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Sexual assault arrests in Clare hit record high CLARE has seen its largest number of arrests for sexual assault on record. Data from An Garda Síochána shows that 15 arrests have been made in the first half of 2022, the largest number for a six-month period in the 10 years of arrest logs released.Eric Nelligan, Mid-West representative for Aontú, said: "The huge jump in sexual assaults and aggravated sexual assaults is very concerning for the people of Clare, in many instance parents are scared stiff when their child goes on a night out and isn’t at home at the expected time. “Also, I was very concerned that Clare ranks fourth on the 2022 list for the number of as saults, only Waterford, Laois/Offaly and Lim erick had a higher arrest rate across all nation wide Garda Divisions and Regions, per head of population, Clare is actually the worst in the country". l Jack Lynch and John Arkins reminisce about their footballing days during an in-depth interview with The Clare Echo. Full story on p31 Photo by Joe Buckley editor@clareecho.ieHOLLYSTUART
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lFAREWELL: A large gathering of people came together on Monday night in SS John & Paul Church Shannon for a Mass of Thanksgiving on the Feast of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Fr Francis Xavier, the first Indian priest to serve in Shannon. Fr Francis came to Shannon on December 1st 2017 and for the past four and a half years endeared himself to the people of Shannon and the Tradaree Pastoral Area. Next week he will take up a new appointment as Parish Priest of Toomevara, Co Tipperary. After the mass, the gathering moved to Wolfe Tones GAA clubhouse where a presentation was made to Fr Francis. Pictured are Canon Brendan O Donoghue, Frs Joy, Anthony, Francis Xavier, Fionnuala Riordan, Frs Tom Ryan, Rexon and James Photo by Joe Buckley
ATOTAL of €481,486 has been awarded to 10 projects in the county under the latest round of allocations from the CLÁR programme to help develop lo cal facilities and amenities in rural areas. Eight of the successful Clare appli cants have received the maximum grant of €50,000.Theyinclude, Kilkeedy Community Play ground (€50,000), Scoil Mhuire Lahinch (€50,000) for a car park enhancement proj ect, Kilfenora National School (€50,000) for provision of multi-use games area with fenc ing and an access gate for use by the whole community, Kilmaley Meitheal (€50,000) for the development of a community walk way, Lissycasey GAA (€50,000) for a run ningKilmihiltrack. People’s Park (€50,000) for pro vision of a public walkway around the as tro-turf, Tulla GAA Club (€50,000) for surfacing of the car park including drain age, lining and lighting at Dr Daly Park and Crusheen Sports Arena and Commu nity Hub (€50,000) for a Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA)/Astro turf. Other successful projects in Clare were Kilkee Playground (€45,176) for the enhancement of their existing facilities and Scariff Rugby Club (€35,753) for safety works to their car park. The CLÁR (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachta nais) programme is funded by the Depart ment of Rural and Community Develop ment and forms part of the Government’s five-year policy for rural Ireland, ‘Our Rural Future’.Measure 1 of the CLÁR programme pro vides funding for the enhancement of exist ing, and/or the development of new, accessi ble community recreation facilities.
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firmed that agents had taken the pass ports during the search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8. The US Justice Department has since confirmed that Mr Trump's pass ports have been returned to him. Barack Obama’s distant Offaly cousin, Henry Healy had said he wouldn’t meet Donald Trump on an Irish visit if he was asked to. “I wouldn’t be hungry and I don’t play golf,” he stated. “He is a former President of the United States and so he should be afforded the dignity, courtesy, and respect that that office deserves”. Trump’s €40m Doonbeg resort has been touted as to host the controversial LIV Golf International Series in 2024.
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EX US President, Donald Trump is not going to visit his West Clare hotel later this month. Clean-ups had commenced across Doonbeg in anticipation of an arrival from the 76 year old but his plans for a two-day visit to West Clare be tween August 25th and August 30th have been shelved. A spokesperson for Trump Interna tional Golf Links and Hotel confirmed this week, “The visit is not going ahead”. No alternative plans have been made for a future visit, the 45th President of the United States of America has not been in Co Clare since 2019. Cancellation of his planned visit means the mooted €1m Garda security bill which would have been footed by the taxpay er, will not be incurred. Question marks had initial ly been raised over the visit when Shan non Airport had not received notification that his private jet’s arrival when plans for the trip emerged at the end of July. Further doubts came to light when passports belonging to the New York City businessman were seized by FBI during a search of hispropertyMar-a-LagoinFlorida.Heclaimedagents“stolemythreepassports,alongwitheverythingelse”.TheFBIcon
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AN 87 year old Ennistymon native was stabbed to death while travelling on his mobility scooter in London, writes Páraic McMahon. Metropolitan Police in West London have said a “shocking act” of “unprovoked violence” saw Thomas O’Halloran killed in Greenford on Tues day. He was declared dead at the scene when met officers and paramedics were called to Cayton Rd to reports of a stabbing shortly after 4pm. Thomas busked outside Greenford Station and was known to be raising money for war-torn Ukraine. It is understood that Thomas was at tacked while on his way to busk. The grand-father used to play his accordion outside the station. Known affectionately as ‘Uncle Tom’ by his neigh bours, Tom lived in Greenford since the 1970s. Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson said: “We are appealing to anybody with dashcam or cycle-helmet footage that might have captured this incident to get into contact with us. We believe that Mr O’Halloran was stabbed in Western Avenue shortly before 4pm yesterday, Tuesday 16 August, before managing to travel 75 yards or so on his mobility scooter to Runnymede Gardens where he flagged down a member of pub lic for help.”
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ALMOST 800 PAIRS of textiled baby boots will be displayed at the Courthouse Gallery Ennistymon as part of a nationwide series of cultural exhibitions for National Heritage Week, writes Páraic McMahon. Since April, local lace and crochet worker Mary Brosnan has been hard at work, she has been assem bled pairs of baby boots in an attempt to gather 796 pairs, to honour the babies of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, where excavations are set to commence in AsSeptember.anoffering of acknowledgment and solidarity with these babies and their respective families, Mary conceived a community art project titled, Closely Knit.With the number of Mother and Baby Home burial sites rising over the past few years, and in creasingly resurfaced into public awareness, she has felt called to coordinate a project to recognise the loss all of the mothers have endured and the collec tive pain we hold for them in our psyches. Through word of mouth and social media, she made a call out to people across the island to con tribute pairs of baby boots. The boots are stitched in various mediums, some knitted, some crocheted and some felted. “ I have chosen the form of the Celtic Triskele as a way of showcasing the boots, to represent many of the triads that are a part of our indigenous culture: past, present and future; father, mother and child, birth, death and rebirth, for example. Although these babies’ lives were brief, it is important that they are acknowledged,” Mary explained. She added, “I want to extend deep gratitude to ev ery pair of hands that made a pair of boots".
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Ballyalla incident claims life of Samir AMAN “who brought joy ev erywhere he went” died in a drowning inci dent at Ballyalla Lake. On Saturday, Samir Kaul (49) died after diving into the water from the Old Pier at Ballyalla Lake. He did not re surface prompting a reaction from young man nearby who jumped in and brought him ashore.Vigorous efforts were made to resuscitate him and lasted until ambulance paramedics arrived to the popular amen ity on the outskirts of Ennis. Samir was pronounced dead at the scene and removed to University Hospital Limerick for a “Gardaípost-mortem.attended the scene of an incident on Saturday af ternoon at Ballyalla Lake, Bal lyalla, Ennis where a man had dived into the water from the Old Pier. Gardaí and persons at scene assisted the man and he was taken from the water, and the R115 brought him to the National Ambulance Service where he was pro nounced deceased. The body of the man (late 40s) was taken to the mortuary in University Hospital Limerick. A file will be prepared for the Coroners Court,” a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána confirmed to The Clare Echo As well as the Gardaí, the local lifeguard, the National Ambulance Service and Irish Coast Guard were all alerted. It is believed that Samir hit his head when diving into the pier. The Indian native was due to celebrate his 50th birth day in October, he had lived on the Kilrush Rd in Ennis for a number of years and was a member of the Foundation Ministries Ireland church. Reverend Albert Chinwe Obadeyi of Foundation Min istries Ireland in Ennis spoke of the sadness and shock within the community. He de scribed Samir as a “lovely man who brought joy everywhere heHewent”.added, “We never ex pected such a tragedy. It has caught us all by surprise”. “Samir attended our ser vices regularly and he was a lovely man. Everyone enjoyed his presence. After church when we would play music Samir was always up dancing. "He brought joy everywhere he went. He was a joy to be with and had a peaceful pres ence about him. He’d do his best to help in any way. He was well known and very pop ular. We will do all we can to help and support his family,” Rev Albert added.
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A CLARE Senator is calling for water safe ty training to be made compulsory in Irish schools. writes Páraic McMahon. Senator Martin Conway (FG) referenced the numerous incidents which occurred on lakes, rivers and seas across Ireland “partic ularly during the recent hot spells of weath er” and offered his condolences to the fami lies and friends left bereaved as a result. Teaching of a water safety module needs to become compulsory, he maintained. “The hot weather means increasing numbers of people are visiting outdoor recreational ar eas, taking to the sea and people are right to enjoy"However,it. I believe that it is time to in troduce a compulsory water safety module into our education curriculum. Young peo ple need to have knowledge on swimming safely, the open water and to understand the perils that are involved”. Similar calls were voiced by Patrick Keane of Whitewater Surf Company when speak ing to The Clare Echo following multiple rescues in Spanish Point and West Clare due the presence of a rip current. Greater understanding of the dangers with the water is required, Senator Conway said. “There needs to be a general knowledge on the dangers of currents and understand ing of water language and terminology such as rip currents, undertows, high tides and rip tides. There needs to be a greater under standing of the tide cycle and respect among young people for the water in general. “We are an island nation and many people live near the sea and most of our population are only a short drive from swimming areas”. He added, “Unlike other countries we are not blessed with long spells of continuous sunny weather, so when we do have spells like this, people rightly want to take advan tage of it. However it is critical not to let ones guard down and take any chances”.
members of the late Patrick Nugent have issued a plea for an inde pendent investiga tion to be carried out into the mysterious circumstanc es surrounding his death. In March, The Clare Echo reported that the Nugent family were seeking a full public inquiry or an inves tigation by the body outside of An Garda Síochána into the unexplained death. Now, they have confirmed they will not be engaging with a cold case team who are re-examining Pat’s death. While working as a ban queting manager at Bunrat ty Castle, Patrick was found dead in the Folk Park near the popular tourist attrac tion on 11th February 1984. The late William Ryan, a long-time chef at Shannon Airport who was celebrat ing his wedding anniversary that night, was charged with Mr Nugent’s manslaughter but was acquitted in 1985. Mr Ryan gave three different statements to Gardaí about what happened on the night. An inquiry into the Gar da actions on the night and subsequent investigation was completed and criti cised in an unpublished re port by retired Judge Patrick Clyne, he completed the in quiry on October 31st 2020 and this was given to the Department of Justice on November 3rd 2020. Garda Commission, Drew Harris admitted to The Clare Echo in October of last year that in the intervening eleven months he had not been briefed on the 111 page re port.In February, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee (FG) told Mr Nugent’s family that Commissioner Harris had ordered a fresh investigation into certain matters raised by Judge Clyne. The report was not published by the Minister as she said it might potentially prejudice the new Garda investigation. Deirdre Nugent, a sisterin-law of Pat’s said they do not want to see “guards in vestigating guards” while renewing their call for an investigation by an external body. They flagged several issues with Minister McEn tee and Commissioner Har ris regarding the cold case investigation and its inde pendence, “You are going back to guards investigating guards again and we weren’t happy about that. This cold case investi gation has commenced in recent weeks despite the Nugent family raising their concerns. “We said that we either want a public enqui ry, similar to what they did with Maurice McCabe, or we want there to be a com mission of investigation so that people have to answer questions. It would mean that we would be repre sented and that we can look for answers and failing that we want an outside agency, someone from the UK or France or Spain or anywhere other than Ireland”. She stated, “Ireland is just a village and with the guards, their children tend to go into the guards, or nieces or nephews or their grandkids. As guards are stationed all around the country at different times I would nearly say that there isn’t a guard that doesn’t know somebody who knows a guard in another station. Our concern is that we want Pat’s death investigated but we don’t see how that can be done independently by the Cold Case team.” At the time of his death Pat, from Sixmilebridge, was working at an event to celebrate the 40th wedding anniversary of Bunratty head chef William Ryan. The party was breaking up at around 4am on February 10 when kitchen staff heard moans and rushed to find the 23-year-old lying on the ground.William Ryan was sub sequently accused of man slaughter, dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident. However, the man slaughter charge was subse quently withdrawn and he was acquitted of the other charges. Mr Ryan, who is now deceased, told a coro ner’s inquest into Mr Nu gent’s death that if there was forensic evidence his car hit Mr Nugent, he would accept it. Ryan denied he had any thing to do with the death. Two off-duty gardaí were at the party when Mr Nu gent suffered his fatal in juries. Judge Clyne also examined internal Garda disciplinary inquiries in the years afterwards.
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Farmers appear to be his biggest base, Treacy admitted. 46 is the av erage age of persons to express an interest with a 21 one year old male also making contact while a 72 year old Clare farmer with 45 acres of land also made inquiries to the East Clare man, he said. While men are charged €170, there is no cost for women to sign up. “You would be surprised how many lonely people are out there who have money to spend on this this type of thing the age range was from 21 to 72,” he remarked. Defending the prices, he told The Clare Echo, “In America people buy coffee for $6 and all that does is make them need to go for a wee. From the service I have, you could get a family from it”. He added, “There are plen ty of other dating sites out there for Ukrainians such as Elenasmodels. com and Army-of-Brides.com and Loveme.com and they are successful and they are charging a lot more than I am and they have been around for years. If you get one postal address introduction from a woman in Rus sian or Eastern Europe it will cost you over $400 to get their postal ad dress. Whereas I am giving multiple introductions for a quarter of that price”.Having used the monthly Catholic newspaper Alive when advertising trips to Jerusalem when he worked with Joe Walsh Tours, James believed it would be worthwhile to hit the same demographic when advertising his dating agency. “I’ve seen dating agencies advertise in it before. I’ve seen dating things before in the pa per”.When he was a user of the website, A Foreign Affair, James said he met “a lovely Russian doctor” in Saint Petersburg, “She was going to come to live with me in Ireland but she got a great job in Russia”. This plus the health of her elderly mother were cited by James as reasons for the rela tionship not progressing. “I would be calling myself the East Clare matchmaker, I’m Ire land’s newest matchmaker,” he com mented. Plans are at an early stage, while his 82 year old mother Bridie is hopeful her son will himself find a wife, James remarked that being cupid does not mean he himself has to be a successful swooner. “I’m only the organiser, my mother is expect ing me to find a wife but sometimes a roofing contractor has a bad roof on their own house or a cobbler has bad shoes but I’m hoping I’ll find a match myself”. by PÁRAIC McMAHON l TreacyJames
SCARIFF’s James Treacy is creating a dating agency as he bids to divert from plan ning pilgrimages to making Thursdaymarriages.ofthis week was sup posed to be the departure date for a tour led by James where a group of forty men were to travel to Ukraine where they hoped to find a wife, the tour was scrapped following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I got a huge response from all over Ireland and I could have got a bigger response if there wasn’t a war in Ukraine which wasn’t my Accordingfault”.to James, 100 men ex pressed an interest in the dating tour and he is confident a large cohort of these will sign up to his new dating agency. “The tour to Ukraine was supposed to be a dating but the war broke out and then the Ukrainian women came to Ireland so I thought we could tap into that. James said that a Ukrainian wom an in her fifties now living in Dublin is among the early clientele for his agency, having heard James speak on national radio. “She wants to find a farmer down the country, she has been living in Ireland for a while”. Initial demand has been positive, he stated. “The demand has been good, it is €170 for men to join it. It was $4,000 to go on the trip to Ukraine for ten days but you would have had to come back again if you met someone you liked”.
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THE bill to Swiss pharma giant, Roche in decommissioning and demolishing its Co Clare plant has totalled €23.3 million over the last two years. New accounts show that Roche Ireland Ltd last year recorded losses of €24.17m as its bill concerning its decision to exit manu facturing here continued to mount. The loss of €24.17 million last year followed losses of €34.55 million in 2020. The plant was once one of the most presti gious places of employment in the Midwest and the Swiss-owned pharma giant an nounced its decision in 2016 to shut down its Clarecastle plant with the loss of 240 jobs. After the firm failed to secure a buyer for the pharma site, it set about decommission ing the site and demolishing its fine chem ical manufacturing plant "to a brown field status". In line with the plant’s closure plan, the company ceased all manufacturing in 2019 and completed all sales of product by January 2020. The €16.8 million decommissioning and demolition bill last year follows a €6.5 mil lion cost under that heading in 2020. The company recorded zero revenues last year compared to €5.8 million in 2020. In addition to the decommissioning and demolition costs, the firm last year spent an additional €4.29 million on environmental costs.This follows a spend of €4.82 million un der that heading in 2020. The directors state that in March 2020, the company proceeded with its planned redundancy programme and with 100 per cent of the workforce de parted since May of last year. The directors state that it is continuing with its plan to decommission and demolish its assets and has successfully transitioned from a manufacturer to a construction site commencing the decontamination and demolition works in 2020 that will continue until 2026 - one year later than what was an ticipated last year. Directors’ pay last year increased from €414,000 to €786,000. At the end of last December, Roche Ire land had shareholder funds of €2.4 million. The Roche Group, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is active in over 150 coun tries and employs more than 88,000 people worldwide.Government TD and Clarecastle resident, Deputy Joe Carey (FG) said, "It certainly is hard to get used to not seeing the dominant Roche Ireland buildings which had been there for 45 years”. He added, "The multi million euro reme diation works currently underway will en sure the site can attract alternative employ ment for future generations”. The site has been identified as a key com ponent of Clare County Council’s Ennis 2040 spatial strategy which was launched by An Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar last year. Deputy Carey said, "It’s critical that the IDA togeth er with the Ennis 2040 Team and all other Government agencies aggressively market the site to achieve the objective of unlocking the site’s undoubted potential to become a major place of employment once again”.
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SOARING costs of car rentals has been blamed for Clare’s tourist trade falling below pre-pandem ic Rapidlylevels. rising car hire costs have become a big problem in recent times for the Irish tourism industry as vehicle leasing companies sold off their fleets during the pandemic and now can’t source enough cars to meet demand. The average price of renting a car has tripled in the last year. To rent a vehicle at Shannon Airport from Hertz car rent al’s intermediate range for 10 days now costs €2,419.13. This hits Clare badly as much of the county’s tourism in recent years has come from those driving the Wild Atlantic Way, a route which in 2019 attracted 3.4 million overseas visitors. “The car hire is a big [issue]. We’re so used to, for example, young American couples driving the Wild Atlantic Way, who would be great customers of ours, and unfortunately maybe they’re making the decision to take the detour bus from Dublin and see the Cliffs of Moher and then get back on the bus and go back to Dublin because it’s a cheaper alternative. Obviously, we want people to spend a night in Clare, we want people to spend time in Clare and see lots of the hidden gems we have, and small businesses can benefit from that” said Caitriona Con sidine, owner of Moher Cottage, a gift shop in MartinLiscannor.Canavan of Moher Hill Open Farm and Leisure Centre told The Clare Echo, “International tourism is a part of our business here being close to the cliffs and [a reduction] is noticeable. I think it is [because of] the high cost of the car rentals, and the cost of the accommo dation has got dearer but sure that was inevitable with the cost of everything else going up. On pre-pandemic levels, to that stage, it could be back 25%”. He believed Clare County Council could be doing more to assist the tourism industry. “Government action is needed on a council level all along the west coast, it’s completely wrong that we’re based on a 12 month rate for valuation, us, the ho tels, everything all over north and west Clare. It’s ok if you’re in Dublin and have footfall for 12 months of the year, here you only have three months”.
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OPERATING profits at the consortium which oper ates the €800m Limerick tolled tunnel last year more than doubled to €16.44 million. New accounts show that DirectRoute (Limerick) Ltd last year enjoyed the operating profit surge as revenues soared by 38 per cent from €22.55 million to €31.06 million. A large contributor to the surge in revenues was Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) making ‘operating payments’ of €8.77 million to Di rectRoute Limerick last year. The €8.77 million is a nine fold increase on the €975,965 paid out under that heading by TII to the consortium in 2020. As the national road network recovered traffic vol umes from the early pandemic hit 2020, the compa ny’s toll income last year increased by 15.45 per cent from €11.96 million to €13.8 million. The DirectRoute firm also received ‘traffic guar antee’ payments of €8.4 million from TII making up the overall revenue total of €31.06 million. The traffic guarantee payments are made when daily traffic vol umes don’t exceed 23,000 and they were put in place at the outset of the project in order to attract consor tia to bid to build the scheme.
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CELLNET OFFERING A SOLUTION TO THE CUSTOMER. We recently reported how Cellnet provid ed a broadband solution to a customer who works from home in a new development in Ennis. Some homeowners need a solution where the aerial is outside and Cellnet offer a mobile repeater solution, which helps am plify the mobile broadband to enable people can work from home, along with Wifi solu tions to reduce blackspots in your home.
3. A-rated barriers A-rated specifications in newbuilds where insulation is prioritised can create an un wanted side-effect to your Wifi signal. Insu lation is now often lined with foil and this reflects Wifi signal. This - along with the reinforced barriers of triple-glazed win dows, concrete floors and ceilings – makes it more difficult for the signal to travel. An thony from Ennis-based company Cellnet explains, “With the 5G, it doesn’t penetrate well through walls. When we had phones originally it could penetrate through ev erything because the wave was quite flat; as we’ve gone up the wave has become nar rower. At the same time, we’ve put extra thickness on our walls, we use triple glazing, we’ve put foil insulation on the walls, so that barrier is Recentlyblocked.”carriers such as 3 and Vodafone have announced they’re switching off 3G and moving over to 4G which means the barrier is going to get stronger and broad band suppliers are noticing customers los ing coverage where they previously had strong“Whensignal.new houses go in, they’re not connected to the [fibre] cable so you have no broadband and no coverage, and where they might have hotspot on their phone they can’t get it because of the thickness of the walls and it’s causing problems.”
WHEN moving into a home, the first con cern for many new homeowners is broad band connectivity – however the infrastruc ture necessary to ensure high-speed internet can sometimes be overlooked. The Challenges of Rural Internet According to CSO 8% of households in Ireland don’t have Internet connection. Out of the 92% that have, fixed connection is the most common (85%) in comparison to mo bile broaband (42%). High-speed rural internet can increase incomes and reduce unemployment. Access to proper broadband connectivity became even more important since the lockdowns when many organisations allowed their em ployees to work from home. We learnt we can work from home while still being pro ductive. But not without access to Internet.
2. Modem placement The pre-determined connection point in your home or newbuild to your modem can sometimes cause further issues. This may in some cases be due to developer specifi cations.
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POOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS A MAIN REASON BEHIND THE SLOW INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
LEAP OF FAITH: Aidan O'Connell takes second for the St Francis Credit Union Clare team in the The Community Games National Athletic finals on Saturday in Carlow SETU Campus. St Francis Credit Union had 92 children representing them at the games. The event was livestreamed to an audience of over 30,000 on both Facebook and YouTube. 2,000 children, along with their families and supporters, totalling over 4,000, travelled from all over Ireland. A total of 38 medals were brought back to Clare at the end of the day, with athletes coming first in four events (2 individual and 2 relays), second in seven (six individual and one relay), third in six, (five individual and one relay) and five individuals in fourth place.
RESEARCH REVEALS POOR BROAD BAND IS A PROBLEM Recent Consumer research on public at titudes to broadband services in Ireland found that dissatisfaction with broadband services is widespread across Ireland. Key findings of the research include: 58% of broadband users nationally are not satis fied with current broadband services; 42% of all users would be prepared to switch pro vider to get high-speed broadband; Across all users, emailing, banking online, social media, online shopping, video streaming and Netflix are the activities most use broad band for. If you are affected by slow internet speeds or would like to know more, contact Cellnet on 065 670 3300 or email info@cellnet.ie. internet
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1. FTTC distance If you’re lucky and there is Fibre broad band available, it’s usually “fibre to the cab inet” or FTTC. The fibre optic cables flow to a street cabinet and often copper wires connect the cabinet to a user’s properties or business premises. If the property or busi ness premise is far away from the street cab inet, the internet connection would be slow.
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Ruan brings out the sunshine by PÁRAIC McMAHON lGREAT CROWD: Children and coaches take a break from activities at the summer camp
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Ruan GAA and Camogie Club held a very suc cessful Summer Camp which saw 102 boys and girls enjoy a great week of hurling and camogie from Mon day to Thursday of last week. Run from 10am to 2pm daily, the camp saw children divided into groups from U6 to U13. The children were taught skills and took part in many hurling drills each morning while in the afternoons the boys and girls were involved in leagues. The camp concluded with each child being presented with a certificate of par ticipation from Head Coach Seán Cullinan. The children were re warded with an Ice Cream party on their final day and went home with treat bags. Clare Senior hurler Paul Flanagan was a special guest while his Clare team mate and Ruan intermediate hurler Robin Mounsey was a coach at the camp. Local camogie player Rebecca Crowe and her Clare team mates who won the Munster Champi onship were special guests at the camp. Rebecca was joined by Kate O’Gorman, Niamh Mulqueen, Sinéad Hogg, Muireann Scanlon, Ciara Grogan and Caoimhe Car mody. Head coach Cullinan was ably assisted by a coaching team of Paul Howard, Barry Heagney, Shane O’Loughlin, Robin Moun sey, Shane Punch, Alan McDon nell, Gerry Fox, Louise McDon nell, Lorna Crowe, Eve O’Connor, Rebecca O'Donoghue, Sinéad Hastings and Neasa Ní Leachtain.
COUNTY Clare has been “tarnished” by the absence of toilet facilities on the M18, writes Páraic McMahon Former Mayor of Clare, Cllr PJ Ryan (IND) appealed to Clare County Coun cil to request the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan (GP) and Transport Infra structure Ireland (TII) to “provide toilets and parking facilities on the N18/M18 in the Clare Speakingsection”.atarecent meeting of the local authority, Cllr Ryan said “quite a lot of vehicles are pulling up and drivers are using the side of the road as a toilet”. He stated, “making a public toilet out of the M18 is a disgrace, they are passing through three counties and there are no toilet facilities” and added, “it is tarnish ing our county”. He was also adamant of the need to offer parking facilities for commercial vehicles and buses along the motorway. “Lorries are parked all around the tourist area in Bunratty and we cannot tolerate this. Shannon Airport is an industrial area, there are quite a lot of lorries com ing in late at night”. Cratloe’s Ryan re called that an area adjacent to the Inn at Dromoland was mooted to provide park ing and toilet facilities by the motorway but nothing materialised. Ryan’s successor as the county’s first citizen, Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) con firmed that TII would be contacted.
ANEW booklet has been launched by Spanish Point Golf Club as a commemoration of the club’s 125th anniversa ry.Assembled by club secretary Noel Connellan the 26-page publica tion celebrates the Miltown Malbay course’s past and present, explor ing the long road the golfing asso ciation has taken from its humble beginnings on the grounds of the Atlantic hotel in 1896 to the present day where the course has become a prominent fixture of the West Clare town.“[We thought] a publication would be an appropriate recogni tion of the [the anniversary] and so it was decided to put together and publish, not exactly a book about the club, but what we have called a commemoration."Itisashortdocument and does not pretend to be a comprehensive history. Instead, it tries to give a fla vour of the club in its 125th year and what it has meant to different people and parts of the community,” said Noel.Inside he says readers will find “a record of our achievements in club competitions, references to promi nent people both golfers and others who were members of the club, a list of hole-in-one achievers and details of a small selection of committees.” “You will also find reference to notable life members, those who are critical to the operation of the club and it being kept in good condition, our ladies, our junior members, and the golf club members relaxing in the clubhouse” he added. The booklet also contains a roll of honour of club presidents and cap tains, historical photography and details of the course’s development throughout the years. “As the booklet shows, we have built on the sterling work of those who went before us and I hope that others can build further on the leg acy that we leave for future genera tions. I am certain that at the next 25-year anniversary the club will still be here, stronger and more vi brant than ever” said the long-time clubThemember.booklet is available at Spanish Point golf club with a free copy for every member.
Spanish Point Golf Club trace 125 year history
SHANNON Airport has hired nine new re cruits to its security team as part of its com mitment to provide an easy passenger expe rience, writes Páraic McMahon. Official certificates have been received by the nine new recruits after completing an in tense training course in airport security. The Airport Screening Unit (ASU) officers have undergone training, which includes how to operate the airport’s multimillion euro stateof-the-art 3D x-ray screening system.
THE Clare Association Muintir An Chláir is pleased to announce that after an absence of almost 2 years our 2022 Award Ceremony will take place on Saturday the 1st of October at the Falls Hotel in Ennistymon Co. Clare. We will be honoring the following people: The Clare Pearson of the Year Award goes to Dr. Susan Crawford for the work she car ries out within the field of autism spectrum disorders. The Hall of Fame Award goes to Mary Fitzgerald of Clare Haven Services & Haven Horizons for providing a service for victims of domestic abuse. Lastly, the Meitheal Award goes to Ennis Tidy Towns Committee for winning Irelands Tidiest Town Tickets(Ennis) are now on sale for the award ceremony please contact us at info@clareassociationdub Shouldlin.ie. you have any quires or you would like to book tickets please contact Gerry O’Reilly at You086-8498192areallmost welcome to at tend.
lFLAVOUR: The commemorative booklet
This €2.5m hi-tech system has in-built ex plosive detection software, that eliminates the need for passengers to separate liquids and electronics from their cabin bags. Shan non is the first state airport to introduce this new technology which halves the time spent going through screening. Since March of this year, Shannon Air port has recruited a total of 19 ASU officers to add to its existing team. The new recruits hail from Limerick, Clare, Galway, Lithua nia, Poland, and as far away as Bangladesh and New Zealand. Head of Security at Shannon Airport, John Francis paid tribute to lead instructor Jean Moloney, her colleagues and screening supervisors for the training provided. “We are committed to making our passen ger’s journey at Shannon Airport, as easy as possible.Thenew recruits have undergone inten sive training in all aspects of airport secu rity to prepare them for this extremely im portant role, as we continue to invest in our screening process”. ASU training covers a wide range of areas including, hand search of cabin baggage and of the person, screening of vehicles, iden tifying prohibited items, screening inflight and airport supplies, as well as customer service, reduced mobility, and familiarisa tion training in the airport's special needs programme.
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ATOURISM delegation led by Clare County Council and members of the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum will promote the Banner County as a desirable visitor destination to over 120,000 festival goers at Mil waukee Irish Fest in Wisconsin thisInweekend.thebiggest international tour ism promotion of County Clare since before the pandemic, 11 rep resentatives of the local sector will showcase Shannon Airport and all that Clare has to offer in the centre of the festival village. The Fest, established in 1981 by members of Milwaukee’s Irish community, is renowned as the world's largest Irish culture festi val and is a centrepiece event for Irish music, history, dance, sports, and culture in the United States. Ennis musician Mike Hanrahan of Stockton’s Wing fame and local group Socks in the Frying Pan will be performing alongside dozens of other artists, including Dervish, Emma Langford, Eileen Ivers, Finbar MacCarthy and We Banjo 3. Some of the Visit Clare delega tion will attend Mike Hanrahan’s cookery demonstrations sched uled during the festival and hope to use the opportunity to promote some of Clare’s locally produced Geofood.Thefestival, which runs until Sunday, is also used by tourism agencies such as Fáilte Ireland and group tour companies as an op portunity to market Ireland. Cathaoirleach of Clare Cllr. Tony O’Brien says the purpose of the trip will be to highlight Shan non Airport as a key gateway to the West of Ireland and to in crease overnight bed stays in Clare through the promotion of all its at tractions in all areas of the County. The Cathaoirleach continued, “This trip is all about the business, tourism and Local Government sectors working together to be proactive in how we directly mar ket our county and the wider re gion to a wider audience. I am de lighted to be able to lead the Clare delegation to Milwaukee and am confident that Clare will reap the benefits in 2023.”
lDELEGATION: Pictured at Shannon Airport ahead of the Clare tourism promotion at Milwaukee Irish Fest (L-R): Siobhan King; Client Services Officer Wild Atlantic Way, Fáilte Ireland; Melanie Lennon, Sales & Marketing Manager, Cliffs of Moher Experience; Maurice Walsh, Manager of Durty Nellys and Vice-Chair, Clare Tourism Advisory Forum; Cllr. Tony O'Brien, Cathaoirleach, Clare County Council; Sean Lally, Manager of Hotel Woodstock and Chair, Clare Tourism Advisory Forum; Joan Hamilton; Director, Burren Ecotourism Network; Deirdre O'Shea, Head of Tourism, Clare County Council
The Clare tourism delegation will distribute literature and in formation on Clare’s tourism at tractions to the thousands of fes tival goers that pass through the 74-acre site on Lake Michigan's shoreline. Images of County Clare taken from Peninsula Television’s ‘Ireland County by County’ series will be beamed on big screens. The 30-minute programme, which is financially supported by Clare County Council, Tourism Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs, An Bord Bia, National Parks & Wildlife Service and CIE Tours In ternational, has been aired on the Create/PBS television network and has been seen by millions of TV viewers across the United States during 2022. The programme also is available to watch on Clare County Council’s YouTube chan nel.Sean Lally, Chair of the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum, com mented, “Thousands of people from the U.S. Midwest and North east Regions have booked flights into Shannon Airport because of the Clare tourism delegation's presence at Milwaukee Irish Fest down through the years. We hope to build on this result this year by encouraging even more people to visit County Clare via Shannon Airport.”Meanwhile, festival goers vis iting the Clare tourism stall will be invited to win a break away to CountyFestivalClare.goers are asked to scan a code on one of thousands of Vis it Clare-themed Drink mats. The Visit Clare promotional competi tion is themed “Cheers from Clare”. Up to 5,000 biodegradable drink mats will be distributed across the site to be in with a chance of win ning. People can also enter online at www.visitclare.ie/cheers. Com petition entries close on Septem ber 30th.
Mr. O’Brien added that plans have been put in place to meet with delegates from the nearby Consul ate General of Ireland (Chicago) office and diaspora representative groups in the US Midwest to fur ther emphasise the ease of access to County Clare within the island of Ireland and to strengthen such international connections. Deirdre O’Shea, Head of Tour ism with Clare County Council, acknowledged that a Clare pres ence at the festival is key to captur ing and increasing visitor numbers to the county at a time of increas ing competition in the domestic and international tourism market. “This week’s promotional trip to the USA will help position Clare as a competitive and appealing destination to the North Ameri can market,” Ms. O'Shea added. “We also look forward to engaging with group tour operators, Failte Ireland and Tourism Ireland rep resentatives with a view to posi tioning Clare to the forefront of all international marketing of the county for 2023.”
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The US tourism market is extremely important to County Clare. Covid-19 has impacted international travel from the US, but recovery is now well underway. It is, therefore, a perfect time to be actively promoting the County in the US, and it is timely that a delegation, flying from Shannon, and led by Clare County Council and members of the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum will be at the Milwaukee Irish Fest in Wisconsin this week (August 18-21). The event, renowned as the world’s largest Irish cultural festival, is a centrepiece for Irish music, history, dance, sports, and culture in the United States. Actively promoting Clare in the US is both opportune and essential:
• We have a receptive market. Our connections with the US run deep. Over 31 million US residents claim Irish ancestry. In some US counties, those claiming Irish ancestry can be up to 20% of the population.
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• International travel from the US is building back. Having holidayed domestically for over two years, more and more US consumers are interested in resuming international travel. Research indicates that 24% of North Americans plan to holiday internationally in the next 12 months. However, they have lots of destination choices, so it is important that Clare is working to amplify its ‘Visit Clare’ promotional message.
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Travel interests and behaviours are changing as a result of Covid-19. Vacations in the US are more valued, and many consumers are prepared to be more adventurous and to spend more on authentic holiday experiences – which County Clare offers. More and more US visitors are interested in travelling to Ireland independently - not as part of an organised tour. Many will engage in water and land-based activities, with golf and walking having a particular appeal. US visitors love being entertained, and County Clare is considered by most to be the traditional Irish music capital of the world. Shannon International Airport is a major asset. It provides US visitors with direct and easy access to the County, the Wild Atlantic Way, and Ireland’s hidden heartlands.
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• What County Clare offers and what US visitors seek when holidaying are well matched, particularly at this time. Close to 83% of US residents live in highly populated urban areas. County Clare, with its open spaces and amazing places, is the contrast that US visitors seek. They love our Atlantic coastline, the Burren Geopark, The River Shannon, Lough Derg, Loop Head Peninsula, and more. The US doesn’t have a human history as rich as Clare has. It is another point of difference that fascinates, so attractions like Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Ennis Friary, Inis Cealtra, and Scattery Island intrigue and attract. The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland’s most visited natural attraction, is considered a must-visit by many US visitors.
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AN APPEAL for a video to be created showcasing the positives of Shannon Town led to a minor clash between elected representatives with one councillor quipping that she was “the Queen of Face book”, writes Páraic McMa hon.In a proposal before the Shannon Municipal Dis trict, Cllr Donna McGetti gan (SF) asked that a video featuring drone footage be produced using volunteer groups “to showcase the positives in our town”. Senior executive engineer, Tom Mellett said the office would assist “in any way we can”.A need to accentuate the positives of Shannon was reinforced by Cllr PJ Ryan (IND). “Some communi ty organisations need to start thinking positive of their area, it is all negative from some groups, I gen uinely believe there is a lot of positives, they need to start talking it up instead of talking it down,” he said of the behaviour of some on line groups in Shannon”. This prompted Cllr Fly nn to respond, “I am liv ing in Shannon most of my life, Shannon is one of the best places you can live in, a fantastic plan and a great community. It is spin to say there is negativity being put out“Peoplethere”. in Shannon do talk negatively about the place,” Ryan flagged, this section was “in the minori ty” according to Flynn but Cratloe based Ryan noted, “they are still there”. Should a video be created, “it doesn’t have to be just on social media, it can be put on YouTube or played across the Airport,” Cllr McGet tigan said. Cllr Flynn sug gested that his Shannon col league could share it on her active Facebook page and she replied, “for someone not on Facebook you seem to know all about my Face book page, I’m the Queen of Facebook shur”. Cllr John Crowe (FG) stated, “We have enough people criticising us without criticising ourselves. There are an awful lot of positives. These people criticising it should look at themselves first and see where they are going. Never knock your own”.
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Now Dúchas na Sionna, the town's vol unteer heritage group, with assistance from Clare County Council plan to restore the farmhouse and an adjoining outbuilding, preserving the site's heritage value. It is envisaged that the restored buildings will be used as a heritage centre, small exhi bition space and community meeting ven ue. It is also intended to run workshops in traditional building techniques during the restoration process. Recent developments include the pro duction of a Conservation Plan, Feasibility Study, Architectural Survey and Clay anal ysisConsolidationreport. works were carried out in 2021 to stabilise the surviving cob structure during which mud bricks were made by community volunteers and transition year students from St. Patrick's Comprehensive School.ThisHeritage Week event will tell the sto ry of the restoration project, the sustainable architectural tradition of vernacular build ings and the history of the Hastings family and farmhouse including its use as a safe house during the War of Independence. Participants will be treated to a live music session and refreshments will be served. Assisted by grant aid from the Heritage Council, the local authority are planning an upgrade to the entrance to Hastings Farm house and are commissioning a detailed cost plan for the restoration project. In addition a series of training workshops on traditional building methods is planned for the early Autumn and Duchas na Sionna is to benefit with aid to become established as a Company Limited by guarantee’. Hastings Farmhouse featured as a safe house for the IRA in 1920 during the kidnap of Brigadier General Lucas. During his month-long captivity the General was held in safe-houses through out north Cork, Limerick, and south Clare. Hastings was one of a number of local hous es in which the General was accommodated before being moved back to county Limer ick to avoid detection.
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Dúchas na Sionna and Clare County Council host an event this Saturday between 3pm and 5pm at Hastings Farmhouse near Ilaunmanagh Cemetery. The free event will hear Dúchas na Sionna (Hastings Farmhouse) CLG share their plans to restore Hastings Farmhouse for the people of Shannon. Hastings Farmhouse is one of the last sur viving links to the pre-town landscape on which Shannon Town is built. It is a cob-built structure inhabited by generations of the Hastings Family from 1847 until the early 1970s after which the house fell into decay.
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AJUDGE has imposed a Co Clare ban on a man charged with stealing €35,063 worth of electronic goods on two occasions from the same busi ness on Ennis’s O’Connell Street. At a sitting of Ennis District Court, Judge Marie Keane imposed the county ban on Romanian born equestrian worker, Ion Bărbulescu as part of his bail conditions. Judge Keane remanded Mr Băr bulescu with an address at Citi Hostel on Dublin’s Gardiner Street in custody with consent to bail and ordered that he can only take up bail if he can provide an indepen dent surety to lodge €2,000 in cash to Gardaicourt. opposed bail for Mr Bărbulescu and in evidence Det Garda Declan Keavey said that Mr Bărbulescu is charged with the theft of mobile phones, Apple Air Pods, watches and other electronic goods to the value of €20,890 the property of CEX Entertainment, O’Connell Street on April 16th on the Easter weekend this year. Det Garda Keavey said that Mr Bărbulescu is also charged with stealing mobile phones, smart watches, gaming consoles, Air Pods and other electronic items to the value of €14,173 the property of CEX Entertainment, Ennis on the May Bank Holiday Monday on May 2nd.Mr Bărbulescu denies that he is guilty of the thefts. Det Garda Keavey said that Gar dai were opposing bail due to the seriousness of the alleged offences and that Mr Bărbulescu represents a flight risk as he has no family ties in Ireland.Det Garda Keavey said that it is alleged that the ac cused entered through the roof of the building and forced his way into the shop floor where he stole electronic goods to the value of €20,890 on April 16th. Det Garda Keavey said that in the early hours of May 2nd, the same premises was broken into for a second time and as in the previ ous incident, it is alleged that the accused gained entry by forcing his way through the roof of the building and allegedly smashing a portion to gain entry to the shop floor.Det Keavey stated that DNA was taken from the scene of one of the alleged burglaries and he ex pressed confidence that the DNA will match a sample provided by Mr Bărbulescu. Det Keavey said that at interview Mr Bărbulescu made no admissions and didn’t of fer any co-operation in the recov ery of the stolen goods. Solicitor, Daragh Hassett for the accused said that Mr Bărbulescu “is satisfied that there will be no DNA match”. Mr Hassett said, “Mr Bărbulescu expresses confidence that the DNA test is going to exonerate him - it can’t be his DNA because he wasn’t there - that is what he tells me”. Mr Hassett said, “It can’t be his DNA because he wasn’t in the building. If he wasn’t there, how can he help you recover the goods?”Seeking bail for his client, Mr Hassett said, “Mr Bărbulescu is here since 2007 and has worked with trainers and he has men tioned Noel Meade and mentioned other two horse trainers up in Co Kildare. "He is employed part time at a riding school in Co Dublin”. Judge Keane said that she was satisfied that her concerns can be satisfied by the independent sure ty.As part of bail conditions, Judge Keane also ordered that the ac cused surrender his passport and also imposed signing on require ments at a Garda station in Dublin. by GORDON DEEGAN
Projections 'in a different galaxy'
PRELIMINARY cen sus findings for Clare are “so far away from population projections for the county that we’re in a different galaxy,” a West Clare councillor has re marked, writes Páraic McMahon.Population alloca tions for the County Development Plan allows for a projected growth of 9.94 per cent to naryHowever,130,454.prelimidatapublished by the Central Statis tics Office for Census 2022 showed a 7.2 percent increase in Clare’s population, up 8,602 to on the 2016 figure to coreCSOconsequencesulatorofitageGovernmentoffromexistsAmbiguity127,419.presentlywitharesponsetheDepartmentHousing,LocalandHerplustheOfficethePlanningRegsoughtontheofthefigurestothestrategy,byCllr
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Cillian Murphy (FF). “He labelled the pro jections as “utterly redundant”. Murphy continued, “the pre liminary figures are so far away from the pro jections that we’re in a different galaxy”. The tourism con sultant insisted the data was proven to be outdated, “we are already building far less houses than we need,” he said while warning of the impact of the projections.
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Harmonies of Patrick's youth brought to life in debut album
O’BRIENSBRIDGEsingerPatrickStefanisreleasinghisdebutalbumofsongsnextmonth.BorninCountyClare,theIrish-DutchsingerisnowbasedinDublin.InspirationforhissongscomefromacolourfulbackgroundofexperiencesuchaslearningtribalsongsinMali,jazzguitarinBostonfolksinginginHelsinkianddrumminginnorthBrazil.Aftermuchwayfare,PatrickStefanwillreleasehisdebutalbumofsongsonSeptember23rd.OnThursdaylast,thenewsingle‘Justanotherlovesong’wasissued.It’shistakeonasongwritteninthelate1960sbyhisfatherDutchfolksongwriter,JackGroenland.JackhadanalbumreleasedonSonyRecordsandPatrickgrewupsingingharmoniesonsongsbyhisDad,thisrenditionallowshislineagetospeakthroughhim.Patrickexplained,“SomethinghappensintheairwhenIsingthissonglive,sureitmeansalotformeasI’mconnectingtoearlymemoriesofsingingmyDad’ssongs with my brothers but I've even had someone come up to me after a gig saying they could sense past lives through the song. It’s definitely got some magic to it” He grew up in Ardcloony be tween Killaloe and O’Briensbridge where he stayed until the age of five. “I grew up as the middle of three boys in an idyllic, if unrealis tic setting, as my parents sold cakes and flowers at the Sunday market, baked and grown on the land. “It was the late 80's and the strain led my parents to separate when I was five so we moved back to Dublin".Headded: "There's talk of rebuilding on the land and moving back I'm still proud to say I grew up there, I remember the excitement of celebrating the 1997 hurling win and I play music with lads from west Clare in a group called En semble Ériu,” he told The Clare Echo
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ENNIS’ Sean Shannon has been appointed as glór’s first Young Associate Artist, writes Páraic McMa honAspart of the development of the Associate Artists’ Programme this year, glór supports artists by en abling connections with audiences and communi ties across Clare and by facilitating the creation of new work inspired by the county’s unique culture andLaunchedlandscape.in 2017, glór’s Associate Artist pro gramme has appointed three individuals to the post, each of whom have developed and performed work specifically related to Clare. The programme is a longer-term initiative where a high quality, inno vative performing artist is invited to become associ ated with glór and to receive support in the form of performances, residencies, and R&D periods. Seventeen year old pianist Sean is the first young Associate Artist appointed. He received his ini tial piano lessons from Meaghan Dineen through the Music Generation programme. He is currently studying with Tatiana Timofeeva, and in September he will commence a Bachelor in Music Performance on an entrance scholarship at the Royal Irish Acade my of Music under Professor Réamonn Keary. Sean has also successfully participated in numer ous national piano competitions, most recently the Feis Ceoil and has previously received a scholarship funded by Maoin Cheoil an Chláir/Limerick School of Music, and for several years received the Ennis Lions Club Mary Keohane Bursary. As part of the 2022 Associate Artist Programme, Sean will perform a solo recital in glór on Thursday 8th September at 7pm. Sean will present a diverse range of solo piano works composed throughout the centuries. See glor.ie for more info.
ENNISTYMON is set to become a book town once again next weekend, writes Páraic McMahon On August 27th and 28th, the North Clare town will see every available space taken over by booksellers and writers. Now in its 11th year, the festival which has recorded strong crowds in the past, expects to once again draw booksellers and booklovers from all across Ireland. On offer at stalls and shops will be new, used and antiquarian books, fiction and nonfiction, for all age groups, including rare Clare items, GAA histories, chil dren’s books, and literary and light reads. Writers will talk about their work at the launches across the weekend. At venues throughout Ennistymon, bookshops will be open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Jayne Shor will facilitate a wordscap ing workshop at Ennistymon library from 10:30 to 12:30 on Saturday in what will be a guided exploration in gathering ideas and thoughts from our environs, to shape, craft and sculpt into short poems andAtprose.2pm on Saturday in the garden of Salmon Bookshop, Eddie Lenihan will talk about ‘The Man in the Big House'. This will be followed by Peadar King, Jes sie Lendennie, Sarah Clancy and Michael McGaughan discussing The Art of Place: People and Landscapes of County Clare. Salmon Bookshop’s Garden is the set ting once again on Sunday at 2pm for the launch of Sue Hubbard’s Swimming to Albania, and readings by Salmon poets.
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“H UGE PROBLEMS” associat ed with dog fouling have been ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fer gus for “at least 20 years,” a lo cal representative has claimed while a voice activation system to remind owners to remove the faeces belonging to their canines is leav ing Shannon residents sleepless. Appropriate signage reminding dog owners of their responsibility to clean up after their pet is to be placed in Newmarket-on-Fergus, senior exec utive engineer in the Shannon Municipal District, Tom Mellett confirmed. It follows a proposal by Cllr Pat McMahon (FF) who claimed “huge problems” with dog fouling have been “ongoing in Newmar ket-on-Fergus for at least 20 years”. He stated, “We all love dogs but I’m afraid we don’t follow through on that love when we are walking about with the condition of our footpaths. The vast majority of owners are showing a lack of foresight, they don’t realise the damage they are doing to the footpaths of Newmarket-on-Fergus, ordinary peo ple are walking through the village going about their business and end up walking on dog’s poo and bring it back into houses, people don’t real ise what children can pick up and the damage it is doing. This affects every singleSummons’person”.relating to dog fouling in the county “are few and scarce,” McMahon commented. “I would love a survey to tell me how other coun tries operate, if we can learn, there are no summons or follow through in Clare,” he said. Areas throughout South Clare are struggling with problems left by dog fouling, Cllr John Crowe (FG) ob served. “I think you could extend it to all our areas, it is an absolute disas ter, families are out with buggies and they are bringing it back to houses”. Reference to the Council’s leave no trace policy was made by Mellett but according to Cllr Donna McGetti gan (SF), the policy “just doesn’t cut it anymore unless you are going to follow the policy”. She credited Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF) as the “dog de tective” for his efforts to track down owners leaving behind bags of poo on the Shannon Loop Walk which has resulted in the addition of voice activation systems reminding owners to clean up.
Responsibility must be taken by dog owners, Cllr PJ Ryan (IND) stressed. “There is a major health issue for children, dog fouling can cause blindness and other serious illnesses”. Shannon’s Loop Walk is benefitting from the voice activation system, Cllr O’Gorman affirmed. He re called queries on the amount of bins for dog poo in Lahinch and informed the meeting there was two in situ. “The signage and the voice works, it is about educating the people”. A contrasting view was put forward by Cllr Ger ry Flynn (IND) on the voice activation system. “I’ve been contacted by a lot of people in Drumgeely, they are very settled people, they want one partic ular system deactivated at the houses at the rear of Corrib Drive, they can’t sleep at night”. He said there is gaps of one minute and 20 seconds between the announcement with a current glitch having this on repeat rather than it coming into action based on movement. “It is a disgrace when they are put in at inappropriate places, it is located next to misfortu nate people who are the pioneers of Shannon, it is causing sleepless nights”. In response, Mellett said a limit on the amount of announcements made at night was due to be in place. “If it’s not moved, it will disappear,” Flynn warned. AND THE BEACH
lMiss Munster Ivanna McMahon pictured at Lahinch Beach County Clare at the nationwide beach and waterways clean-up co-ordinated by the finalists of Miss Ireland 2022 Photo courtesy of Miss Ireland Org
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lDEDICATED: The Clare Crusaders training for the Dublin Marathon in Ennis on Saturday morning. The public are encouraged to watch out for them early on Saturday mornings and show support as they pass by. Last Saturday there were around 50 runners taking on a 14 mile training run
Date: 1st September 2022 Location: Killaloe Hotel & Spa, Kincora Harbour, Co. Clare, V94 W025 Date: 8th September 2022 Location: Kilrush Golf Club, Ennis Rd, Parknamoney, Kilrush, Co. Clare, V15 W025 Date: 15th September 2022 Location: Civic Room, Buttermarket Building, Drumbiggle Road, Ennis, V95RR72 DETAILS OF THESE SEMINARS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Get the answers to guide you into retirement or help your ageing parents
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Each Seminar will take place from 11am to 1pm with a light lunch provided. Registration will take place from 10.30am on the day. If you have any dietary requirements please advise when booking. Booking is essential as places are limited, so please contact Dawn on (065) 6846240 or email: agefriendlyclare@clarecoco.ie
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lBEAUTIFUL AND FAIR: Doonbeg Rose Róisín Kelly who won the Rose of Clare 2022 at the recent festival held in Cooraclare
Clare Older People’s Council in association with the Irish Hospice Foundation and Cahir & Co. Solicitors are organising Free Seminars based on the “Think Ahead” campaign entitled “Putting the House in Order”.
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DO YOU thatlightsummerysomethingfancyandtoeatisalso substantial enough to keep you full? Well you need to try my One Pot Chicken Chorizo Rice dish. This is kind of a knock off version of Paella without a lot of the faffing about.You simply fry every thing off in the one pot , feck it into the oven for a while and wait for the sum mertime taste explosion to occur.This is also a lovely dish to cook whilst slurping on a cool glass of white wine. As usual I will post an in structional video on the old Instagram at the fourcooking.now,(@kearneycooks)weekendbutforlet'sfireonwiththeThisrecipefeedsadults. chicken thighs 80g chorizodiced 1 litre of chicken stock 400g basmati rice onion diced 3 cloves chopped garlic 1 pepperchoppedroughlybell 1 chilli (optional)pepper 1tsp (optional)sumac 1tsp tumeric 1 tsp paprikasmoked Juice of one lemon 1 sliced lemon Step One Marinate your chicken in the lemon juice, half the spices and salt and pep per. Leave for roughly two hours. Step Two Seal your chicken off in a hot, oiled oven proof pan or dish until golden brown on both sides. Set aside for later. In the same pan or dish brown off your onions and peppers, then add in your garlic, spices, chorizo and fry off until everything has taken on a golden co lour. Add in your rice and stock and let it simmer for five minutes, before adding the chicken back in. Step Three Top with some lemon slices, cover with a lid and pop your dish into the oven for 30 minutes at 180 Celsius. Step Four Time to dish up. This is a one pot wonder so basically just horse a portion onto a plate and maybe top with some chopped parsley to make it look fancy. Serve with a nice Albarino. Enjoy Steve K CHORIZO RICE
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Source of All Blessings, you bless us with memory — That sacred ingathering of the past that allows us to rec ognize faces, learn poems by heart, find our way back when we are lost, and bring forth old and new from its nearly inexhaustible store. May I know what to forget and what to retain and treasure, keeping in mind the smallest kind ness shown to me and spreading its ripples for a long time to come. Source of All Blessings, you bless us with change — In the seasons of the year, from snow to greening, flower ing, fruiting and harvest, in the seasons of life, from childhood to youth, full ripeness, and saging. All living things keep chang ing. May I welcome change as a sacred opportunity to grow and savor in each unrepeatable moment’s fleetingness what is beyond change.Source of All Blessings, you bless us with depar tures — For they are a nec essary part of our journey, necessary for the arriving. May I always be ready to take leave, always aware that every arrival is a prelude to departure, every birth a step towards dying, and may I thus taste the blessings of being fully present where I am. May blessings help to sharpen your taste for the gift of life in its immeasurable facets. May you grow ever more blessed, ever more able to bless. Go be a Blessing. Amen" Kearney Cooks
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Thought for the week SCULLYRONAN A blessing IHAVE been reflect ing quite a bit lately on God’s blessings to me and the things for which I am personally grateful. Life passes quickly As the author Annie Dillard once said, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives,” so let each one of us spend wisely and be a blessing to ourselves and to others as much as we can and when we can. How will you treasure, cherish, and spend your time and make the most of yourMaketoday?the best of your life while you still can, for life can be shorter than you think and passes quickly and can be gone in the blink of an eye. It has no second half or repeat per formance and it is all too easy to become entangled in the things that are of no value to us as we journey through life. That is why it is so important to make good use of this special time that God has given to Wouldn’tus. it be great at the end of life to look back on our days and be able to say: I lived by good christian caring and loving values and was a blessing to many; I was a good child and young person for my parents and a good friend to all that knew me especially to those that loved me and cared for me. I was a good parent who reared my family as best I could. I got on well with the neighbours and offered help where it was needed in the local community. I always valued people not for what they earn or their social standing but for who they are in the sight of SoGod.give yourself a break today. Instead of dwelling on the people who have let you down, refocus your energy on appreciating those who lift you up and who have been a blessing to you. Remember, you can’t control the impolite things some people say and do to you, but you can decide not to be distracted by them Sometimestoday.your mind needs more time to accept what your heart already knows. Breathe. Be a witness, not a judge. Be a blessing.Giveyourself the space to listen to your own voice, your own heart, your own mind, your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world and get lost in the crowd. Be kind, but learn to say no. You can’t always be agreeable. That’s how people take ad vantage of you. Sometimes you have to set boundaries. Sometimes saying no is vitalWhenself-care.lifefeels like an emotional roller coaster, steady yourself with simple rituals. Get up and get dressed. Make the bed. Water the flowers and garden. Rinse off your own bowl and spoon. Simplic ity attracts calmness and wisdom. Whatever you do, don’t get stuck on the one little thing that wrecks your mood today. Breathe and be grateful for what’s in front of you. Some of it is a blessing, and nothing lasts forever. Life is just too short to waste on daily negativity. Thought for the week As your thought for the week, always remember that love is really all that matters because everyone comes into this world with nothing other than love and leaves with nothing other than love. Think about it. Profession, career, bank account, our goods are just tools, nothing more. Everything stays here.So just love and be a blessing. Love and bless, as if there was nothing more important in your life. Let me leave you with this Prayer Blessing by Br. David Steindl-Rais called the Source of All Blessings so that we will bless what there is, for being. What ever it be, bless it because it exists; you need no other reason. "Source of All Blessings, you bless us with breath — In and out, in and out, ever-renewing us, ever anew, making us one with all who breathe the sameMayair.this blessing over flow into a shared grate fulness, so that with one breath I may praise, bless and celebrate life. Source of All Blessings, you bless us with humili ty — That down-to-earth quality that has nothing in common with humiliation but makes us stand tall and acknowledge both the hu mus that feeds us and the stars to which we aspire. May I learn to practice, and to honor in others, this sparkling humility which is the dignity that we, as human beings cannot afford to lose. Source of All Blessings, you bless us with imprecision — With all that is vague, close but not quite; all that leaves room for the more specific, the more precise, and room for theMayimagination.Iknowwhen to be exact and when to move freely and blessed in the space so generously provided by all that is not perfectly defined, giving full scope to my dreams and my creativity.
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Moher Cottage to exhibit to 300,000 people at Ploughing LOOK FOR LOCAL: Kevin and Catriona Considine, Moher Cottage Photo by Arthur Ellis
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ASMALL County Clare company will get a chance to exhibit their business to almost 300,000 people at the National Ploughing Champion ships next month as part of the Lo cal Enterprise Village. The initiative of the Local En terprise Offices (LEOs) will see 31 small businesses, one from each LEO, take a stand in the Local En terprise Village in the heart of the Ploughing Championships, open ing their businesses up to almost 300,000 prospective customers across the three days of the event. Moher Cottage who are support ed by Local Enterprise Office Clare is a family owned and run business beside the Cliffs of Moher. Situated on their farm, the business is now a design led destination store selling their own gifts and also supporting local Irish businesses. The business can be found at www.mohercot tage.comPadraic McElwee, Head of Enter prise Clare, outlined what a signif icant opportunity this is for these businesses; “Small businesses very rarely get an opportunity like this, and it could be a significant event for them all in the growth of their business. They will be at the very heart of the action at the Ploughing Championships getting the chance to tell their story and sell their product / service to a massive new audience, an audience that will be excited to be back following a twoyear“Webreak.have been working with this business across the Summer to en sure they maximise this opportu nity through sales and marketing training and stand design. The Local Enterprise Village is always a great buzz, and no doubt will be one of the big hits for visitors to Ratheniska this September.”
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Customers could traditionally print from a postcard size up to A4, however the more powerful tech nology allows prints of up to 12x16 “and we can turn those out a lot fast er and the quality is as good as it’s always been”. Niall notes that there has been an increase in demand for family photos since the pandemic due to people sit ting at home “realising they don’t have photos on their walls”.“The larger A3 size would be popular for nice land scape shots to be framed and put on the wall or you would see a lot of group shots from a family occasion, a wedding or a Hechristening.”alsostresses that each print is treated in-store by hand to ensure colour, light ing and crop checks before a batch is green-lit for print ing, with prints ready in as little as 10 minutes. Wonder Photo Shop has also upgraded its canvas printing operation with a 44-inch wide machine with large-scale capacity, along with an additional print er for customized greeting cards, thank you cards and wedding“Peopleinvitations.cancomeinto me, pick the style of the card they want, put their photo on, put their message on and they’re paying the same amount of money [as for a traditional card]. Some customers won’t get their cards anywhere else now.”Visit Wonder Photo Shop at O'Connell Square, Ennis; call (065) 684 8635 or visit https://fujiennis.ie/ for your online printing require
Clare County Council is currently inviting applications from suitably qualified persons for the below competitions. Clare County Council will, following the interview process, form panels for the areas set out below from which future relevant vacancies may be filled subject to sanction approval from the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage.
Completed applications must be emailed to: recruitment@clarecoco.ie not later than 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 30th August 2022 Application forms and further particulars may be obtained by requesting same from the Human Resources Department, Clare County Council at 065-6846528, via e-mail: recruitment@clarecoco.ie or can be downloaded from the following website: www.clarecoco.ie Clare County Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the Community. Scriobh chugainn as gaeilge más fearr leat.
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WONDER Photo Shop in Ennis has reinforced its po sition as a market leader in the photo industry having invested heavily in its printing technology. Locally owned by Niall Considine, the Fujifilm lab on O'Connell Square will celebrate 15 years in business this October and is among Fujif ilm’s most progressive outlets. The popular store became one of Fujif ilm’s premium brand Wonder Photo stores in 2019, one of only four shops in Ireland to do so alongside its sister store in Galway City. This included an impressive refit which brings the experience of printing your photo graphs to the next level. Some eight million prints later –which have captured moments and memories for the people of Clare –Wonder Photo Shop has upgraded its technologies to ensure that millions more memories will be captured and printed at the Ennis premises. Niall explains that many photo print businesses have been forced to close due to costs associated with advancement in technologies and thanks to this investment, Wonder Photo Shop is future-proofed for the coming decade. “It’s a full revamp of the printing side and all the PCs and all the tech nology which should future-proof us for the next 10 years,” explains Niall.“The new machine prints crystal archive photo paper, which will last 40-50 years, it’s what the profession al photographer is printing on. It takes a little bit longer to produce a print than an instant printer would but we’re talking 10 times as long lasting and colour reproduction.”
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lSNAP HAPPY: New equipment arrives at Wonder Photo Shop in Ennis
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MULLAGH Show returns on Sunday, August 21 with its popular show and family fun day at Mullagh Com munity sports field. The Show will host Qualifiers for All Ireland Finals in the Young Stockperson Champi onship, Connemara ponies and TIH Foals. Also being held are the Mullagh Show All Ireland Calf Championship Qualifiers and Finals with a prize Fund of €2000 as well as Department of Agriculture Traditional Heifer Class with a prize fund of €750. Chil dren's activities and Athletics will be run from 12 noon with plenty of events for all ages.The Dog Show will be held at 2pm with a special section for small pets such as cats, rabbits and small furries etc. The Show will also honour the memory of two young people who exhibited at the show in 2019 and sadly are no longer with us. The Brianna Lynch and John Brennan Memorial Awards will be presented by their parents in the Pony and Sheep sections. Check out the Mullagh Agri Show Facebook page, enqui rie to mullaghagrishow@gmail.com or call 085 8388078 for more information. ages' at Mullagh Show
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lHORSING AROUND: Organisers are excitedly awaiting the return of Mullagh Show
Cratloe 2-23 Broadford 0-16 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Compiled by Eoin Brennan CONOR EARLEY, CRATLOE MANAGER: “We came to win and thankfully we did that, not without a degree of difficulty in the second half but we achieved that objective and can now drive on and look forward to the next day. “I thought in the first half, we were really good and the same at the start of the second half but after that we kind of eased up a little. Maybe it was the evening that was in it being so hot or being eight or nine points up but for whatever reason we started to sit back so it gives us something to work on. “Ballyea is the acid test in this group and championship so it’s a great game to get and it’s driving us all on so we’re really looking for ward to that.
REFEREE: Chris Maguire (Wolfe Tones) SMITH O’BRIENS Frees For: 11(4/7) Wides: 15(8/7) Scores from play: 1-6 Spread of scorers: 7 Top scorer: Tommy Reddan (0-09 7f) Own puckouts won: 16 out of 26 (62%) Bookings: Micheal Ryan (19 and 51); Shane Geraghty (24); David Gough (27); Patrick Aherne (29); Dwayne Sheedy (54); Marc O’Halloran (57) 0-20INAGH/KILNAMONA Frees For: 12 (7/5) Wides: 6 (2/4) Scores from play: 0-10 Spread of scorers: 5 Top scorer: Aidan McCarthy (0-15 10f) Own puckouts won: 20 out of 32 (63%) Bookings: David Fitzgerald (50)
Craig Chaplin is fouled by Conor McGrath Photo by Gerard O’Neill
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Conor McDermott skips into the air, Ian Galvin hits the ground as John Conlon tackles Brendan Bugler Photo by Gerard O'Neill
BROADFORD Frees For: 14 (8/6) Wides: 10 (4/6) Scores from Play: 0-9 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Niall O’Farrell (0-9 7f) Own Puck-Outs won: 23 from 32 (72%)
WHITEGATE Frees For: 13 (5/8) Wides: 6 (3/3) Scores from Play: 0-11 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Danny Hynes (0-7 7f) Own Puck-Outs won: 19 from 34 (59%)
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Clonlara bench proves crucial
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REFEREE: Joe Mullins (Clonlara) CRATLOE Frees For: 10 (7/3) Wides: 8 (3/5) Scores from Play: 2-17 Spread of Scorers: 8 Top Scorer: Rian Considine (1-6 6f) Own Puck-Outs won: 19 from 26 (73%)
DONAL MADDEN, CLONLARA MANAGER: “We finished strong and knew we’d have to go until the final whistle as Whitegate certain ly weren’t going to roll over. It was a big game for both teams and they probably fancied their chances of beating us and threw everything at us but we were able to match that before our bench probably proved the difference. “It’s a 20 man game, 21 if you could get away with it in such heat out there so we probably had the bigger panel and look, that probably was the small deciding factor late on. “Relegation is still looming over our heads so our goal today was just to win... We’re a proud club and we want to stay senior. We’re not dreaming of anything else at the moment.
TERENCE FAHY, WHITEGATE MANAGER: “It’s a big disappointment. We came here fighting for our lives in the championship and we just came up short against a good Clonlara team. They just had a bit of extra cover near the end as I think they got 20 players on the field while we only had 17 so they did have a bit more depth and a bit more impact from the bench that we had. “They certainly finished strong and I felt that their ability to win the break ing ball around the mid dle of the field was a kind of defining factor in the final ten minutes."
BRENDAN FOLEY, SMITH O’BRIENS SELECTOR; “This is what we train for. We knew there was a perfor mance in these lads. We felt disappointed coming out of the dressing room after the Wolfe Tones game. We felt we were in it at half time but we didn’t perform in the second half and all we asked today was for the lads to give us a 60 minute display and that’s what they gave us. There was a concern about the missed chances in the first half but we were happy that we were creating the chances. “We are only after coming up from intermediate and we are not supposed to be competing at the top table at all. We said we wanted to be here and we asked the lads to keep going. We missed more scores in the second half. This was a well deserved win. A one point win often flat ters a team but we deserved this win today”.
EUGENE CULLINAN, INAGH/KILNAMONA SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “They definitely showed greater hunger and they de served their victory in fairness to them. They worked very hard, they had a good system and they played it well. “We just didn’t get our spread of scorers today that we had got against Crusheen and maybe last year and sometimes they just don’t go over for you. We have to take it on the chin now. We are still in the champion ship, it’s a knock out game for us now against Wolfe tones, do or die”.
'Deserved' win for SO'Briens
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Clonlara 1-20 Whitegate 0-19 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Compiled by Eoin Brennan
REFEREE: Jim Hickey (Cratloe) CLONLARA Frees For: 9 (4/5) Wides: 13 (3/10) Scores from Play: 1-15 Spread of Scorers: 10 Top Scorers: Cathal O’Connell (0-06 4f) & Ian Galvin (0-6) Own Puck-Outs won: 16 from 25 (64%)
The sliotar eludes Inagh/Kilnamona goalkeeper, Eamonn Foudy Photo by Gerard O'Neill
JIMMY BROWNE, BROADFORD MANAGER: “It was disappointing. We were probably un der a little bit of pressure coming into the game with the three lads we were missing [Cathal Chaplin, Shane Taylor, Paul Moloney] through injury. I suppose we had a strong panel and we felt that we’d decent substitutions. “We had a few patches where we hit a few wides, particularly in space and the difference was that when Cratloe got even a half sniff of a chance, they created really good opportuni ties and invariably scored them. So there are certainly frustrating elements to reflect on, no more so than that last goal in how it was conceded from out the field is certainly disap pointing and not kind of typical of the tigerish back-play that we normally have. Who knows, that goal could be costly before the season is over.
Cratloe keep cool in the heat
KEVIN SHEEHAN CRUSHEEN SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “The game could have gone either way. It was nip and tuck all the way. I am happy enough that our boys left it all out there but a bit disappointed that a lot of the scores they got came from silly passes by us and yu are punished in senior hurling for that. “We will be trying to stay alive in our next game and we have seen how difficult that can be. Our destiny is well out of our hands now. We have to make sure we take it up another few percent the next day and see if we can get the win because handing over points like that in senior hurling is not where we need to be”.
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ROBBIE HOGAN, BALLYEA SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “We came here for one thing and that was to win. The margin didn’t bother us, once we won. That’s another two points on the board so we are happy enough. We are in a good position now. The last thing you want is to be depending on others to do us a favour. It’s in our own hands now. It will probably come down to ourselves and Cratloe. They were very impressive last evening. We are disappointed to have conceded the goal late on today. We are happy with the win. To be fair we were down five of our team from the county final last year and that is a third of our team. James (Murphy) was sick and Tony (Kelly) was sick all week. Credit to the boys who came in, they stood up”. BRIAN RUSSELL, CLARECASTLE SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “If you told me this morning when I was having my breakfast that we would be within four points of the county champions, I would have been happy. Considering the score difference, it could be vital but then when I think back I’d say our wides were up to double figures so I would be disappointed with that. You don’t put the county champions to the pin of their collars every time you go out and we didn’t take our chances today. I am disappointed but happy with the players efforts. “The referees in our county have to referee the games. There would be no games without referees. It’s a very fast and physical game, they might make the odd mistake, we might shout at them. I have no problem with anything that happened. "We have four weeks now to prepare for Broadford and if we are not ready for that match it is our fault, nothing to do with Broadford”.
CLOONEY/QUIN Frees For: 13 (8/5) Wides: 10 (6/4) From play: 0-18 Spread of scorers: 8 Top scorer: Peter Duggan (0-12 8f) Own puckouts won: 18 out of 23 (78%) Bookings: McNamaraShane(37) KILMALEY Frees For: 11 (7/4) Wides: 13 (7/6) From play: 1-5 Spread of scorers: 3 Top scorer: Gearoid O’Grady (1-03) Own puckouts won: 28 out of 36 (78%) Bookings: Cathal Darcy (51) FACTFILE
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REFEREE: Jarlath Donnellan (Wolfe Tones)
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WOLFE TONES Frees For: 10 (4/6) Wides: 6 (4/2) Scores from play: 1-14 Spread of scorers: 10 Top scorer: Billy Connors (0-05 3f) Own puckouts won: 20 out of 26 (77%) Bookings: Darragh Lohan (25) CRUSHEEN Frees For: 16 (5/11) Wides: 7 (2/5) Scores from play: 1-6 Spread of scorers: 6 Top scorer: Ross Hayes (0-13 11f 1’65) Own puckouts won: 18 out of 26 (69%) Bookings: Conor O’Donnell (25); Eanna McMahon (33)
SHC TOP SCORER SHANE MCGRATH still leads the way in the MD MyClub Shop.ie / Clare Echo top scorerMcGrathaward.continues to be unerring from placed balls but also pops up with vital scores from play, his second half tally of 1-02 at the weekend indicative of this. Aidan McCarthy, Bobby Duggan and Mark Rodgers are close behind and with Feakle to receive a bye in a fortnight, it's an ideal oppor tunity to jump to top spot.
Ballyea prevail without key men
Callum Hassett loses as he meets a rampaging Conor Cleary Photo by Gerard O'Neill
REFEREE: Rory McGann (Newmarket)
Tones triumph in topsy turvy tussle
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Clooney/Quin 0-26 Kilmaley 1-09 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Compiled by Seamus Hayes
TOMMY CORBETT, CLOONEY/QUIN SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “Things worked out in our favour. We knew coming into the game that Kilmaley had a very good game against Éire Óg and maybe they took the eye off the ball a little bit. They had a little bit of disruption during the week and that probably played into our hands a lit tle bit. We are just delighted. Our lads went out and performed exactly the way we wanted them to perform, fought for every ball and that’s all we asked for."
Ballyea 0-21 Clarecastle 1-14 Venue: Cusack Park, Ennis Compiled by Seamus Hayes
BALLYEA Frees For: 11 (7/4) Wides: 14 (9/5) Scores from play: 0-18 Spread of scorers: 8 Top scorer: Niall Deasy (0-06 3f), Aaron Griffin (0-06) Own puckouts won: 20 out of 27 (74%) Bookings: Jack Browne (35) CLARECASTLE Frees For: 11 (4/7) Wides: 12 (6/6) Scores from play: 1-8 Spread of scorers: 7 Top scorer: Bobby Duggan (1-07 5f) Own puckouts won: 28 out of 35 (80%) Bookings: Patrick Kelly (35) FACTFILE Patrick Kelly catches the sliotar above Gearoid PhotoO'ConnellbyGerard O'Neill
Wolfe Tones 1-19 Crusheen 1-18 Venue: Dr Daly Park, Tulla Compiled by Seamus Hayes
1. Shane McGrath (Feakle) 1-26 2. Aidan McCarthy (Inagh/Kilnamona) 1-22 3. Bobby Duggan (Clarecastle) 1-21 4. Mark Rodgers (Scariff) 1-19 5. Niall Deasy (Ballyea) 0-20 6. Jamie Shanahan (Sixmilebridge) 0-18 7. Billy Connors (Wolfe Tones) 2-11
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RAY DIVINEY, WOLFE TONES SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “It was a very close game and, in fairness, we all knew it would be. We got the win in the end. The subs who came on made a mark. We dug it out in the end. We knew it was going to be a physical, tough game and we just dug it out in the end. It was scrappy in parts but we just dug in.. “Compared to last year, we are in a good position going into the next match. There were a lot of mistakes made and we will have to improve and if we don’t we could struggle against Inagh-Kilnamona. What was important today is that we worked hard and we got the win.
CONOR CLANCY, KILMALEY MANAGER: “There are no complaints from us, we were out played all the way through. Clooney/Quin were much better on the day and deserved the result. The group was always going to be tight and it's going to be difficult to come back from a perfor mance like that. We have a good bit of work to do.”
REFEREE: Ger Hoey (Killanena)
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Tubber enjoyed a strong finish to ensure another win Photo by Gerard O'Neill RACE Corofin's Aoibheann Malone under pressure from Whitegate's Leana Spazzi and Niamh Quirke BurrenEye Photography
TOMÁS RYAN, NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS SENIOR HURLING MANAGER: “Sometimes a draw feels like a defeat so imme diately after it probably feels like that but it’s still a point on the board. It’s hard to see how the group will pan out but it’s still in our own hands as we had to win the next day regardless of if we won today.“Soit is disappointing as we probably should have seen it out but didn’t. However, when we sit back and look at it, I think we’d be very proud of the performance which we were. “Coming into the final quarter, Niall [O’Con nor], Eoin Hayes and Mark [Delaney] gave us that bit of freshness with the heat and we’ve a good strong panel so we’d be happy overall. “There’s still a lot to play for in this group and when you analyse it, there’s probably four teams still battling it out for two quarter-final places so you just don’t know how it’s going to go. All we can do is go out and try to win our last game against Clonlara and hope that a win can take us over the line. “We just need to put our heads down again and prepare for a big battle against Clonlara whose tails will be up after a big win against Whitegate.”
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Éire Óg 4-16 Scariff 2-16 Venue: O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge Compiled by Eoin Brennan RONAN COONEY, ÉIRE ÓG SELECTOR: “We got the win so the result was what we wanted but performance-wise we have mixed feelings really. There were obvious positives but an awful lot to work on too so we’re still alive in the championship and it’s on to the next day now and a big game against Clooney-Quin. “We were ten or 11 up but Scariff were never going to lie down and got it back to three there at one stage. At that stage, the game was in the balance so we have to be pleased with how the lads responded to that as we picked off a couple of really important points towards the end just to close out the game. “Scariff were always going to come back at us and they’ve obviously had a very tough week this week and everyone in Éire Óg is thinking of Scariff and their injured player as it’s far more important than hurling. So it was an emotional day for them as well and they were always going to come back and fair play to them they did. “Clooney/Quin have two big wins under their belts so we’re really up against it now. They had a massive result to beat Kilmaley well and Kilma ley beat us so everything would point to a Cloo ney-Quin win but we’re still in with a chance so we’ll see how the footballers get on and hopefully everyone comes through for two weeks' time.” MARK MCKENNA, SCARIFF MANAGER: “We were chasing the game for most of it which was disappointing. The two goals one af ter another in the first half were the difference I think but good teams like Éire Óg will punish you like that. But look, we’re very proud of our lads as we’ve had a very tough week and there’s a lot going on behind the scenes so to see them fight back in the second half the way they did and stuck at it right up to the final whistle only to come up short makes us on the line very proud. “At one stage when we got it back to three points, you said we had a chance but Éire Óg are experienced and managed to get back on top. “It was great to be able to watch Shane O’Don nell and Mark [Rodgers] at either end, We all know the player Shane is and look, sometimes we’re over-reliant on Mark but he gives it ev erything and in our eyes, he’s as good as what’s around.“Overall, it’s just been a tough week. The poor lad is the fabric of our club and we’re all thinking of him and his family at this time.” SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3
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REFEREE: Niall Malone (Éire Óg) FERGUSNEWMARKET-ONFrees For: 5 (3/2) Wides: 12 (5/7) Scores from Play: 2-14 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Liam Clancy (1-3 2f) Own Puck-Outs won: 18 from 28 (64%)
REFEREE: Kevin Corry (Sixmilebridge) ÉIRE ÓG Frees For: 7 (5/2) Wides: 13 (6/7) Scores from Play: 3-13 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Danny Russell (1-6 3f) Own Puck-Outs won: 15 from 28 (54%) SCARIFF Frees For: 14 (8/6) Wides: 11 (6/5) Scores from Play: 2-8 Spread of Scorers: 5 Top Scorer: Mark Rodgers (1-9 8f) Own Puck-Outs won: 17 from 33 (52%)
FEAKLE Frees For: 9 (3/6) Wides: 13 (8/5) Scores from Play: 2-10 Spread of Scorers: 6 Top Scorer: Shane McGrath (1-8 3f 3’65) Own Puck-Outs won: 21 from 28 (75%)
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PJ KELLEHER, FEAKLE MANAGER: “The boys showed great battling qualities to hang in there. I thought we came back real ly strongly after being hit by the two goals but Newmarket to their credit managed to build up a three point lead again. There’s great stuff in these boys, they never give up and I couldn’t say enough about them as they repeatedly put their bodies on the line. “We knew that it’s in them but it’s only in situa tions likes this when you really need lads to stand up that you see the true character of these play ers. And in the end they did it and it was great to get something out of that game. “There’s a fine line in this group still between qualify ing or relegation so I don’t even know what the permu tations are yet. That point could be valuable but all we know is that we’ve a big game to come against Whitegate in a few weeks' time and we have to be ready”.
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'We'd do it all over again'
N31ORTH Clare has been deprived of a visit from the Jack Daly for over seven decades and the last two surviving men from the re gion with Clare SFC medals are hopeful the drought will soon end. It was 1950 when Kilfenora defeated Clon hanes in the Clare SFC final by 1-04 to 0-03, their opponents an amalgamation of Mul lagh and Doonbeg. Wing-backs for the vic tors were John Arkins and Jack Lynch, the youngest members of what was the second Kilfenora side to taste senior glory. Thank fully they are still hale, hearty and well able to recall the events of seven decades ago. Now aged 91 and 90 respectively, John and Jack remain impressively sharp with their views of the current game and the memories of times gone by. “We’re tough”, said John when divulging their respective ages at Lin nane’s Pub in the heart of Kilfenora. Dermot Hogan was captain of the Kilfeno ra side and spoke on the occasion of his de light at bringing the championship title back to North Clare. The occasion is still to the fore of John’s mind, “It’s 72 years ago, there’s a lot of floods gone down the river since but we can remember it, we’re still hoping some one in North Clare will pull it off again. Jack is a mighty man for going to the games”. As ever keen to bring his teammate and close friend into proceedings, John’s men tion of Jack’s attendance at games sparks another discussion about how the pandemic has led to more opportunities to watch club games without leaving the house. “With COVID, you’re able to watch the club games on television and things like that, there isn’t much going out now." That may have been a positive in widening the reach of the game but John remarked, “The COVID ruined it all” relating to the re duction in mingling associated with cham pionship“Beforeencounters.thateven too you could take a drink and drive, that’s so many years back, we used to have great times with the few drinks after,” Jack quipped, espousing on how sometimes post-mortems among team mates after games in Nagle’s were often more memorable than the action on the field, “You’d be describing a fella hitting a belt, it was so funny, you’d be watching it now it’s grand but even the hurling has changed. You can’t touch anyone or you’ve a yellow card, you’ll be sent off or get a black card, I think it started with the soccer and the fellas inside in Limerick, a fella went to the soccer and he’d know how to fall, that started to happen in the GAA too, a fella would fall down for no reason and start roaring. “I always remember, Dermot Hogan one day back in Miltown, the one time I got a belt that turned me upside down, I was ly ing down and I was mad to get up because I was so disappointed but Dermot came over and said ‘stay down’, I said ‘I must get up’ but Dermot was looking for a bit of a breather, it was so funny, that was the way it was, it was greatTheyfun”.soldiered together in the back-line in the underage ranks and at senior level, they tasted glory in 1950 but came up short in the 1957 and 1958 county semi-finals when going down to a Raymond Clancy inspired Kilrush Shamrocks. John himself scored a goal in the '57 clash when it took two meet ings to separate them and the Shams. “Oh in 57 we were blackgarded, the ball hit the side of the net, it never went in at all... but Gerry Lynch was in goals that day, he had the habit of walking back and lifting up the net to take up the ball and then he hopped the ball, the umpire was only a young fella and it seems the father was on the sideline watching them, someone from Kilrush shouted that it was a goal and the young fella put up the flag, Tommy Waldron a lovely fella admitted after that it wasn’t,” Jack protested. Jack began working in Limerick at the be ginning of 1951 which took him away from the sport but he was back in action by the time they returned to the last four. Mention of the special team bus which brought them from Miltown Malbay fol lowing their county final win plus the line of cars and bonfires which marked their return and that of the senior championship to the ‘Pope’s Parish’ brings a smile to their faces. John can recite conversations from that night of Septem ber 3, 1950. “Dermot gave a speech in the square, there was a desperate crowd at that game, in those days there was huge crowds. John Joe and Patrick Lynch they were brothers, they were mighty sup porters, we were all in the pub together, we had mighty craic, they would describe every kick of the game, I remember John Joe saying to me ‘the wet ball was like catching a sod of turf’”. Fielding during the match had been poor with the greasy leather and heavy underfoot conditions blamed for this.As well as moving to Limerick, Jack got married, “that finished me altogether,” he said with a smirk. He’s now based in In agh. “When I went to Inagh first there was nothing there, they had no hurling pitch, JJ Keating across from me on the Ennis side, he was a bachelor living in a big farm, that was the big field and he allowed lads to go in and do a bit of hurling but it was only wal loping each other, if you hit a good shot into the river then it was gone... All of a sudden, they’ve developed a beautiful team since joining with Kilnamona”. Kilfenora has always been home for John, a farmer, who has five children. Post-playing he served as Chairman while holding roles of manager and selector with plenty of teams within the club. Jack also has five children, three of which are based in the United States and our sit-down prompts him to make a point that he must ask his grand-children Stateside what sports they are involved in. Back to the field and further smiles eek out when reminiscing on their rivalry with Lisdoonvarna, Miltown and Kilrush. Jack recounted, “When we went to Miltown playing the match, you had to beat the ref, the umpires and the linesman, if there was any doubt about the ball going out it was the other side that got it. "We were always the best of friends, that’s what I loved about it, you would kill each other on the field and when it was all over we were the best of friends. It was great to beat Lisdoonvarna just to quieten them for a while”.Current Clare and Kilfenora footballer, Cian O’Dea is singled out by John as one of the top footballers in the the province. Praise is harder to come by from Jack when asked if O’Dea would make the 1950 team, “He’d hardly be picked, he’d be too soft”. Down through the years, they have had to bid farewell to their teammates that have passed on before them. They were the youngest members of the 1950 side, “the grace of God,” is what John maintained served as their reason for the present health, “You’ve no say in that, some win and some lose”.They live in hope that the Jack Daly will return to North Clare. “St Breckan’s last year I thought were shaping up, they are the near est to it. They are good enough to get over the line. Éire Óg have some very good play ers but St Breckan’s are as good, without a doubt, they are a nice team to watch. I don’t know what the hell happened against Éire Óg, they were better than what they showed in the semi-final,” John said. Even though they are Kilfenora through and through, they are eager for a team whether it is St Breckan’s, Ennistymon or Corofin to bridge the 72 year drought. “Oh God, we would, definitely we would love to see it,” John stressed with Jack adding, “anyone from North Clare would be great”. Success like this would be timely according to Arkins, “the danger is with populations dwindling, it needs the lift” and the pair flag that areas such as Kilfenora and O’Currys have very small panels at adult level. If they were given the opportunity to re wind the clock 72 years and do it all over again, they’d jump at the chance and most definitely throw a few dunts along the way. “We would to be sure, every bit of it. It was our life. It’s the friendships, medals are two a penny nowadays, it’s about the friendship. Frank Mahony when he used to come in here playing the fiddle, Christ it was lovely to meet him again,” John concluded.
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John Arkins & Jack Lynch, the last living North Clare men with SFC medals tell Páraic McMahon they're hopeful Jack Daly drought will end
Captain: Dylan Casey Key Player: Elias Kunz One to Watch: Stephen Talty Fresh blood: Nnabuike Nneji (signed from Sporting Ennistymon), Vincent Onouha, Stephen Talty, Ben Mc Donagh, Kaylan O’Loughlin. Departures Gate: Shane Browne (has signed for Fair Green Celtic)
Bridge Utd A: Management: Mark Culbert (manag er), Trevor Noonan, Sean Fitzgerald, Albert Finnin Joint Captains: Jonathan Downes & Alan Mulready Key Player: Alan Mulready One to Watch: Mikey Carr Fresh blood: Paul Corry, Ronan Tuohy, Jay Whyte, Luke Woodrow (signed from Tulla Utd), Eoin Keenan (signed from Ennis Town FC). Departures Gate: Jason Loughnane (travelling) Coole FC: Did not respond Kilrush Rangers: Management: Michael Clair (manag er) Martin Fitzpatrick (head coach)
Captain: Trevor Clancy Key Player: Trevor Clancy One to Watch: Fresh Departuresblood:Gate: Liam Madigan, Dylan Russell. Lifford FC Manager: Adrian Walsh (manager), John Maher, Rhys Phillips, Eddie Killeen Captain: John Maher Key Player: David Keenan One to Watch: Eoin Monaghan Fresh blood: Fiachra Roche (signed from Corofin Harps), Ryan Jennings, David Keenan (signed from Ennis Town FC), Robbie Gormley (signed from Ennis Town FC). Departures Gate: Eoin Walsh (studies), Mattie Davenport (emigration), Paul Martin (emigration) MountshannonCelticA: Management: TBC Captain: Martin Cunningham Key Player: Michael Barrett One to watch: Ronan Dooley Fresh blood: Cathal Doyle, Liam Doyle. Departures Gate: William Glass, Andy O'Dwyer, Ethan Madden, Luke Sugrue Newmarket Celtic A: Management: Paddy Purcell (manag er), Stephen Austin, Eoin O’Brien Captain: TBC Key Player: Eoin Hayes One to Watch: Billy McNamara Fresh blood: James Fahy, Lee Cregan, Jack Kelly (signed from Shannon Town Utd), Dean Hegarty (signed from Ennis Town FC), Sean Perill (signed from Ennis Town FC), Jashar Aliu (signed from Ennis Town FC), Colum Treacy (signed from Shannon Town Utd), Billy McNamara (signed from Aisling Annacotty), Ian Collins (returns from Shannon Town Utd), Darragh Leahy (signed from Shan non Hibs) Departures Gate: Paddy Purcell (retired)
Avenue Utd A: Management: David Russell (manag er), David O’Grady (Asst Manager), Oliver Fitzpatrick (Asst Manager), Kieran Ryan (coach), Trish O’Don nell (physio)
Shannon Town Utd A: Management: Steo Dolan, Ger Kelly Captain: TJ O’Dwyer Key Player: Kai Khetan One to Watch: Colin Curran Fresh blood: Colin Curran, Gavin Car rig, Eoghan Casey, Aaron Kelly. Departures Gate: Darren Griffin (re tired), Steven Carroll (retired), Rob Wall (retired), Jack Kelly (moved to Newmarket Celtic), Colum Treacy (moved to Newmarket Celtic), Jack Ryan (moved to Aisling Annacotty) Tulla Utd A: Management: Mike Moloney, Barry Murphy, Stephen Brady, Aidan Sheedy and Fabio Messori Captain: TBC Key Player: Jack McSweeney One to Watch: Adam McNamara Fresh blood: David O’Donnell Departures Gate: Luke Woodrow (moved to Bridge Utd) by PÁRAIC McMAHON
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CDSL sides primed for fresh season
Avenue United are the regning League and Cup champions Photo by Gerard O'Neill
THE race for the Clare senior camogie championship com mences on this Friday evening with ten teams in two groups of five chasing honours. IT’S just over two months since the League and Cup drew to a close but now the time has come for a new season of soccer to com mence in Clare. Avenue Utd will put their Pre mier Division and Clare Cup titles on the line, boasting the titles for the first time in over a decade. Da vid Russell’s side were almost dealt a major blow before a ball was kicked with team captain Dylan Casey on the brink of a transfer, the Ennis club has breathed a huge sigh of relief by his decision to stay. Former CDSL Chairman, Oliver Fitzpatrick has joined their man agement along with Kieran Ryan while on the field, they’ve snapped up Nabuike Nneji, the player at the centre of the registration contro versy with Sporting Ennistymon last season and Vincent Onouha who formerly played in the same Ukrainian semi-professional league as Nneji. Mark O’Malley has stepped down as manager of Newmarket Celtic which prompted former League of Ireland footballer, Paddy Purcell to announce his retirement from playing and assume the du ties of manager. After losing both of their titles, Celtic have been busy in the transfer market and have acquired Jashar Aliu, Dean Hegarty and Sean Perill of the En nis Town FC side which contested the U19 Munster Final in May. Continued progression is the plan in Sixmilebridge with Mark Culbert’s charges on the hunt to close the gap with the big two. Bridge Utd are fortunate to call on two of the Premier Division’s excit ing young prospects in Liam Buck ley and Adam Fitzpatrick while the availability of their hurlers Brian Corry and Conor Deasy will have an input in seeing how quickly the distance will be made. Shannon Town Utd are focusing on blooding new players with last season’s U18 and U19 manager Steo Dolan replacing Derek Byrne and putting an emphasis on bring ing in his own players. They’ve no choice but to having lost over a dozen of last year’s squad includ ing promising striker Jack Ryan who has signed with Aisling An nacotty.Following Ennis Town FC’s de mise, Lifford FC find themselves as one of only two Ennis teams in the top flight. Adrian Walsh is determined his side can make a mark and they are taking inspi ration from their run to last sea son’s Cup semi-finals where it took extra time to separate them and Newmarket Celtic. The addition of David Keenan to their attack will assist in their endeavours. Having secured promotion due to Sporting Ennistymon not field ing for their play-off clash, Kilrush Rangers must grab the opportu nity with both hands. As the only West Clare side in the top flight, they may be able to nab some gael ic footballers when the GAA sea son quietens with at least four ad ditions confirmed to their squad. Tulla Utd enter the fray as dark horses. Though unlikely to capture silverware, Mike Moloney’s young sters are capable of competing at the top end of the table if they build on the promise shown by the club’s U19s side which reached last year’s Munster semi-final. The transition from youths and schoolboys to adult football will be among the many tests they will face this season. Both Mountshannon FC and Coole FC are still getting their re spective houses in order with the East Clare outfit yet to appoint a manager and the Gort side only being introduced to their new boss this week.
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David Keane wins President's Prize
WOODSTOCK GOLF CLUB: Last week’s open singles was won by Bernard Slat tery (29), Ennis with 45 points from Dermot O’Neill (16) with 43 points with Morgan Lahiffe (10) in third spot with 42 points. Tony Cleary (1) won the gross with 39 points. The weekend club singles was won by Declan Reidy (9) with 64 nett from Ray Casey (6) with 65. In the intermediate scratch cup Joe Green (10) emerged as the winner with 72 gross from Pat Keane (10) with 74 gross with third spot filled by Chris Mc Grath (10) with 77 gross. Cian Moloney had a hole in one at the 8th while competing in the Intermediate scratch cup on Sat urday. Matthew O’Brien (20) won the minor scratch cup with 79 gross from Sean Colleran (20) with 84 gross with Brian Logue (18) in third spot, also 84.
GORT GOLF CLUB: Tom Devanney (10) won the men’s singles stable ford competition last weekend with 43 points. Category one was won by David Quirke(4) with 42 points while the category 2 honours went to Rob ert Hotchkiss (17) also 42 points. Owen O’Donnell (27) won category 3 with 43 points. The gross was won by Enda Cradock (3) with 35 points The Friday open singles was won by Ben Geoghe gan (22) with 42 points while Joe Moran (5) won the gross with 31 points. In the ladies, Siobhan O’Connor (10) won category 1 with 38 points while category 2 was won by Olive Mulcair (28) with 41 points with category 3 going to Ena Furey (33) with 32 points.
The First Round is set to take place this weekend on August 19th and 20th, with the Semi Fi nal on September 17th and Final scheduled on 24th September. The Irish Greyhound Derby held at Shelbourne Park, is the most prestigious greyhound racing competition in the coun try and is considered one of the biggest events in the interna tional greyhound calendar. Dearbhla O’Brien, CEO of RCÉ, com mented, “This is an exciting de velopment for RCÉ and the wider willcommunitygreyhoundasitshowcaseour most popular and longest running racing events.Meanwhile, Ms. O’Brien has confirmed that RCÉ is fully committed to the longterm future and development of greyhound racing activity at Shelbourne Park. “Shel bourne Park is a flagship stadium in the RCÉ portfolio and is to greyhound racing what Croke Park is to Gaelic Games,” she explained.Ms.O’Brien continued, “In 2021, follow ing considerable interest from develop ers, the Board of RCÉ unanimously affirmed its long-term intention to retain greyhound racing at Shel bourne Park and further decided that it would be the focus of capital improvements enhancing the sta dium and the track for the people of Ireland. Plans and designs for this state-of-the-art investment are underway. Works are expected to commence in early 2023.” The Semi-Finals will be tele vised live on Virgin Media Two at 8pm Saturday 17th September with the Final being broad cast live a week lat er Saturday 24th September. from 9.00pm.
Yates at helm for BoyleSports Derby
DROMOLAND GOLF CLUB: In the men’s 18 hole stableford competition the winner was Brian Aherne with 42 points from Enda Finnucane with 40 points with Enda’s brother Conor in third spot with 39 points. Seamus Cusack won the gross with 33 points. Mark Skehan won the men’s 9 hole competition with 21 points from Eoghan Smith with a similar score with third spot filled by Con Ryan with 18 points. The ladies 18 hole scramble was won by Joan Ryan, Leslie O'Flynn and Siobhan Dyar with 61.77 from Katriona and Dervla O'Neill and Annette Ryan with 65. Mary Rogers won the 9 hole stableford competition with 17 points while the Eileen Murphy qualifier was won by Carol Wixted and Joan Dunne.
EAST CLARE GOLF CLUB: Overall winner of the Olive Fahy memorial com petition was Keith McInerney with 43 points. In the ladies section, Ursula Hogan was the win ner with 38 points from Rachel Whelan with 37 and Helen Downey with 35. In the men’s section, Tommy McNulty (20) won with 39 points from Gerry Barrett (16) from New castle West with a similar score. Nick Ryan (21), also with 39 points, was in third place. In the ladies 18 hole stroke golfer of the year med al competition on Sunday, Catherine Murphy won with a nett 66. Eileen Donnellan won category 1 with nett 71, Celia Moloney won category 2 with nett 70 and Helen Downey won category 3 with nett 73. The men’s competition on Sunday was v par and the winner was Mark McInerney (15) with 4 up from Pat Carey (13) with 3 up. They were followed by Batt Skehan (18) and Kevin Scully (13), with 2 up. In the men’s open on Thursday Mark Tierney won with 41 points from Bernard Murtagh with a similar score with Aaron Greene in third with 37 points. Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Brendan Moloney, Sean Jones and Jim Bradley from Pat McNamara, Jim Fahy and Ailbe McDonnell. ENNIS GOLF CLUB: President Jim Horgan’s prize to the ladies was won by Anne Kehoe (36) with 42 points. She had one to spare over Mary T. McMahon (27) while Joan Mur phy (31) was third with 39 points. Yvonne Keohane (18) won the gross with 19 points Claire Ruane (17) won category A with 33 points. Category B was won by Anna Marie Darmody (31) with 38 points from Carmel Verling (22) with 37. The 9 hole stableford competition was won by Sinead O’Sullivan (26) with 20 points. In the Gaiety Cup foursomes ladies competition at Ennis the winners were Liz Kelly (45) and Phil Butler (32) with 42 points. They had a point to spare over Bridie Keane (36) and Mary Walsh (36) while third spot was filled by Geraldine O'Rourke (34) and Pa tricia Kirwin (39) with 38 points. The overall winner of the 9 hole competition was Jean Moloney (13) with 22 points. Ann Kelly (14) won division 1 with 19 points, Bridie Keane (17) won division 2, also with 19 points while the division 3 winner was Patricia 0'Reilly (25) with 21 points. Last week’s senior ladies competition was won by Claire Pyne, Anne Feally and Maeve O'Grady with 50.2 from Mary Glynn, Loretto Torpey and Anne Keogh with 54,4. In third spot with 54.5 were Fran ces 0'Reilly, Kathleen Pyne and Eileen Holly. Last Thursday the Ennis Seniors social group played its Cider Day golf team competition support ed by the Halfway Bar Ennis. The winners with 70 points, were Martin Coffey, Frank Cullinan, Tom Pilkington and Michael Kerin.
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IVAN Yates has been unveiled as the host of The Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby presenting two live broadcasts alongside well-known greyhound racing analyst Ian Fortune.Ivanis well known for his interest in grey hound racing dating back to his days as Minister for Agriculture (1994 - 1997) to more recently as owner of Razldazl New stalk. These days he is a frequent attendee at his local track at Enniscorthy.
by SEAMUS HAYES KILRUSH GOLF CLUB: President Sean Moran’s prize was played for on Sunday when David Keane (12) emerged as the win ner with 45 points. He had three to spare over Nevan Prendeville (13) with third spot filled by Pat Donnel lan (20) also with 42 points. Donnacha Nagle won the gross with 74. Jerry Leahy (13) won category 1 with 40 points, Pat Shannon (19) was the category 2 winner with 40 and Brendan Carigg (28) won cate gory 3 with 39 points. The Rush cup, a mixed foursomes competition, was played for on Friday when Sean and Freda Mo ran were the winners with 62. They had two to spare over Michael Studdert and Mary Bolton with Finbarr McMahon and Muriel Kiely in third spot with 65. The lady president’s (Ailish Lorigan) prize was played for last Thursday when Anne Coen (21) was the winner with 44 points from Agnes Shannon (25) with 43 points. Edel Crowley (37) was third with 42 points. Anne Gallagher (10) won the gross with 27 points. The winner of the 12 hole competition was Hanora O’Dea- Kilkenny with 25 points. In the men’s 9 hole competition, Sean Moran was the winner with 23 points from John Stapleton with a similar score. In the beginner’s competition the win ner was Laura Capon from Anne Morrissey.
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Waterman, Margaret Killaloe, Clare Date of Death: Friday 12th August 2022 Burke (née Lynch), Dina Parteen, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022 Hogan, John (Johnny) Doonaha, Clare Date of Death: Tuesday 9th August 2022
Creaven, Maev Newmarket-on-fergus, Clare Date of Death: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Planning Ref: P22/12 Development Description: a new dwelling house, shed, site entrance, wastewater treat ment system and associated site Location:worksMaghera, Tulla, En nis, Co. Clare Take notice that Orla Vaughan has lodged signifi cant further information in respect of planning applica tion P22/12. This information and planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority of Clare County Council, Planning Department, Áras Contae an Chláir, New Road, Ennis, Co.Clare during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the further information or revised plans may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, not later than 2 weeks after the receipt of the newspaper notice and site no tice by the planning authority or in the case of a planning application accompanied by an EIS within 5 weeks of re ceipt of such notices by the planning authority.
Kaul, Samir Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 13th August 2022 Keane, Drewy Kilnamona, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022
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Phipps, Marlene Ballinruan, Clare Date of Death: Friday 12th August 2022
Cox, Pat Jnr. Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022
Joseph A Cambers, Solicitor fo the Applicants, Frances Street, Kilrush, Co Clare. DistrictTO: Court Clerk, The SuperintendentsCo.ClareEnnis,Courthouse, Office, Garda Ennis,NewClareTheCo.Kilrush,Siochana,ClareFireOfficer,CountyCouncilRoad,Co.Clare
CLARE DEERPARKCOUNCILCOUNTYWEST,ENNISTYMON,CO.CLARE
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Finucane, James Lahinch, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 13th August 2022 McInerney, Eamonn Kent & Clare Date of Death: Friday 4thMarch 2022 Cooney, Seán Bodyke, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022
Take notice that Bernice O Connor intends to apply for PERMISSION to build a new dwelling house, install a Waste Treatment System and all associated site and ancillary works at the above address. The planning ap plication may be inspected or purchased at a fee not ex ceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the of fices of the planning author ity, during its public opening hours. A submission or ob servation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authori ty of the application.
APPLICATION OF Shane McMahon of Tir na Nog Cranny Kilrush in the County of Clare TAKE NOTICE that application will be made to the Judge of the District Court sitting at Kilrush District Court, Kilrush Courthouse within the District Court Area aforesaid on the occasion of the sitting of the Annual Licensing District Court at 10.30am on the 20ff of September 2022 on behalf of Shane McMahon of Tir na Nog, Cranny Kilrush in the County of Clare for a Certificate of Confirmation of Transfer of the ordinary seven day publican’s Licence attached to the premises known as Tir na Nog, Cranny Kilrush in the County of Clare and District Court Area aforesaid. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Application will be made at the same time in accordance with the provisions of Section 30 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 for transfer of the said Licence freed and discharged from any indorsements against, or records of offences committed by the former Licencee. Dated the 15 th August 2022.
Naughton, Patrick (Pa) Kilkee, Clare Date of Death: Friday 12th August 2022
AN CHUIRT DUICHE THE DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT AREA OF KILRUSH DISTRICT NO CONFIRMATION12OFTRANSFER
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THE MIRACLE PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, In the past, I have asked for many favours. This time, I ask you This special favour. (Mention Favour) Take it dear Heart of Jesus, And place it within Your own broken heart Where your Father sees it, Then in His Merciful Eyes It will become your favour Not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days. Promise Publication.
Thomas, Richard Kilrush, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 13th August 2022
LICENCE APPLICATIONS
King N.T. (née Markham), Mary Ballynacally, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 13th August 2022
Liddy, Sean Spancil Hill, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022 O’Brien, Thomas (Tommy) Kilkee, Clare Date of Death: Saturday 13th August 2022 Spry (née Walshe), Eileen Kilnamona, Clare Date of Death: Sunday 14th August 2022
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Hough, Patrick Kilrush, Clare Date of Death: Monday 15th August 2022
CLARE INFORMATION/REVISEDMAGHERA,COUNCILCOUNTYTULLA,ENNIS,CO.CLAREFURTHERPLANS
THE MIRACLE PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, In the past, I have asked for many favours. This time, I ask you This special favour. (Mention Favour) Take it dear Heart of Jesus, And place it within Your own broken heart Where your Father sees it, Then in His Merciful Eyes It will become your favour Not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days.
Promise Publication. Thanks to St Anthony and St Martin FavourMCrecieved August 15th The Feast of the Assumption Say a Hail Mary for the rest of the month. Recent Deaths
COURTS LICENCE NO: REVENUELIC-12097LICENCE NO: DISTRICTNOTICEAND:LIC:ENIS:2022:006407CASEENP0150NO:CHUIRTDUICHETHEDISTRICTCOURTLICENSING(IRELAND)ACT1833SECTION6INTOXICATINGLIQUORACT,1960SECTION29OFAPPLICATIONFORCERTIFICATEOFTRANSFEROFALICENCECOURTAREAOFENNISDISTRICTNO.12CORRIBALESLIMITEDAPPLICANT
CLARE DOOLINCOUNCILCOUNTYTLD,DOOLIN,CO.CLARE
Take notice that Sinead O’Reilly and Jamie Ralph intend to apply for PERMIS SION to build a new dwelling house, install a Waste Treat ment System and all associ ated site and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reason able cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authori ty of the application.
Looney, Michael Kilfenora, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 11th August 2022 O’Donnell (née Meehan), Claire Parteen, Clare Date of Death: Friday 12th August 2022 Cahill, Dr Paul Ennis, Clare Date of Death: Thursday 11th August 2022
Take notice that Conor Clan cy intends to apply to the Planning Authority to add an extension to his existing garage and associated site works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected or pur chased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of mak ing a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, New Road, Ennis, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the planning authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of re ceipt by the planning authori ty of the application.
TAKE NOTICE that the abovenamed Applicant Corrib Ales Limited of Moore Irelans 83/84 South Mall, Cork, Cork intends to apply to the Annual Licensing Court to be held at the Court at Ennis District Court on the 28-Sep-2022 at 10:30 for the TRANSFER to the Applicant of the Publican’s Licence (7-Day Ordinary) licence attached to the premises at Main Street , Kilfenora, Clare in the court area and district aforesaid. Signed McMahon O’Brien Tynan Solicitor for Applicant Solicitors, Mill House, Henry Street DatedLimerick10Aug 2022 To the Garda Superintendent, EnnisToEnnis,clarecoco.ie,ToClare,ie,CourtPresenters.Ennis@garda.atEnnisGardaStation,Ennis,V95TR83theFireOfficer,atfireoff@ClareFireStation,Clare,V95CD74theDistrictCourtClerk,DistrictCourt
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. Stripe missing from Adam’s head . 14 mising on jersey . Dots missing on football on Adam’s top . Decoration different colour Spot the Difference Can you spot the difference? Spot the 7 differences. The answers will be revealed in next weeks edition. Shane O’Donnell rises highest among Michael Scanlan and Diarmaid NashPhoto by Gerard O’Neill . Adams wristband different colour . Colour on top of paint brush different colour . Paint missing on table 38 QUIZ THURSDAY, AUG 18 2022 THE LANGUAGEIRISH IN CLARE 1 Where in clare was not once part of the Gaeltacht? FeakleLisdoonvarnaEnnistymon 2When was clare taken of the list for the Gaeltacht? 195220011956 3 Till what year was Clare covered by the Gaeltacht (Housing) Acts? 198920011962 4 Where is the Coiste Forbartha Gaeltachta Chontae an Chláir situated? East WestSouthClareClareClare 5 How many all Irish Primary schools can be found in Clare? 742 6 How many all Irish secondary schools can found in Clare? 142 7 During what festival was the “Club Leabhar Chill Mhíchíl” (Kilmihil Irish Language Book Club) established? Festival of Fun (FUF) Festival Pig Racing It wasn’t established at a festival 8 The last native Clare Irish speak er died on the early 1990’s, and his name was Seanchaí …… what? Christopher Nugent Paddy Pharaic Mhichil Uilliam Ó Domhnaill (William Daniel) 9 We will try some translations now. What is the Irish for chal lenge? DúshlánIarraidhIarracht 10The Irish for environment is? ÍomhaMacallaTimpeallacht ANSWERS 1.Feakle 2.1956 3.2001 .4WestClare 5.4 6.1 7.FestivalofFun(FUF) 8.PaddyPharaicMhichil 9. 10.TimpeallachtDúshlán lQUESTION 1: Where in Clare was not part of the Gaeltacht?
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