from 27 (81%) Jimmy Browne, Broadford manager: “Our performance in the first round wasn’t quite what it needed to be and that result got away from us so our focus for the last two weeks has been on ourselves, making ourselves stronger and our hurling better and making sure that in the last seven or eight minutes games don’t slip away from us. It worked to our advantage today but you would have to take your hats off to Clonlara. They kept working and put us under savage pressure. The character of that Broadford team is absolutely incredible and it was great to see it coming through in the end.

Being from Clonlara there would have been an extra layer from my point of view. I’d know a lot of those lads. I coached them at underage. I was involved with their senior team in ‘16 and ‘17.

I just knew that the battle was going to come and the quality of hurling that they are capable of producing we were going to have to be at our best today and it went down to a puck of the ball at the end of the day. Intermediate champions traditionally carry a bit of an underdog tag but the belief that this team are beginning to show in themselves, how they play their hurling and how much they want to play a particular type of hurling came through again today”.

O’Callaghans Mills 3-17 Crusheen 0-17 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis O’Callaghans Mills: Frees For: 11 (8/3) Wides: 11 (6/5) Scores from Play: 3-11 Spread of Scorers: 9 Top Scorer: Colin Crehan (0-07 4f) Own Puck-outs won: 18 from 21 (86%)

CRUSHEEN: Frees For: 15 (8/7) Wides: 4 (1/3) Scores from Play: 0-10 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Ross Hayes (0-07 7f) Own Puck-outs won: 23 from 31 (74%)

Donach O’Donnell, O’Callaghans Mills manager: “We had a lot of soul searching to do after the last day. Things we had been doing in training just didn’t come right on the day and we still got the win which was fortunate enough for us. We went back and looked at things and the way we were playing and we tidied up on a good number of things. There were a big of communications issues too as we weren’t all on the same page. Today we got it fairly right. The early goals helped and when you score goals like that it kicks the other team and its particularly good to get them early on”.

James Carrig, Crusheen manager: “They wanted it more, they turned up to play and they were stronger. They got the goals and goals win matches. We came back to level early on but they were dictating the game. We were a bit flat. They created the goal chances and took them. They have some good hurlers all around the field. They worked very hard and whoever draws them next time out will know that. They learned from their first round with Broadford. We were disappointed with our performance”.

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Results Senior championship (see pages 22-23) Intermediate championship Tulla 6-18 Killanena 2-13 Sixmilebridge 1-17 Clonlara 1-8 St. Josephs 1-19 Newmarket 1-1 Tubber 0-19 Inagh-Kilnamona 2-12 Scariff 3-20 Parteen 1-12 Bodyke 4-23 Clarecastle 1-12 Smith O’Briens 0-22 Ruan 0-16; Junior A championship Kilmaley 2-13 Ballyea 0-15 Clooney-Quin 3-17 St. Josephs 0-13 Crusheen 0-18 Ennistymon 1-13; Eire Og 1-17 Inagh-Kilnamona 1-14 O’Callaghans Mills 5-21 Broadford 2-20 (after extra time) Junior B championship Tulla 3-12 Sixmilebridge 1-10 Banner 3-20 Tubber 0-14 Whitegate 2-19 Clonlara 0-13 Corofin 0-14 Scariff 0-10

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Results Minor Division 1 Banner 2-12 Cooraclare 2-11 Shannon Gaels/Kilmihil/ Coolmeen/Kildysart 2.11 Clondegad 1-6 Ennistymon 1-12 Kilrush-Killimer 0-9 Corofin 7-18 Clooney-Quin 2-5 Minor Divisions 2-3 Parteen 6-8 Cratloe 1-8 St Josephs Miltown 6-10 Naomh Eoin/O’Curry’s/Kilkee 1-5 Doonbeg 7-10 Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-10 Lissycasey 3.17 Kilfenora/ Liscannor/Ml Cusack’s 2-7 Fixtures Coiste na nOg Peil Wed Aug 19th at 7p.m.

Tubridy’s Bar & Restaurant Doonbeg Minor Div 1 Banner V Doorabarefield. Chris Maguire at Coolmeen: Sh. Gaels/Kilmihil/Coolmeen/Kildysart V St Breckan’s. Barry Keating Kilrush-Killimer V Corofin. Barry Kelly Clooney-Quin V Ennistymon. 7.30pm Jim Hickey Tubridy’s Bar & Restaurant Minor Div 2-3 Cratloe V Wolfetones. Niall Quin Miltown V Kilmurry IB. Brian Shanahan at Pairc Eoin: Naomh Eoin/O’Curry’s/Kilkee V Doonbeg.

Michael Talty at Kilfenora: Kilfenora/Liscannor/Ml Cusack’s V Eire Og. Robert Harte 3 way Play off games will be played the same week.

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Clare & District Soccer League Results Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division Shannon Town A 1 Avenue Utd A 1 Sporting Ennistymon 0 Newmarket Celtic A 5 Bridge Utd A 5 Shannon Hibs A 2 T Sheils & Company First Division League Ennis Town 5 Hermitage A 1 Campion Insurance Second Division League Moher Celtic B 0 Coole FC 7 - Coole FC are promoted Jim Casey Trophies U17B League Quarter-Final Moher Celtic 1 Newmarket Celtic 2 FAI Youths Cup Semi-Final Bridge Utd 0 Douglas Hall 3 T Sheils & Company First Division League Avenue Utd B 2 Newmarket Celtic B 1 Jim Casey Trophies U17A League Semi-Finals Ennis Town 1 Shannon Town 0 Tulla Utd 2 Avenue Utd 1 Fixtures Martin Donnelly MyClubShop.ie Saturday 15th August 2020 Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup Round 3 McDonough Park: Newmarket Celtic A v Shannon Town A 6.30pm Michael Rock Roslevan: Avenue Utd B v Mountshannon Celtic 6.30pm Julian Sandford Sixmilebridge: Bridge Utd A v Shannon Hibs A 6.30pm Pa Gleeson Sunday 16th August 2020 Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup Round 3 Roslevan: Avenue Utd A v Shannon Town B 2.30pm Julian Sandford Cragg: Tulla Utd v Shannon Olympic 11am Trevor White Lees Road: Inch Crusaders v Manus Celtic A 1.30pm Sean Kenneally Note: In the event of a draw 10 mins e/w extra time and penalties if necessary Campion Insurance Second Division League Kilkishen: Kilkishen Celtic v Coole FC 11am Paudie Hayes Liscannor: Moher Celtic B v Bridge Utd B 3pm Museliu Bashua Monday 17th August 2020 CSGL Electrical Youths League A Division Sixmilebridge: Bridge Utd v Tulla Utd A 7pm Paudie Hayes Wednesday 19th August 2020 Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup Round 3 Sixmilebridge: Bridge Utd B v Connolly Celtic 6.45pm Mark Rellis Premier/First Division Promotion/Relegation Play-Off Frank Healy Park: Sporting Ennistymon or Shannon Hibs A v Moher Celtic A or Mountshannon Celtic 7pm Pa Gleeson (Referee), Sean Kenneally, Dylan Shannon

Thursday 20th August 2020 Michael O’Gorman Youths Cup Semi-Finals Cragg: Tulla Utd A v Shannon Town 6.45pm Paudie Hayes Roslevan: Avenue Utd v Bridge Utd 6.45pm Sean Kenneally CSGL Electrical Youths League B Division Title Play-Off Frank Healy Park: Ennis Town v Newmarket Celtic 7pm Julian Sandford (Referee), Pa Gleeson, Dylan Shannon

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Sat 15th August Senior Championship Shannon Camogie: Sixmilebridge v Inagh Kilnamona, 4.00pm Fr McNamara Park: Truagh Clonlara v Scariff Ogonnelloe, 5.00pm Clooney GAA: Newmarket on Fergus v Kilmaley, 6.30pm Cratloe GAA: Kilkishen/Bodyke v St Josephs, 6.30pm Intermediate Championship Eire Og GAA: Eire Og v Whitegate, 7.00pm Clooney Quin v Tulla Clarecastle/Ballyea v Feakle Killanena Sunday 16th Aug Junior A Championship Kilkishen/Bodyke v Ruan Broadford v Inagh Kilnamona Junior B Championship Whitegate v Clarecastle/Ballyea Scariff Ogonnelloe v Parteen Truagh Clonlar av Feakle Killanena Banner v Eire Og Wed 19th Aug Minor Championship Minor A Feakle Killanena v Clarecastle/Ballyea Scariff Ogonnelloe v Kilkishen/Bodyke Minor B Clooney Quin v Broadford/Parteen Ruan v Truagh Clonlara Kilmaley v Eire Og Newmarket on Fergus v Sixmilebridge Minor C Corofin v Banner Cratloe v Tulla

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Tubber & Doora/Barefield avoid big upsets SEAMUS HAYES INTERMEDIATE HURLING ROUNDUP

IT’S the view of many Clare GAA followers that the intermediate hurling championship is a particularly difficult competition to win.

When the draw for the 2020 competition was made, St Josephs Doora/Barefield, last year’s beaten finalists and Tubber were shortlisted by most for honours. Both have made it through to the last eight but they had to fight hard to get there Doora/Barefield needed a strong finish to get past Newmarket-on-Fergus at Sixmilebridge on Saturday. A point separated the teams at half time with Seanie McMahon St Josephs ahead, 0-9 to 1-5. Niall Enright was the Newmarket goalscorer. The Blues were still a point to the good midway through the second half with goalkeeper Paudie Guilfoyle pulling off three fine saves to keep the underdogs in contention.

St Josephs finished strongly and a Tom Hannan goal proved crucial in sending them on the way to a quarter final place while his twin brother Jack excelled in defence.

Tubber got a fright at Corofin on Saturday evening when they faced Inagh-Kilnamona. The North Claremen eventually got through by the minimum margin, 0-19 to 2-12 with Blaine Earley again emerging as their top scorer. Brian Foudy and Jamesy McConigley were the goalscorers for the Inagh-Kilnamona men Relegated from the top flight last year, Tulla took a step closer to a return to senior ranks when they qualified for the quarter finals with a comprehensive win over Killanena at Bodyke on Friday evening.

A blistering start which yielded three goals in the early minutes sent them on

their way to this victory on an evening when Niall Bolton top scored with 4-6 to his credit. Conor Murphy and Colm McInerney were the other goalscorers while inter county man David McInerney chipped in with three points.

Sixmilebridge justified favouritism when they secured their place in the last eight with a 1-17 to 1-8 victory over Clonlara. Midfielder Ciaran Hassett was the winner’s goalscorer while Clonlara’s goal came from the stick of Brian McLeish.

Four goals in the opening half sent Bodyke on their way to a comfortable victory over Clarecastle in a rather one sided tie at Tulla on Sunday afternoon. Three goals came inside the opening quarter for the winners who led 4-8 to 0-7 at the interval, Paddy Fitzgerald scored a hat trick of goals while Liam O’Donnell was the East Clare club’s other goalscorer.

The final score was 4-23 to 1-12 Bodyke’s neighbours Scariff also progressed to the last eight when they proved too strong for Parteen and, again, a strong start played a big part in the outcome.

They had three goals in the opening quarter with two coming from Mark Rodgers, one from a penalty. He had missed their opening round clash with Tulla. The winners’ other goalscorer was Conor Hayes on a day when they emerged with a 3-20 to 1-12 victory.

Smith O’Briens secured their quarter final spot when they proved too strong for Ruan at Shannon on Sunday evening where the final score was 0-22 to 0-16.

Tommy Reddan top scored for the Killaloe outfit for whom Patrick Ahern did well when he was introduced in the closing quarter, contributing two points while central defenders Cathal Stritch and Cian Nolan also did well.

Corofin’s meeting with Cratloe was postponed.

Tubber’s Lorcan O’Grady with Inagh Kilnamona’s John Keane

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Winning start for Kilmihil SEAMUS HAYES

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HE race for the Clare senior ladies football championship got underway on Monday evening when the title holders Kilmihil made a winning start to their campaign.

When the final whistle sounded the champions had three goals to spare over Doora-Barefield, winning by 4-8 to 1-8 at Gurteen.

Exchanges were even in the first quarter and at the first quarter break the sides were level at 1-2 each. From here on the winners got a grip on proceedings and once they got ahead, they held the advantage to the end.

Laura Egan scored two goals for the winners while the other goal scorers were Ellie O’Gorman and Emma O’Grady. Becky Mahon and Catriona Callinan were amongst the point scorers.

In the other first round senior game, West Clare Gaels emerged winners over Cuil Gaels at Coolmeen on a final scoreline of 3-15 to 3-7.

The sides were level at the end of the first quarter. Goalscorers for the winners were Fidelma Marrinan, Becky Madigan and Niamh Lardner in what was a good team performance. West Clare Gaels officials and supporters are keeping their fingers crossed that Caoimhe Harvey will have recovered from injury in time for their next outing Emma McMahon and Leanne Tubridy were goalscorers for Cuil Gaels

Fergus Rovers got their intermediate campaign off to a great start when they scored a hard earned two point win over Liscannor at the Moher pitch. Sarah Mullins scored both goals in Rovers’ 2-12 to 1-13 win over the home side while Rebecca Culligan kicked the majority of the winners’ points.

Kilmurry-Ibrickane put down a marker when they scored 7-14 on their way to a comfortable win over Eire Og whose tally on the evening was 3-9.

Miltown scored a big win over Doonbeg in their first round game which ended on a scoreline of 2-18 to 0-3.

Round 2 games in both senior and intermediate championships are scheduled for Monday evening next

Pressure hits fever pitch in race to seal knockout camogie place CHAMPIONSHIP survival is on the line for teams this weekend in the Clare senior camogie campaign.

Champions Scariff/Ogonnelloe put their titles on the line this Saturday. Following a four point defeat to Inagh/Kilnamona last weekend, the East Clare side must overcome Truagh/ Clonlara if they are to advance to the last four. After bringing in new management led by county boss Ger O’Connell, Truagh/Clonlara recorded an impressive 3-16 1-07 win over Sixmilebridge. Nothing but a successive win will suffice for them.

Having secured their place in the knockout stages, Inagh/ Kilnamona will be looking to continue their run of form. Amy Keating hit the net for the 2018 champions in their 1-10 0-09 victory against Scariff/Ogonnelloe. They face Sixmilebridge on Saturday, a team without a win in two games.

Kilkishen/Bodyke sprung a shock in snatching a 2-13 2-11 win over Newmarket-on-Fergus. They will be tipped to collect their second win when they meet St Josephs Doora/Barefield.

A win for Kilmaley against Newmarket-on-Fergus would not alone secure their top place in the group but would also more than likely send the Blues crashing out. Chloe Neylon has hit five goals in two games for Kimaley, she along with Niamh O’Dea and Claire McMahon will be pivotal figures.

Clooney/Quin’s bid to return to the senior ranks received another boost when they accounted for Éire Óg 3-14 1-14.

Elsewhere in intermediate, Feakle/Killanena’s strong run continued when they defeated neighbours Whitegate 0-22 1-13.

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Make or break in hunt for Jack Daly EOIN BRENNAN

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HILE Cratloe are self-isolating, their senior football championship rivals battle it out in Round 2 for coveted semi-final spots, three by means of the direct route and the remaining place emanating from the dreaded thunderdome that is the losers section, writes Eoin Brennan.

WINNERS GROUP Lissycasey v Kilmihil @ Captain Tubridy Memorial Park Kilrush, Saturday 1pm As implausible as it seems, this is the first ever senior championship meeting between these neighbours. It’s a lot to take in but in truth, their contrasting paths have meant there has only been a short window when they could have realistically locked horns.

After all, Lissycasey’s rise through the ranks from Junior in 1992 to senior by 1995 where they have been ever-present since, coincided with their neighbours’ decline and Kilmihil have only played eight of a possible 20 seasons at senior level since the turn of the millennium. Lissycasey meanwhile, following an initial county final joust with Doonbeg that went to a replay in 1998, played in back-to-back finals in 2006 and ’07, bouncing back from an initial defeat to Éire Óg before exacting revenge 12 months later for a historic breakthrough.

There were a few Senior B clashes, most famously in 2009 when then intermediate champions Kilmihil held their neighbours scoreless in a 2-9 to 0-0 semi-final victory on their way to the club’s first senior silverware since 1980.

Kilmihil’s third coming since intermediate glory in 2017 was followed by Senior B honours 12 months later. And having defied the odds of the culling of five teams in their first season back in the top tier, the major leap forward of a first quarter-final appearance in 21 years in 2019 provided a newfound confidence for the future. That optimism was quelled when only ten ten survivors from last year’s quarter-final were available for a opening bout against Clondegad. But what Kilmihil lacked in experience and numbers, they more than made up for in spirit and workrate, with a goal either side of half-time through Martin O’Leary and David Ryan central to a most economical shooting display. In all, eight shots at the posts yielded 2-5 and it was enough to dig out a minimum win.

Vying for that mantle of shock of the opening round were a battle-hardened Lissycasey who at one stage were temporarily reduced to just 13 players but

Keelan Sexton in action in Round 1. KIB v Eire Og is the pick of the weekend contests Photo by Gerry O’Neill

still managed to bring perennial contenders Cratloe all the way to extra-time before meriting a 2-09 to 0-13 win.

This is a major opportunity for both to reach the last four.

Top-scoring with 1-3 last time out, Aaron Griffin was electric for Lissycasey and they will require that level of threat once more if they are to reach a first semi-final since 2013. They do have the greater top level experience but will be pushed all the way by a Kilmihil side led by Martin O’Leary, who simply have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Verdict: Lissycasey Ennistymon v St Breckan’s @ Cusack Park, Saturday 5pm Another derby to savour as these North Clare rivals will both have realistic ambitions of making a major impact on this year’s race for the Jack Daly Cup. It’s only two years ago since their paths last converged and consequently diverged drastically.

In an eerily similar scenario to Saturday’s encounter, Ennistymon prevailed by 2-11 to 0-09 over St Breckan’s in the Round 2 Winners Group and it would be a decisive result in their respective development paths. A buoyant Ennistymon duly took the notable scalps of Éire Óg and defending champions Kilmurry Ibrickane to reach a first ever senior decider and while they failed to replicate that form in the decider against St Joseph’s Miltown, it was still a major step in the right direction.

St Breckan’s meanwhile never recovered from that derby defeat and after a sobering 27 point reverse to Éire Óg in Round 3, would also subsequently falter to Kilmihil and Lissycasey on the

way to intermediate level.

It would only be a temporary setback though as St Breckan’s bounded back to senior level at the first attempt last season and even sampled the heights of a Munster Intermediate decider.

Ennistymon and St Breckan’s have a golden opportunity to advance to a rare semi-final, that outside of that 2018 breakthrough was unheard of for Ennistymon while it’s five years since St Breckan’s reached that lofty position.

Despite Ennistymon’s added experience of a county final, the constant introduction of talent from their underage conveyor belt meant there were only nine survivors from that 2018 decider last time out.

St Breckan’s are also extremely youthful but have a bumper 2019 of experiences to fall back on along with winning the Intermediate crown, the Lisdoonvarna side also contested the provincial intermediate and County Under 21A and Minor B finals.

St Breckan’s have the momentum of a validating victory back at senior level but Ennistymon are more battlehardened and following successive championship wins over their neighbours in 2014, ’16 and ’18, appear to have the indian sign. The average winning margin in those ties was nine points but there won’t be more than a kick of a ball between the North Clare rivals this time.

Verdict: Ennistymon Éire Óg v Kilmurry Ibrickane @ Cooraclare, Sunday 2pm Éire Óg’s trip down memory lane this year continues as after reliving their once great rivalry with Kilrush Shamrocks last time out, they now face an even

more recent foe that have shown remarkable powers of rejuvenation to remain at the top. Éire Óg, outside of a 2014 final defeat to Cratloe, have underachieved on their promise and have yet to return to a semi-final since. All that despite soaring to four Under 21A crowns in six seasons whereas in contrast Kilmurry Ibrickane certainly made the most of their Under 21 dominance with a fivein-a-row between 2003-07.

Reclaiming their seventh senior crown in 2008, the Bricks have managed to add five more titles while also being embroiled in the county final series with neighbours St Joseph’s Miltown last October.

The heightening of this matchup came with an intensive duel in four of five seasons between 2013 and 2017, with the spoils being shared evenly in that time.

After back-to-back triumphs in 2011 and ’12, Kilmurry Ibrickane’s influence appeared on the wane when downed by the Townies in the 2013 quarter-final and 2014 semis and falling to Ennistymon the following year in Round 3.

However, appearances were indeed deceiving as the Bricks regrouped with the next two crowns.

Kilmurry Ibrickane will be installed as favourites from the winners pack. In defeating Miltown Malbay, their vast experience of Martin McMahon, Michael O’Dwyer, Enda Coughlan, Shane and Darren Hickey, Michael Hogan and Keelan Sexton were complimented by big displays from Aidan McCarthy, Daniel Walsh and Dermot Coughlan. They did get the toughest draw possible in Éire Óg who were also hugely impressively in outscoring the Shams by 2-11 to 0-02 for the final 35 minutes, backed by 1-9 for Gavin Cooney.

However, knowing the make-up of the Bricks, they will only relish such a heavyweight contest as there will be no possibility of complacency against the Townies. Éire Óg’s midfield pairing of Ciaran Russell and Darren O’Neill were unstoppable against Kilrush but Aidan McCarthy is growing in stature with every senior outing and could be joined by the return of Keith King which would certainly even up the physical stakes.

It’s already the tie of the round on paper and hopefully it will live up to that heightened billing as this is do-or-die, a format that Kilmurry Ibrickane thrive on.

Verdict: Kilmurry Ibrickane LOSERS GROUP St Joseph’s Miltown v Doonbeg @ Cooraclare, Saturday 6.30pm St Joseph’s Miltown have already accomplished so much in the last five years, not only ending their 25 year wait for Jack Daly’s return in 2015 but adding two more in 2018 and ’19 as they retained the senior title for the first time in 113 years and even

bridged a 70 year gap to their last Championship and Cusack Cup double in 2019. The club have never achieved a three-in-a-row though, in fact no club in the county has since Kilrush’s drive for five between 1975-79. That’s 41 years ago though so in order to establish themselves as undisputedly Miltown’s greatest team, they will have to do the hard way.

The Magpies of course have had the luxury of two three-ina-rows in their storied Roll of Honour (1967-69 and 1972-74 under the immense stewardship of the late John O’Gorman for whom the O’Gorman Cup is named after). However, that’s firmly in the rearview mirror now as Doonbeg are currently in transition.

The Magpies still have six of the 2010 county winning team in their ranks, most notably county senior David Tubridy. And in truth, they still depend largely on that sextet to lead their charge that brought them all the way to the last four in 2019. And while Doonbeg will inevitably battle, it’s all about what the champions possess in their character locker as having suffered their first championship defeat in 13 matches, one would expect a determined backlash on the first step to redemption.

Verdict: St Joseph’s Miltown Kilrush Shamrocks v Cooraclare @ Shanahan McNamara Park Doonbeg, Sunday 12pm It’s a celebrated derby that may have lost in shine but is still essential to Kilrush and Cooraclare just to stay afloat in this year’s championship race. With only one final appearance each since the Millennium, the glory days of Cooraclare’s last title in ‘97 and the Roll of Honour leaders Kilrush’s dominance of the 70s and 80s has long past but there are shoots of optimism in both camps after recent underage successes.

Traditionally, Kilrush invariably had the edge in this derby but in their last two championship meetings in 2013 (0-11 to 0-08) and 2010 (1-9 to 0-9), it was Cooraclare that held the upper hand.

That will mean very little to the current crop as Cooraclare only started with seven of their 2015 finalists two weeks ago headed up by Jack Morrissey and Pearse Lillis while Kilrush also possessed a mere six members of the 20 that played in the 2018 Intermediate decider against Kildysart.

Cooraclare inflcted a double defeat on their neighbours in 2019 at both Under 21 and Minor so going on all know form and recent history, the Milesians will be favourites to bounce back to winning ways and be amongst the last six of this year’s senior championship, albeit that the winner still has a tricky play-off passage to neogitate before getting fully back on track.

First things first through as derby bragging rights are on offer to boost morale.

Verdict: Cooraclare

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What nickname has rugby star 1given?

Keith Wood affectionately been Uncle Fester, Slappy, Cueball

2Name Edna O’Brien’s first novel The Country Girls, Girl with Green Eyes, Girls in their Married Bliss

For how many years did Aoibhin 3 Garrihy play Neasa Dillon in Fair City?

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We all know him as a proud Clare 4 man, but where was Marty Morrissey born?

Which of Russell Crowe’s 5 ancestors came from Co Clare?

Great grandparents, grandparents, great great grandparents

l IRISH ROOTS: Nicole Kidman’s grandmother came from Clare

l PROUD: We all know him as a proud Clare man, but where was Marty Morrissey born?

banknote was Daniel 8What O’Connell on? £20, £10 or £50

year was Sharon Shannon year did Ger Loughnane 6What born?

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6. 1968 7. 1 8. £20 9. 1970 10. 2009

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Nicole Kidman’s grandmother Ali came to visit 7 came from Clare. How many Os10Muhammad Ennis in what year? cars has Nicole won?

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

The answers will be revealed in next weeks edition.

ANSWERS 1. Uncle Fester 2. The Country Girls 3. 5 4. Mallow, Co Cork 5. Great grandparents

Mallow, Co Cork, Nenagh, Co Tipperary or Killarney, Co Kerry

Last weeks Answers . Black in birdseye missing . Logo on womans top (front) missing . Blue Zip on womans top (front) missing . Womans zip missing (left) . Womans facemask different colour

. Birds claws different colour . Ailwee sign different (W swapped with E)

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