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Pyrite threat to €8m Kilrush maritime centre PÁRAIC McMAHON
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LANS for an €8m maritime training centre in Kilrush could hit a stumbling block in the form of pyrite, it is
feared. Funding has been applied for
by Clare County Council under the Department of Rural and Community Development’s Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to create a maritime centre in Kilrush which is earmarked to create 28 jobs and train 1,200 people each year. A key aspect of the proposal is the purchase, renovation and use of a currently derelict building, Creek
Lodge at Kilrush Marina. However, as previously reported by The Clare Echo, Creek Lodge is one of the more prominent public buildings that has showed signs of the presence of pyrite and defective concrete blocks which would greatly impact on its future use.
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SOUTH-WEST Clare beach is hit by a number of issues preventing wheelchair access. Provision of wheelchair access at Glasheen Beach in Doonaha was requested by Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG) at this month’s meeting of the West Clare Municipal District. Unimpeded access for all is an aspiration of Clare County Council’s, senior executive engineer Alan Kennelly outlined but warned that issues at Glasheen Beach “complicate the provision of wheelchair access”. Several “environmental consents” are required before planning consent can be sought due to its location within the Lower River Shannon SAC & the River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA. Elevation between the road and bench was observed as “relatively large” which would necessitate a number of wheelchair ramps in series, “this complicates the construction process, and the cost of the project may become relatively expensive,” Kennelly added. Visitor numbers to Glasheen Beach “are not very high,” he stated.
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Pyrite could damage bid for €8m maritime centre
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by PÁRAIC McMAHON N €8M application to build a maritime training centre in Kilrush could be scuppered due to pyrite. Officials within the Department of Rural and Community Development are currently examining an application for a maritime training centre in Kilrush which is capable of sustaining 28 jobs allyear round. Clare County Council have applied for funding for an €8m maritime training centre under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. It is envisaged that the training centre would create 28 jobs and that approximately 1,200
people would receive training at the centre each year. Training would include offshore renewable training and mandatory safety training for nonsea faring job-seekers looking to take up employment in the maritime sector. Under the proposal, the purchase, renovation and re-use of a derelict building, Creek Lodge is planned along with an area of underutilised boatyard at Kilrush Marina for the establishment of a Maritime Training Centre. The specialist commercial training facility aims to provide mandatory maritime training courses and value-added training for non-seafaring personnel taking up positions at sea.
As previously reported by The Clare Echo, Creek Lodge is showing signs of the presence of defective concrete blocks and is among the many buildings in the county impacted by pyrite which would restrict its future use. This would subsequently hinder the use of Creek Lodge and damage the overall proposal, it is feared. No response to request for comment from Clare County Council had been received at the time of going to print Clare TD, Joe Carey (FG) said Kilrush was “ideally located” for a maritime training centre. A spokesperson for Deputy Carey when later contacted by The Clare Echo was unaware of the reports of pyrite at Creek Lodge.
Airport rail link 'a golden opportunity' RENEWED calls have been issued for the installation of a rail link to Shannon Airport, writes Páraic McMahon. Officials in the National Transport Authority (NTA) have previously detailed that the provision of a rail link to the International Airport is a key objective of the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (LSMATS). Plans associated with the LSMATS are estimated to cost €1.4bn while CEO of Irish Rail, Jim Meade has said the rail spur to Shan-
non would have a bill of hundreds of millions of euros. Discussions on the rail link were reignited at this month’s meeting of Clare County Council with Cllr PJ Ryan (IND) urging the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan (GP) to put a plan in place to provide a rail link to Shannon Airport. Securing a rail link would be ‘the making’ of Shannon Airport, the county’s first citizen maintained as he stressed the
need to include Bunratty. “There is a golden opportunity here and maybe we should grasp it with our two hands to try move it on”. Two pathways for the rail link have been included in three separate County Development Plans, the Cratloe man
said as he sought clarity for the landowners. Director of Service, Liam Conneally said he was keen to see the rail link remain in the next Development Plan. Criticism of the LSMATS was voiced by Cllr Johnny Flynn (FG) as he seconded the proposal”.
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Crowe will be 'knighted' if Cratloe footpath progresses PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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CLARE councillor could be knighted fellow elected representatives have quipped should a footpath link be installed in Cratloe. An application for Active Travel funding is to be compiled in attempts to link a footpath from a Cratloe nursing home to a junction of the road outside. A request to make the link was made by Cllr John Crowe (FG) at a recent sitting of the Shannon Municipal District. “This path would help residents, staff and visitors to the nursing home and the general public who use the footpath up to the woods and the playground,” he explained. Potential benefits of the proposal to the residents and guests of Santa Maria Nursing Home were acknowledged by senior executive engineer, Tom Mellett. He confirmed it would be nominated
in the next round of Active Travel funding. “It should be noted that for the project to advance engagement with local landowners will
be required,” he added. Workers utilise the road to catch the bus, Cllr Crowe stated as he noted that calls for a link had been
made for many years. “It is very dangerous to see people on that road,” the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon MD maintained. Several councillors had tabled motions down through the years to get a footpath in place, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) recalled, “It is badly needed. The footpath would make a huge difference,” he felt. Flynn added, “You’ll be knighted if you get a success on this”. Importance of the footpath was emphasised by Cllr PJ Ryan (IND). “It is very important for the people in the nursing home, more and more people are walking along the road”. Support was also voiced by Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) and Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF) with Cllr Pat McMahon (FF) also hopeful Cllr Crowe could receive a new honorary title, “You’re a good Catholic Chairman, you could be knighted yet”.
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'We need to fight for workers' LINES of communication need to improve as discussions continue on the transfer of local authority workers to Irish Water, writes Páraic McMahon. Negotiations are to re-commence in mid October on the Government’s plan to bring all water services in the county under one national provider. This will see an approximate 3,200 water service workers employed by local authorities transferred to work for Irish Water. Speaking at the September meeting of Clare County Council, Cllr Pat Hayes (FF) criticised the lack of updates provided to elected members on the discussions. “We’re not hearing any reports of significance but we believe a lot of work is going on behind the scenes. It is critically important that we hear what is happening”. Council Chief Executive, Pat Dowling said he communicated “very briefly” on two occasions in the past number of weeks with water services. Hayes responded, “We want you to continue to fight on behalf of our workers. We need to know before a decision is made. Strong communication with all staff has been stressed at any meetings with Irish Water and the Department of Housing, Director of Service, Carmel Kirby outlined. “The smoothest way for this transition to proceed is by communicating with everyone”.
Wider conversation into data centres needed by PÁRAIC McMAHON
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FURTHER information has been sought by Clare County Council into plans for a €1.2bn data centre in Ennis while local activists have said engaged discussions are needed into the future role of these facilities. Dublin-based Art Data Centres Ltd have been asked to provide further information into their plans for six two-storey data centre buildings up to 19m in height, as well as a two-storey vertical farm at Tooreen in Ennis. Additional information on the development relating to potential project splitting; drainage, water supply and flood risk; expansion of the water main and culvert; biodiversity; residential and commercial amenity; movement and access; consideration of alternatives; major accidents and other items has been sought. A six month window has been given to the developers to respond to the items raised by the planning authority before a decision will be made on whether
the Data Centre proceeds or not. Developers of the data centre campus have said it will create 250 data centre jobs, 1,200 construction jobs and 600 induced jobs in support services if granted planning permission. Speaking at Monday’s meeting of the Economic Development Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Clare County Council, environment and conservation representative, Emma Karran detailed that the discussion on Data Centres was “so relevant given our need nationally to cut carbon emissions”. She said, “We need to have a strategy in place, Clare County Council seems to be the only place where this isn’t discussed, the need to examine our energy usage, every outlet is talking about it but the County Council isn’t, there is a huge need for data and the need to reduce it but can we have a more open discussion,” the Doonbeg resident asked. Director of Service with
Clare County Council, Liam Conneally in response stated that the planning application for the data centre was going through the planning process, “we will leave that process proceed”. Social inclusion representative, Elaine D’Alton commented, “the data centres are not the trendsetters they were ten years ago. When are Clare County Council going to have a conversation on data centres. Is there an intention to broaden out this conversation and take on board what has been said at a national level,” the co-ordinator of the Clare Women’s Network said. Conneally told the meeting he would not be speaking about individual projects, “the planning process is the place to deal with them”. On the broader issue of data centres, he believed they would be required and suggested renewable sources could be used to help power them. “Data will need to be stored into the future and there will be a requirement for data centres wherever they will be”.
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Review proposes Clareabbey sale PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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PPOINTMENT of three full-time personnel and the sale of Clareabbey are among some of the aspects to be proposed as part of a strategic review of Clare GAA. A spokesperson for Clare GAA told The Clare Echo that the September meeting of the County Board would take place this month. No meeting of the County Board has been held since June. At the September meeting, a strategic plan for Clare GAA is to be launched. The Clare Echo has learned of some of the recommendations that are to be put forward from the review, work on which began in March of this year. Clareabbey’s sale is one of the items recommended, the former grounds of Clarecastle GAA club has been used as the administrative headquarters of Clare GAA. Three full-time officers are also suggested, these include a Chief Executive Offi-
l STEPPING DOWN: Michael O’Connor Photo by Burren Eye Photography
cer, a Director of Hurling and a Marketing/Commercial Officer. No mention as of yet has circulated regarding a Director of Football. The post of secretary is recommended to become a voluntary position as per the review. Meanwhile, Clare GAA public relations
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519 domestic abuse incidents reported to Gardaí this year by PÁRAIC McMAHON 519 DOMESTIC abuse incidents have been reported in Co Clare, already this year. Incidents include breaches of interim barring orders, protection orders, barring orders, safety orders, emergency barring orders and domestic disputes. Clare falls into the Southern Region which up until September 9th had 5030 domestic abuse incidents this year compared with the Dublin Region (8941), Eastern Region (5612), North Western Region (5103) giving a nationwide total of 24,686 domestic abuse incidents so far in 2021. Minister for Justice, Heather Humphreys (FG) in response to a parliamentary question from Clare TD, Michael
McNamara (IND) insisted An Garda Síochána “attaches the highest priority to domestic abuse incidents” and cited the ongoing work of Operation Faoiseamh. Increased supports must be provided in the upcoming Budget to organisations working with victims of domestic violence and vulnerable children, Deputy McNamara said. “While there are a number of organisations in Ireland working tirelessly to provide professional support to domestic abuse survivors, it is clear that wider supports are needed in light of the high incidences of domestic abuse across the country,” he told The Clare Echo.
Online scams still catching Clare public by PÁRAIC McMAHON ONLINE scams are continuing to catch the Clare public, Gardaí have warned. Gardaí in the county have renewed efforts to advise the public to be extra vigilant online when sharing information. Within the past week, Clare Gardaí had three reports from persons who received a text from an internet banking saying that there had been unusual ac-
tivity on their account. They followed a link and then realised that fraudulent transactions had taken place on their accounts. “We want to remind people that anyone who rings, texts or emails you out of the blue and requests personal information such as bank details, they are not to be trusted. Do not click into any links they send
you or call the number they contact you from or that is stated in their email,” crime prevention officer Triona Brooks outlined.
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Dad spends €400 in sex shop but falls short on maintenance
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JUDGE has lashed out at a father for spending over €400 on ‘fiddlydyedoes’ and ‘diddlydodas’ from online sex shop ‘Love Honey’ while falling behind in maintenance payments for his young son. At the Family Law Court, Judge Mary Larkin told the man “you have an absolute cheek coming in here expecting me to believe what you are saying because I don’t believe a word of it”. The man told Judge Larkin that he has fallen behind in maintenance payments because he is ‘struggling’ on his weekly social welfare payment of €203 and has no other income.However, solicitor for the mother, Mairéad Doyle produced in court bank statement details of over €400 the man has spent in four separate payments between March and July to online sex shop ‘Love Honey’. Judge Larkin told the man: “You wouldn’t be spending over half your money on a ‘fiddlydyedoe’ if you had only €203 a week.” Judge
Larkin told him: “You tell me how you can come in here and tell me that if you are on €203 a week and you are spending €139 and another €139 on a ‘fiddlydyedoe?’” In response, the man said: “It was a mistake judge.” In reply, Judge Larkin told him: “No. It wasn’t a mistake because you didn’t have one bother with money because otherwise you wouldn’t have spent the money.” Judge Larkin said that anyone on €200 a week would be worried about how much they spend on food, ESB and all the other bills. She said: “You would not be paying that kind of money for an absolute nonsense.” Judge Larkin asked the man: “How can you afford to spend that kind of recreational money when you have €203 to live off?” In reply, the man said: “I can’t afford it judge.” The maintenance order in place is that the man pays €45 maintenance towards his son per weekly but he is paying only €25 at present towards the primary school going boy. Judge Larkin has now raised the maintenance payment to €80 per week and all arrears are to be paid
by October 7th. Judge Larkin said that she was satisfied that the man “is extremely well off ” after hearing evidence that he is the owner of two houses with no mortgages and has had cash businesses. Judge Larkin said that the man - aged in his 40s - was very good at collecting cash and is very good with money. Judge Larkin said that the man “is an able hard working man and has raised substantial sums of money to build two houses.” Ms Doyle of Shannon based legal firm, Carmody and Co Solicitors explained to Judge Larkin that 'Love Honey’ “is a website for buying sex toys and general erotica”. Ms Doyle said that bank statements show that the man made two separate payments of €139 each to Love Honey in March and another payment of €98.60 in June along with a fourth payment to bring the total up to over €400. Ms Doyle stated that the ‘Love Honey’ payments were made during a period when he gave her client €8 in one week for maintenance and then decided that he wasn’t going to abide to a maintenance court order and gave
nothing and then decided to pay over €25 to her. Ms Doyle told the man: “At the same time, you were able to afford to spend over €400 on this kind of rubbish. In June when he was claiming to be badly broken, he was still managing to pay €100 to ‘Love Honey’ to entertain himself." Asked to explain the spend on ‘Love Honey’ by Judge Larkin, the man replied from the witness box ‘Judge, I have a social life”. Ms Doyle said that the man has had a substantial cash business and has no mortgage on two houses he owns that he built with cash. Ms Doyle told him: “You are lying through your teeth - you think you are making fools of all of us but you are not.” Asked why he has allowed maintenance arrears of €302 to build up, the man replied: “I am struggling at the moment.” In response, Ms Doyle stated: “You weren’t struggling in June when you were paying €100 into ‘Love Honey’. You weren’t struggling then were you?” Judge Larkin stated that the man is “very loose and fast with the truth” after hearing evidence that
his ex-partner only learned of the existence of a child he had from a previous relationship three days after they broke up. In evidence, the mother seeking the increased maintenance stated that “three days after I left the house someone told me by accident that he had another child”. The court was told that the man has been making payments of €12.70 a week towards the maintenance of his other child for the past 18 to 19 years and gave the child money on several occasions. The mother told the court that she suffers from complex Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) and her ex "is a trigger”. She said that the man has a safe in his house where he deposits the cash from his cash businesses. Solicitor for the man, Colum Doherty said that his client doesn’t operate on the black market and the woman said that this is untrue. The woman said that her ex-partner video records her at the hand-over of their child and Judge Larkin ordered that all video-recording is to stop. Judge Larkin described the recording as ‘intimidation’.
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‘To hell with the environment when road safety is concerned’
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by PÁRAIC McMAHON TRONG criticism has been voiced of landowners across Co Clare labelled as an “absolute disgrace” for failing to cut their hedges. Question marks regarding the pride Clare landowners have in their own road frontage were also raised during a lively discussion on hedge cutting at the September sitting of the Killaloe Municipal District. Cathaoirleach of the MD, Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) tabled a proposal seeking Clare County Council “to deal with hedge cutting and over hanging trees and branches” during the open season for carrying out the works. Under Section 70 of the Roads Act 1993, landowners and occupiers of land are obliged to take all reasonable care to ensure that the trees, ditches, hedges and other vegetation growing on their land, are not or could not, become a danger to people using or working on a public road. This means that
l LANDOWNERS: Cllr Pat Burke cutting his own hedges landowners and occupiers must cut their hedges, overhanging trees and branches when necessary. Niamh Madden, senior executive engineer said the Killaloe MD was already “proactive in recent weeks” by issuing reminder letters
alerting landowners of their obligations under the legislation. Not all landowners are equal in their efforts, Cllr Cooney maintained, “some landowners are doing fantastic work and there is no point saying they are not but other
landowners are not carrying out their duties”, those neglecting their duty were “sickening”. He said agricultural contractors, hauliers, drivers and cyclists were all impacted and felt the presence of a closed season for hedge-cutting “unfortunately” existed. Both agricultural and haulage contractors are not travelling some roads in East Clare because they are being forced into the middle of the road due to overhanging branches, the O’Callaghans Mills man warned. This viewpoint was echoed by Cllr Pat Hayes (FF), “health and safety takes precedent here in every case”. Ms Madden advised the meeting that the onus is on landowners to cut their hedges. She said the Council’s efforts to date had been “very time consuming” but stressed, “the Council will be pursuing landowners and occupiers who fail in their obligation, we will recoup costs through the Courts but we appeal to landowners and occupiers to complete their duties so we don’t have to go down that
route”. During a recent trip on the Bodyke to Broadford road, one wing mirror on the tractor of Cllr Pat Burke (FG) was smashed because of the failure of one landowner to comply with the legislation. He quipped that there was no equivalent to Kildangan Stud in East Clare with no landowner having hundreds of acres which precluded them from cutting their hedges. “It is an absolute disgrace that landowners are choosing to ignore their hedges. While travelling further afield to North Tipperary and Co Limerick, he observed a contrast, “the hedges were all cut, whether it is the farmers or the local authorities doing the work I don’t know or do the farmers have more pride in their road frontage”. The Whitegate representative added, “there must be somebody enforcing it in other counties, you wouldn’t break a mirror in a tractor where I was in Co Limerick last week. To hell with the environment here, road safety is most important”.
Inagh native Conway elected Chair of Clare Association INAGH native, Tom Conway (pictured right) has unanimously been elected as the Chairperson of the Clare Association in Dublin (Muintir an Chláir), writes Páraic McMahon. Conway will lead the association for the coming year after getting the backing of members at its AGM at the Clasac Comhaltas Ceoltoírí Centre, Clontarf. He succeeds Gerry O’ Reilly who stepped down after a very successful term as the association’s chairman. The new chairman
and long standing association officer, Liam O’ Looney, also from Inagh, were among those who paid tribute to Mr. O’Reilly for his efforts and wonderful work on behalf of the association. In 2016, Tom retired from An Garda Síochána where he was Chief Superintendent after forty one years of service, the majority of which was in Dublin. He has appealed for more Clare natives or persons with Clare connections who are living in and around Dublin to join or support the association.
He said that they would especially welcome younger members with new ideas to join them.
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All three routes provide frequent services between Kilrush and Ennis. Route 337 runs three times daily Monday – Saturday with a reduced service on Sundays. Routes 335 and 339 also run daily Monday to Friday, providing connectivity to Kilkee, Doonbeg and the Loop Head peninsula. As we welcome people back on board, the safety of our customers remains our
priority and the wearing of a face-covering remains mandatory. TFI Local Link Regular Rural Bus Services operate on a fixed route between towns and villages and have a scheduled timetable, just like any other public transport bus service. For more information on all routes and timetables call 065 6719101 or visit locallinklc.ie.
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Application for Clare SDZ on course to be lodged next month PÁRAIC MCMAHON paraic@clareecho.ie
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ODGING of an application for a strategic development zone (SDZ) of what is envisaged to become Europe’s first University town is planned to be made next month. Both Clare County Council and the University of Limerick are working in conjunction on plans for the South Clare SDZ which is predicted to provide a lift to economic activity in the villages of Clonlara, O’Briensbridge and Castleconnell while also creating
up to 3,500 jobs. Outside financial support may be provided to get the project over the line. Director of Service with the local authority, Liam Conneally said this week that the pace of works with the SDZ “has moved on” in the last two months with optimism expressed to lodge an application for SDZ designation next month. He outlined that there is a “fifty fifty partnership” between the Council and UL. Limerick City and County Council’s support or lack of may dilute the advancement of the plans, Cllr Michael Begley (IND) feared. He was adamant housing should not be included in the SDZ and called it “an unnecessary
intrusion”. “Small-minded thinking” from elected representatives in Limerick should not stall the project, Cllr Pat McMahon (FF) argued. “There are a small group of people painting a negative picture but the bigger picture is the sustenance of the area into the future”. Areas of accommodation will be needed in the SDZ, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) believed. “I know some people will shy away if accommodation is included because there might be issues but if it is done properly, there won’t be any”. l PLANS: University of Limerick
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Shannon comes together for Culture Night PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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USICIANS of Shannon gathered for Culture Night outside the Hope Café in a bid to bring back the arts back to the town with a bang. ‘Coming Together Again’ was the theme for Culture Night across Co Clare with the title of ‘Le Chéile Arís’ adapted in Shannon. Funded by the Clare Arts Office, musicians of Shannon gathered to put on the show which included live performances from Benz Kristopher, Ali Hayes and Colm McGuinness. The bands on show were StageFright, David Hope accompanied by Liam Boyle and Kealen Kenny, Sticky Fingers and Mangled Badgers. Emily O’Callaghan was the host on the night with others to appear on the live stream
including Youth in Music, Adam Moloney, Cyril O'Donoghue and Blackie O'Connell with a tribute to the late Paul 'Swive" O'Donoghue, Muse Productions, The Kirby Sisters, Shannon Gospel Choir, Amherst Writers and a beautiful tribute to the late Pat Costello from the Kilfenora Céilí Band. Damian O’Rourke of Cuppa Tea TV was one of the main organisers of the event along with Niamh O'Callaghan, Madge O'Callaghan and Elton Good. O’Rourke was also behind the camera with the event streamed live online. Lighting and sound was provided by Mike McGrath of Unit 5 Audio Services and Chris Walshe from Hippo Sound and Lighting. On the switcher was Pat Clarke-Browne while praise has also been heaped on Jacquie Murphy of St Patricks Comprehensive for designing online posters in advance of the night and “local hero” Joe Buckley for capturing the occasion from behind the lens.
l TUNES: Dave Hope on stage outside the Hope Cafe and (inset) Damian O’Rourke
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A MARVEL-LOUS HURLEY LGBT+ workshop event in the Burren Art Gallery
l THING OF BEAUTY: Hurley makers Aidan and Tom Cuddihy and Naoise Jordan enjoying the Michael Cusack Day Photo by Eamon Ward
THIS Saturday, there will be a workshop in the Burren Art Gallery in Templebannagh. This free event will be hosted by Gallery curator Andrew Waterhouse and GOSHH’s outreach worker for Clare, Eoin Burke. The workshop will run from 3-7pm this Saturday and is open to all members of the LGBT+ community and their friends. With breath-taking views of the local landscape and a unique gallery space, there is sure to be much source of inspiration for your sketching and painting in this fun and welcoming environment. Light refresh-
Burren Art Gallery ments will be provided and, weather permitting, there will be a short walk to nearby Lough Bunny for those who wish to partake. Beginners and all levels are very welcome and although this event is free,
pre-registration is essential. If you’d like to find out more about GOSHH and this weekend’s workshop, please email outreachworker@goshh.ie or call 0864587975.
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Disruptions to water supply expected over next fortnight PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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NTERMITTENT reductions to water supply are expected across large sections of West Clare for up to two weeks. An alternative water supply is to be in place in the form of water tankers in Carrigaholt, Cooraclare, Cree, Cross, Doonaha, Doonbeg, Kilbaha, Kilkee, Kilmihil, Kilmurry McMahon, Kilrush, Knockerra, Labasheeda, Lisdeen and Quilty. The interruptions are expected to occur from Friday September 17th to Thursday September 30th. It comes as Irish Water in partnership with Clare County Council reach construction stage on a major upgrade of the New Doolough Water Treatment plant that serves the West Clare regional water supply scheme. This is the largest water treatment plant in Co. Clare with the works being the most significant in terms of investment at the plant in over 30 years. The works are being advanced to remove the West Clare water supply scheme from the EPA’s Remedial Action List (RAL) and to provide a safer,
secure and more reliable supply for the future. Regional Operations Lead for Irish Water, Duane O’Brien explained, “We are at a very crucial stage of these works now and as part of this phase of the construction, the capacity of the water treatment plant will be temporarily reduced. During this period, customers may experience intermittent reductions in pressure or supply between Friday, September 17 and Thursday, September 30. “Any interruptions should be of a short duration and Irish Water will work to limit any disruptions. We understand the inconvenience caused when works occur and thank customers for their patience while we complete these essential works to safeguard the water supply for customers,” he added. Areas that may be affected include Kilrush, Kilkee, Kilmihil, Doonbeg, Quilty, Carrigaholt, and all surrounding areas, including all group water schemes fed from this supply. As a precautionary measure, Irish Water are providing water tankers at 15 locations that consumers can access if affected. “We are asking customers in these
areas to be mindful of how they use water and to conserve when possible. However it is important to continue to follow the HSE guidance on hand washing.” Duane said. Tankered water has been set up at the following locations to provide an alternative water supply to customers in the event of water outage. Customers are reminded to use their own containers when taking water from the tanker and to boil water before consumption as a precautionary measure. Please adhere to social distancing when queuing for water supplies. Irish Water customer care helpline is open 24/7 and customers can call 1800 278 278 for more information.
Age friendly parking to be reserved near Kildysart post office PARKING spaces are to be reserved adjacent to the post office in Kildysart for senior citizens, writes Páraic McMahon. Once An Post give the thumbs up, Clare County Council are to delineate age friendly parking spaces on the main street of Kildysart adjacent to the post office. It follows a proposal from Cllr PJ Kelly (FF) before the September meeting of the West Clare Municipal District which appealed for some parking spaces to be reserved for senior citizens.
Senior executive engineer, Alan Kennelly confirmed spaces would be allocated for age friendly parking once An Post was “agreeable” to the motion. This “very welcome development” has been widely praised in Kildysart, Cllr Kelly commented. “Senior citizens are entitled to get a break,” he remarked. Earlier this month, Kildysart’s post office welcomed customers of Bank of Ireland who are now able to lodge cash, cheques and coin as well as withdrawing money.
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WELL known American actress described The Old Ground Hotel as “so fetch” following a three week stay at the four star Ennis hotel. Lacey Chabert spent three weeks at The Old Ground Hotel while filming her new movie, ‘Christmas at Castle Hart’ which was shot at different locations around Co Clare and Limerick. Chabert is well known for her roles as Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls while she rose to prominence as the third actress to play Bianca Montgomery the daughter of Erica Kane portrayed by Susan Lucci on the ABC soap opera, ‘All My Children’ from 1992 to 1993. She has appeared in 18 Hallmark
Channel movies and four Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movies, the latest production sees her co-star with Stuart Townsend who also spent time at The Old Ground Hotel. According to a spokesperson for The Old Ground Hotel, Lacey told staff that she stayed at the hotel for so long “because she thought it was so fetch”. The spokesperson added that the 38 year old adored the “home away from home feel” and was kept incognito during her time there. Built in the early part of the eighteenth century as a private dwelling, the manor house has been a hotel since 1895 and re-opened under the ownership of Allen Flynn and the Flynn Hotel Collection in September 1995. They have undertaken five major refurbishments and extensions, bringing it from 11 bedrooms to 108, and it now operates as a 4 star hotel.
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by PÁRAIC McMAHON CLARITY has been provided by Clare County Council engineers that a crossing point on Francis St in Ennis opposite the Irish Wheelchair Association Shop is not a pedestrian crossing. Instead it is defined as “an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing,” executive engineer Barry Conway explained. His comments came in response to a motion from Cllr Mary Howard (FG) seeking a “repainting” of “the pedestrian crossing” which was seconded by Cllr Paul Murphy (FG). Conway confirmed that black and white markings at the location had been removed “as they were not appropriate for the location and replaced with ‘look left/right’ markings as an aid to pedestrians. These markings will be inspected by the MD staff and scheduled for refreshing if necessary”. Speaking at a recent meeting of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Howard stressed “this is a very busy location, people growing
up in the town are concerned and a lot of older people have asked about it, they just don’t feel safe”. She noted that the location was busy with students and surrounded “a very busy area of growth”. In response, Mr Conway reiterated “it was never a pedestrian crossing”. He acknowledged that the black and white markings previously in place should not have been there. The strip in existence is to highlight the crossing to the driver, “it doesn’t give right of way to the pedestrian,” he added. Cllr Howard then queried who decides the criteria for making it a pedestrian crossing and she was informed this would be an assessment for Clare County Council while it was also pointed out a pedestrian crossing is in place less than 300 metres further up the road. “It is too busy,” Cllr Howard responded while adding that motorists would be forced to stop. A future pedestrian crossing at glór could be considered, Conway added.
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Hospital patients to Eoin Neylon inside look at Clare’s be asked for proof of An political spectrum COVID-19 vaccine
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ATIENTS presenting to hospitals operated by UL Hospitals Group will be asked for their COVID-19 vaccination status at the point of admission, writes Páraic McMa-
hon. UL Hospitals Group confirmed to The Clare Echo on Tuesday evening that new national guidelines will see patients asked about their vaccination status when attending its hospitals which include Ennis Hospital and University Hospital Limerick. Unscheduled attendances at the emergency department at UHL will be monitored closely for proof of vaccination. The EU Digital COVID Certificate issued by the Department of Health, which can be a paper copy or stored on your mobile phone, or the physical record card presented to you at vaccination, contains the dates of vaccination, number of doses, and vaccine type. In line with the latest national guidance, patients are being asked about their status either before they attend for appointments, at the time of check-in or admission, or as soon as possible thereafter. A spokesperson for UL Hospitals Group told The Clare Echo, “Providing this information at admission assists the hospital to manage patients according to the degree of immunisation they have from COVID-19. It also helps the hospital more safely manage patients who come into contact with a COVID-19 case in any of our hospitals. It is now part of the national guidance on COVID-19 that information on the vaccination status of patients in acute hospitals is determined and recorded, either prior to
admission or as soon as possible thereafter”. Regardless of vaccination status, all patients will receive care and treatment, the spokesperson outlined. “Knowledge of vaccination status enables safer management of patients, and assists with contact tracing either in the hospital or afterwards in the community, if a patient comes into contact with a COVID-19 case in any of our hospitals. In addition, vaccination can be organised for inpatients who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, if they are eligible for vaccination and wish to avail of it during their hospital stay”. Barbara Slevin, Assistant Director of Nursing in Infection Prevention & Control in UL Hospitals Group, said the request for vaccination by hospitals was part of a ‘best practice’ approach to infection prevention during the pandemic that is already in evidence in wider society. She added that it was important for those attending hospital with a patient to observe the COVID-19 public health protocols. The request by UL Hospitals Group for vaccination status prior to admission is set out in the national guidance document, ‘Acute Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Precautions for Possible or Confirmed COVID-19 in a Pandemic Setting’. Information on patients’ vaccination status will be treated in the strictest confidence, in line with the ethical obligation on UL Hospitals Group to protect the confidentiality of all patients in our care, which is also a legal requirement as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) along with the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir, With regard to your article last week on North Clare buses. There is no 13.30 bus from Ennistymon. The buses from here are as follows 08.45, 10.30, 12.30, 15.30, 17.30. If Denis Vaughan had checked the timetable on the bus stop he would have seen that no bus is ever cancelled on the 350 route. Yours faithfully, Dermot Petty Ennisymon
Build back better T HE week has been a milestone one in the rowing back of Covid-19 restrictions with indoor activities returning, as has, for some, the office commute. It remains to be seen just to what extent people will return to pre-pandemic office life, but for many communities around Clare, they will be hoping that it won’t be back to business as usual. Over the past 18 months, there has been an influx of people to the west as working from home gave people previously based in the Greater Dublin Area, the opportunity to work while enjoying the delights of living on Atlantic shores. Ever since the post Celtic Tiger crash, these communities had badly needed an influx of new people to breath life into the area. As such, they’ll be hoping the new and returning people might stick around, rather than face into hours of commuting in and out of Dublin and other cities around the country. This has very much been the silver lining on the Covid cloud for rural Ireland. Grant aid and the roll out of the National Broadband Plan have aided in this regard, but we cannot take for granted that people will stick around, should their employers allow. Rural Ireland needs a more proactive approach. As certain areas still await connection to the broadband plan, businesspeople who have re-located, will need faster, more reliable internet connections in order to keep up with the rest of their industry which has returned to the office. Local business hubs, featuring hot desking, high speed reliable internet and supporting café culture, have been a great success previously in Clare and
around the country. Government aid needs to be granted to local authorities to expand on these hubs and establish new ones around rural Ireland. Furthermore, local amenities and school transportation will also need to improve drastically if the allure of rural living is to last longer than the initial novelty has worn off. Clare has an awful lot to offer in beautiful scenery, great artisan food, and local entertainment, but as readers will be well aware, school places, access to healthcare and a lack of public transport links are an immediate draw back. Now is the time to pitch west coast living more than ever in my lifetime. But in order to do so, people need to know that they will have access to the basics they take for granted in large urban areas. It very much is a case of ‘if you build it, they will come’. Ambitious projects, like the Shannon Estuary wind energy generation plan, are a good start to give more people local jobs as a basis to sustain a community. A village cannot survive on hot desking alone after all. Nevertheless, as one County Councillor correctly pointed out recently, if west Clare doesn’t have the facilities, all these people filling the new jobs will at best be based in Ennis, not in West Clare. That said, it remains a surprise to me, in talking to people in the tourism and retail sector in Clare and beyond, that they find it increasingly hard to find personnel to fill roles now that restrictions have been lifted. I know from first-hand experience of the same issue in construction around the country.
It beggars belief when put in the context of there still being some 115,000 PUP recipients in Ireland, despite 20,000 full time students coming off the scheme on the resumption of college term, along with a further 180,000 on the live register. In all, that’s almost 300,000 people claiming state support for being out of work in Ireland at a time that multiple industries are crying out for personnel and complaining of huge labour shortages. Something here does not add up. There could be a few explanations for this. The first one is that certain industries are not back yet or not back fully and as such employment in them remains low. The entertainment and live events sector is one example of this. Another is high levels of fraudulent claims, although this is highly doubtful given the checks and balances that were introduced to find false claimants, and the prosecutions we have witness of same. That said, I do believe that, come the end of October, the PUP system should be would back into the regular social protection system as we aim to rebuild the economy, with a marginally better rate of welfare for all recipients post pandemic. Inflation alone would necessitate that. The economy and building back better needs to be a focus of Government but in doing so, no Government will ever have better opportunity to do it in a way that promotes rural development and a balanced economy across the island. We need local leadership to ensure Clare isn’t forgotten now more than ever.
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Two transatlantic routes to resume next year PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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HANNON Airport has received a major lift with not one but two transatlantic services to resume. United Airlines are to resume transatlantic operations from Shannon Airport in March with American Airlines following suit in March. As first reported by The Clare Echo, United Airlines are to renew its route from Shannon Airport to Newark which will re-estab-
lish a twenty two year history between the airline and the International Airport. A spokesperson for United Airlines has confirmed to The Clare Echo that tickets for the Shannon to New York/Newark are for sale and is “currently scheduled to resume as a seasonal daily service from 27 March 2022”. Shannon Group have welcomed the development. A spokesperson told The Clare Echo that efforts to build back air services will increase, “We have been in constant discussions with United and all our airline
partners on the resumption of transatlantic services for 2022. These efforts will intensify as we continue to build back air services and look to restore our connectivity lost to the pandemic”. American Airlines has already began selling tickets for the resumption of its service from Shannon to Philadelphia which operated between May and October each year until the onset of COVID-19. They will do so while using a larger aircraft and the presence of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner will mark the first time an airline uses the aircraft on
a route to North America from Shannon. The collective Chambers of Commerce of Shannon, Ennis, Galway and Limerick and the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) have welcomed the positive developments in Shannon. “Shannon’s transatlantic services were well supported in the past and it is important now for people in the region to get behind United’s and American Airlines’ Shannon routes to ensure their success; this will give confidence to other transatlantic operators to return,” it added.
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lCOYBIG: Felim and John Cotter supporting the Wolfe Tones senior hurlers in Sixmilebridge on Sunday
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New Shannon Group Chair to be appointed by end of September by PÁRAIC McMAHON APPOINTMENT of a new Chair of Shannon Group has reached its final stages. Shannon Group has been without a Chairperson since Rose Hynes’ 12 month contract extension expired in August of last year. A planned appointment of Cavan native Aaron Forde fell through when disparaging social media comments by the former Chair of Ornua came to light. Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan (GP) and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton (FG) have
met with the candidates shortlisted via the public appointments service (PAS) process last week. The Clare Echo understands that Department officials are hopeful of making an appointment by the end of September. In response to a parliamentary question from Clare TD Michael McNamara (IND), Minister Ryan explained, “In line with normal arrangements for the appointment of Chairs to State Boards, the Chair designate will be required to appear before the
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications before being formally appointed as Chair of Shannon Group”. Deputy McNamara has urged the Department to “proceed without delay” due to the significance of the role. “It is critically important that the successful candidate be someone with the experience to provide strategic direction to Shannon Group plc’s aviation and property businesses, as well as the proposed transfer of Clare-based Shannon Heritage tourism assets to Clare County Council”.
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FTER a hard day’s work, sometimes the last thing you want to be doing is slaving over a load of pots and pans trying to whip up a healthy and nutritious meal. So sometimes a one pot wonder is just the ticket. Everything in one dish, minimum cleanup and maximum taste. This is where my oven frittata comes in handy. It’s great to use up whatever veg you have handy, it’s super quick to prepare and it is great to help you hit your five a day.
YOU WILL NEED: • 3 cooked baby potatoes cut into cubes • Half an onion sliced • 1 bunch spring onions or chives chopped • 30g canned sweetcorn • 5 chopped cherry tomatoes • 2 large eggs • 100ml milk • 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves • 60g chedder, grated • Salt and pepper to season Step 1 Heat the oven to 180c and butter up or oil a 1 litre oven dish Step 2 Soften your onions in a frying pan for a few minutes then horse them into a mixing bowl along with all your other ingredients and give them a good mix
with a fork until everything is combined. Lob everything into your oven dish and put that bad boy in the oven for 30 to 35 minutes at 180c. Step 3 Take it out of the oven when it’s nicely golden and firm to touch. Allow it to cool for a few mins, then serve with a mixed green salad. Most of the above ingredients can be easily substituted, you can use pasta instead of potatoes, peppers instead
of tomatoes and peas instead of corn. Well, you get the idea. The main thing is that you have eggs and milk. As usual, if you have any questions about this recipe or others please feel free to message me on Instagram @ stevekearney37 and keep an eye to The Clare Echo Facebook page for the instructional video that goes with this recipe.
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HOUSANDS of people are returning back to the office this week which includes suitable social distancing measures. I can imagine the impact this can have on someone’s mental health when it comes to a big change in their routine. This can result in a shift in your mood or cause excessive anxiety. Others love change and thrive off routine which causes their mood to be more positive. Everyone is so different when it comes to these situations. I’m going to list five back to work essentials to make it that bit easier for when you have to make that change. 1: WEEKLY/DAILY PLANNER Planning your week can make you feel less overwhelmed and more organised in your own head. Once everything is written down it can cause you to see everything clearer and make you realise it isn’t as bad as you think. Being organised in your work can make you very positive about your current
job position. This simple and effective work essential can take a big weight off your shoulders. 2: SANITISER/HAND CREAM Of course sanitiser is an essential part of everyone’s daily life now. But adding hand cream is something people tend to skip. Keeping sanitised is very important but so is keeping your hands moisturised. Dry skin has become so common now especially around the nail area due to the use of sanitiser daily. Using effective hand cream every day along with sanitiser can eliminate your chances of getting severe dry skin. The hand cream I always recommend is the L’occitane Shea Butter hand cream which you can purchase in your local pharmacy. 3: BLUE LIGHT GLASSES I only discovered these last year and I have to say they are so effective and help so much when looking at screens all day. These glasses protect your eyes from the blue light that is the most harmful when constantly looking
at screens. I purchased mine on a great Irish website called Loro. ie and they have a wide range of different styles to choose from at very affordable prices. 4: COFFEE CUP/THERMAL FLASK/WATER BOTTLE Depending on your favourite drink, having your very own bottle can help a lot when you can’t move around as much due to social distancing and limiting contact. Having your own reusable coffee cup contributes to the environment and makes it a lot easier to bring your favourite coffee from home. 5: VITAMINS I know some of us are very guilty for forgetting to take vitamins, myself included, but having a Berocca Vitamin C drink every morning really helps my immune system and energy levels for the day ahead. If you want to keep coffee out of your diet I always recommend this because it gives me the same amount of energy a cup of coffee would.
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1.6 tonnes of litter removed from Clare coastline STUART HOLLY
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HE Big Beach Clean took place over the weekend, with 1.6 tonnes of marine rubbish removed from the Clare coast. The Big Beach Clean is an annual call to action that takes place in September at the end of the bathing season. Volunteers around Ireland were asked to register their clean up event and take part in a worldwide citizen science project, as part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), operated internationally by Ocean Conservancy. This year, a record number of over 400 clean-ups were organised by volunteers who removed 42 tonnes of litter across the country. In addition, more volunteers joined cleanups facilitated by Clean Coasts officers in 8 different locations around Ireland. In county Clare, volunteers organised clean-ups in 16 different locations, removing approximately 1.6 tonnes of marine lit-
ter. Among them, volunteers from Clean Coasts group Keep Lahinch Clean organised a clean-up that saw also local kids from the surfing school get involved after their class and collected over 10 bags of marine litter. Sinead McCoy, Coastal Communities Manager, said: “After a break in 2020 due to Covid, we were excited to host the Big Beach Clean again, but we didn’t know what to expect. This year there was a significant increase in clean-ups organised, but in a different format: we saw more people registering for clean-ups as individuals or within their household.” Sinead continued: “This year, there was an over 5% decrease in litter found across Ireland. Overall this is an incredible improvement. The work that Irish volunteers do all year round to tackle litter and less waste dropped by more conscious beach users mean that we are heading in the right direction!” Big Beach Clean volunteers have also taken part in an excellent worldwide citizen science project that will help shape future policies and campaigns to help protect our ocean. The project entails collecting the amount and types of litter on Irish beach-
es and filling in Clean Coasts’ Marine Litter Data Cards. This will help heighten awareness about the issue of marine litter and serve as an indicator of the magnitude of the problem. Once more, volunteers were asked to join the call to action, no matter how far from the coast, thanks to the involvement of An Taisce National Spring Clean programme. Statistics show that the number one cause of marine litter is litter dropped in towns and cities and getting involved in the Big Beach Clean has been a way for residents of non-coastal counties to help prevent litter entering our waterways tackle the problem
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lCALL TO ACTION: Volunteers do their bit for the Big Beach Clean in Lahinch
at its source. Finally, Cully and Sully supported the initiative again this year and hosted a clean up in Schull, Co. Cork. Cullen Allen (Cully) said: “We were blown away by the amazing response to this year’s Big Beach Clean. It was so humbling to see all of the groups out across the country at our beaches and waterways. “We had such fun at the Schull and Whites Bay events with the fantastic students, teachers and volunteers. We are proud to support Clean Coasts with this important initiative and hope to see this continue throughout the year. “
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A spiritual swim RONAN SCULLY
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T THE very dawn of creation God’s Spirit breathed on the waters, making them the wellspring of holiness. Water is everywhere there is life, from the early morning dew to seasonal rains, to oceans, seas, lakes and rivers. Every day we are offered multiple opportunities to remember, thank and bless our need and connection to water. For the last year or so especially during this time of Coronavirus, my spirituality has been profoundly shaped by swimming. There is nothing novel about this connection between exercise and spirituality as it stretches back to St. Paul where he likens the training of the body to the training of the soul (1 Cor 9:24-27). In this, it stands within the tradition of asceticism in the world, to benefit the soul by denying the desires of the body. Exercise, as the self-denial of comfort, is today the most widely accepted asceticism in our world and praised for its benefits for a healthy body, heart, mind and soul. Swimming is one of the oldest traditions in the world, practiced throughout history as a physical activity, as a meditative exercise and even as a spiritual ritual. And swimming remains popular today not only as a sport, but as a practical way of bringing focus, prayer, energy and optimism into our lives. Swimming can also be a valuable time of personal and spiritual reflection like it is for me. Especially early in the morning or late in the evening, the sea can be a sanctuary in which to build your powers of focus, prayer, forgiveness and concentration. Even half an hour of swimming at a time can help get your body into a rhythm and allow your mind to follow in meditative peace, prayer and contemplation. Swimming outdoors connects you with the natural world and reminds you of your place within it.
Turning to the Sea
The open sea is the place, I find, where mind, body, soul and spirit get along just swimmingly. Swimming, especially sea and open water sets me free, it declutters my mind, and it connects me with God. Swimming helps me to let go of the anxieties and struggles of my life and to leave everything in God's hands. Through my daily sea swims close to where I live I am able to leave aside the cares and concerns of my day and enter into an interior dialogue with God. In the strokes I take as I swim or when I am lying on the top of the water, I become
conscious of his presence and allow him to speak to my heart, body, soul and mind, because he is present in all things. I enter the stillness of that presence and I think of all the things that I am thankful for. I think of the people and places I’ve connected with through swimming and indeed in all of my life's journey and I thank God for it all. I think of the many days and mornings how it has brought me great joy and peace. I think of the many friendships which I have made throughout my life's journey and how I cherish them. I also turned to the sea for help in trying to forgive someone who had harmed and killed a loved one of mine. The sea gently wrapped itself around me, washing my worries away. From my daily swimming it has helped me to forgive others and myself. You can't swim with an anchor tied to your feet! It has really helped me to realise that God is true love. God is true kindness. God is true compassion. God is true forgiveness. He is our heavenly Father, and he wants only good for us. These thoughts when swimming and praying can be a great source of comfort and hope for us, and it’s good for us to keep them in the forefront of our minds. But the truth is, God is far more loving and merciful than we can imagine. He loves each of us so much that he has made us his children in Christ. And as any good earthly father would do, he wants to teach us to be like himself. That means he wants to teach us to love. For the most part, we are happy to follow him and try to be as loving and kind and generous as possible. In fact, each of us could probably fill a whole room with family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to whom we’ve shown love and they have shown love to us and for whom we have done acts of kindness as they have done acts of kindness for us. But what happens when someone you consider an enemy walks into that room? Maybe someone who has betrayed you or whose life choices you find offensive or maybe as in my case they have harmed or killed a loved one very close to me, is that person your neighbor too? Now, most of us, when faced with this challenging person, would probably not lash out or do anything to embarrass them. We may just try to ignore them or push them from our thoughts. But what if God whispers in your ear, “I want you to go up to that person and greet them warmly”? What if he tells you, “I love that person just as deeply
and compassionately as I love you. Can you please share that love with them?” That might be more of a challenge. But this is what Jesus meant when he told us to love our enemies. He wants our love to be as full and unconditional as his. That’s what will make us “children of God” in the truest sense of the word (Luke 6:35). He wants us to forgive them and through prayer I have learnt to forgive fully the person who harmed and killed my loved one. Perhaps you already have someone in mind as you are reading this thought for the week. If you can, bring this person to Jesus in your heart. Imagine the two of you standing before him side-by-side. Ask the Lord for the grace to forgive or accept or love this person, whatever you need. If you can’t do this, then ask Jesus to help you be patient with yourself as you try to take the next step toward reconciliation. “Father, thank you for loving all of us equally. Help me to live in that love and to share it with everyone.”
Thought for the week
As your thought for the week, remember that swimming or any type of physical activity is a great metaphor for our life journey and the pursuit of our dreams and prayers. The focus of my swimming is on enjoyment, prayerful reflection and peace. I swim for the love of swimming and it helps maintain my physical, mental and spiritual health. For me swimming regularly is my way of making progress, that is what keeps me motivated. It grounds me in the present moment and it gives me interior peace, prayerfulness and gratitude for the gift of each new day and for the gift of life. It is still an effort at times but there is a kind of joy in it. A prayer that I like to say as I swim is as follows, "Loving Creator of water on which all life depends, we thank you for the showers which water and soften the earth, bringing forth springs, streams, rivers, lakes and oceans and all that comes to life within and beside them. We thank you for the running water in our taps. And we pray for our brothers and sisters in countries where water is in short supply, where women and young girls walk miles seeking water and the earth is unforgiving and barren. Forgive us when we waste the precious gift of water and when we take it for granted. We thank you for clean water. And we pray for those whose water is contaminated and brings sickness and death. Forgive us for allowing this to happen! Thank you for the rain and for rainbows, signs of hope, promise and love. And we promise to speak and act for the common good and to reaffirm the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and to safeguard our natural resources, for our children and for future generations. Thank God for the gift of swimming! Amen."
THURSDAY, SEP 23 2021
Make Way Day returns
lINCLUSIVITY: Clare Leader Forum Chairperson Martin Tobin and Clare Leader Forum member Dermot Hayes
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ED by the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI), Make Way Day returns this year on Friday, 24th September. Make Way Day is a campaign that brings the disability and wider community together to consider the needs of people with disabilities in the public spaces we all share. This year, DFI has developed an online tool that campaigners can use to test and rate their local area or 5k. The online tool is mobile friendly and can be used to draw attention to anything that is a barrier for people, meaning every corner of Ireland can be put to the test for basic access issues. Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr PJ Ryan, commented: “Clare County Council is happy to work with DFI in supporting the roll-out of Make Way Day in County Clare. Make Way Day is an important campaign to increase public awareness of the obstacles and access issues experienced by people with disabilities in public spaces.” Make Way Day focuses on individual responsibility, and the things we can all do to help our fellow citizens get from A to B. The online tool empowers people with disabilities to survey their area for obstacles and rate its accessibility. It will give people the chance to share their frustrations by posting photos of obstacles to social platforms with the hashtag, #MakeWayDay21. Martin Tobin, Chairperson, Clare Leader Forum, said: “Clare Leader Forum would like to work towards a more
inclusive society where barriers are gone and where people with disabilities can live our lives to our fullest, on an equal basis.” Members of Clare Leader Forum sit on Clare County Council’s Physical Development Strategic Policy Committee to input into policy development, while members of Clare Older People’s Council sit on the Clare Age Friendly Alliance Board to give focus to priority areas of the Clare Age Friendly Strategy. Clare County Council is committed to consultation to ensure the views of people are at the heart of decision making when developing universally accessible public spaces and amenities. Karen Fennessy, Clare Age Friendly Development Officer, Clare County Council, said: “County Clare has already made great progress in the improvements to accessibility through the delivery of consultative walkability studies of Ennis, Kilrush and Shannon using a Universally Designed Walkability Audit Tool developed by the National Disability Authority, National Transport Authority, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design and Age Friendly Ireland. "The development of Ennis as the first Age Friendly Town in Clare is also a great achievement which we hope will improve the lives of our older citizens and people living with disabilities.” The online Make Way Day tool will be available at www. makewayday.com on Friday, 24th September. The aim of DFI is to coordinate the results to have one comprehensive map of access in Ireland.
For further information on Make Way Day 2021 visit: www.makewayday.com
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lHISTORY: At the 100 year anniversary of the first Dail, pictured with Lord Mayor of
Dublin is Maura McCormack of Newmarket on Fergus dressed as Countess Markievicz who was appointed Minister for Labour at the first Dail but sadly died before she could take up the post. The presentation was done by the Irish Living History and Irish Military Vehicles group.
ENNISTYMON lWELL DONE: Congratulations to Brian McDonagh who took part in a penalty shootout at the Fairgreen in Ennis. Brian was delighted to take part in the competition and he received a cup and a medal for his outstanding performance.
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ROTARY BIKES FOR AFRICA
COFFEE MORNING
MORE bicycles means more school success for many students in The Gambia, West Africa. It is now time to replenish the supply chain for this popular programme co-ordinated by Ireland Rotary Clubs. The small African nation of Gambia has already received over 1,800 bicycles that, in turn, have been distributed to local school children in need of transportation to and from school. With the support of Clare County Council repairable bikes are collected at the Central Waste Management Facility in Inagh without charge. Then they are shipped to Loughan House & Shelton Abbey Open Centres for repair. Thus, providing opportunity for the prisoners there to learn useful skills. Rotary International then pays for full containers to be shipped to Gambia where a local charity distributes them to those in need. To date 157 bikes have been shipped from Co. Clare. Now more bikes are needed to complete our allotment for Co. Clare. To merit repair and shipping costs bikes must have solid frames (mountain bike) and at least 24 in. wheels and no excessive rust or other damage. Members of the public can donate their unused and unwanted bikes at the Central Waste Management Facility in Ballyduff Beg, Inagh. Opening hours are as follows: * Tuesday to Friday - 8.30am to 4.30pm * Saturday - 8.30am to 1.00pm.
PAULINE and Noel Cooney will again be holding Bewley’s coffee morning in aid of Cahercalla hospice on Oct 2 at their home in Shyan, Kilmihil. Call in anytime during the day, takeaways also available. All are very welcome. Every euro donated goes directly to our local hospice. Please support, we will be following Covid guidelines.
KILRUSH TOASTMASTERS
THE Kilrush and District Toastmasters Club resumed their virtual fortnightly meetings last week through Zoom. The club would like to invite anyone interested to join with them for their next meeting which will be held on Tuesday at 8pm. Those wishing to join in can email toastmasters13@gmail.com for the zoom link. The club plan to resume their meetings at The Haven Arms Kilrush soon.
SCARIFF COLLECTION
SCARIFF Bay Community Radio will hold its annual church gate collection at East Clare churches this weekend. The community radio station resumed transmissions via FM last weekend.
lARTY: Naoise Lambe and Amelia Braja show off the artwork created by students at Scoil Mhuire, Ennistymon for Culture Night. Award winning ceramicist Debbie Harrington worked with the students on their project.
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TRUTH
is out there Connor Harkin opens a modern menswear store in Ennis, hoping his unique offering will stir up the local retail scene, writes Stuart Holly
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T JUST 25 years old, Connor Harkin now counts himself among the new crop of entrepreneurs that has emerged in Clare over the last 18 months. Last Friday the doors opened at his new menswear store Truth, located on High Street in Ennis. Inspired by high street stores on London’s Oxford Street, the clean-cut layout and open spaces on the shop floor at Truth are certainly a departure from the norm and Connor explains that it isn’t your typical Irish menswear shop. At the core of Connor’s vision is a stylish, comfortable and convenient shopping experience coupled with regular stock arrivals which will keep the shop floor fresh. Traditional menswear stores typically receive two big deliveries a year – Spring-Summer and Autumn-Winter – but Connor expects something new on the rails every two to three weeks. And for those trying something on, extra-large fitting rooms have been built to ensure maximum comfort. “It is a menswear store, but we’re completely going away from your traditional menswear store,” explains the Ballyea native. “We’re going to have capsule collections that will drop every two to three weeks, so every time you come into the shop there should be something new. “The way it’s laid out, you’ll see less on the shelves here but it’s very easy to browse. It’s set up in a way that you’ll be able to walk in and see if there’s something here for you or not. You don’t need to go
digging or rooting, there’s no rails scattered around the shop. You should walk in and there’ll be the right T-shirt, shirt, jumper, jeans, what have you; but if you decide a week or two later to go for another look through town, you’ll definitely find something new. Despite his young age, Connor has almost 10 years’ experience in the men’s fashion industry and has worked in management with Club Dangan’s CD2 store. He says that customer habits are beginning to change with many people fed up of your ‘fast fashion’ stores “stuff that doesn’t last that goes in the bin after three or four wears”. “So what I’m trying to achieve is a shopping experience that people want; it’s fresh, it’s new, it’s laid out in a very attractive way but they want something that lasts and they don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for it. So Truth will be set up in a way that will be a nice shopping experience for everyone and there’ll be something fresh and you can guarantee that it’s going to last and you’ll get a few years wear out of it. That was majorly taken into consideration.” Most age groups are catered for at Truth while he will stock fashionable high street style along with athletic apparel. “I have dedicated a good amount of space
to the athletic fella, your gym-goer or GAA fella, if he wants a T-shirt for training or swim shorts, I have one range of athletic gear called Gym King. And then everything else is clean cut – it’s what I’d describe as a mainland Europe clean-cut look, your high street London style, very clean looking,” says Connor, who says there will be a wide range of stock for the “working professional age”. Connor admits that he’s been lucky with timing. Plans for Truth have been ongoing since the end of 2019 and the shop came close to launching just before the pandemic brought the local economy to a screeching halt. So despite his young age, Truth has “been a long time coming”. “I’ve been saying since I was 17,18, 19, that I’ll start a business. I’ve looked at a few other ideas in the past and not pulled the trigger, in the end I picked something that would be a hobby to me which is menswear and I went hammer and tongs to make sure it got over the line.” While admitting that the last few months have been full of challenges, with the help of family and friends he is now open for business. Visit Truth on instagram at @ this.is.truth. lConnor Harkin
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The Burren wins big in 2021 awards STUART HOLLY
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HERE were big wins for tourism businesses in the Burren and North Clare Region last week as four local businesses were successful in the Georgina Campbell Irish Food Hospitality Awards, while there was also a huge win for a Doolin based hotel at the Chambers Ireland Awards. Of the Georgina Campbell Awards, Hazelwood Lodge, Ballyvaughan scooped the B&B of the year, while Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan won the Sustainability Award. Best Irish Breakfast award went to The Wild Honey Inn in Lisdoonvarna, while the Seafood Chef of the Year Award
was won by Denis Vaughan of Vaughan’s Anchor Inn in Liscannor. In addition to that amazing success, Hotel Doolin won the Excellence in Environment Award from Chambers Ireland. Jarlath O’Dwyer, CEO of the Burren Ecotourism Network commented: “It is wonderful that so many local tourism operations and members of our network have received such recognition at a nationwide level, these awards are a great confidence boost to everyone involved in the sector in North Clare. "In 2020 and 2021, even after the decimation of the International Visitor Market, Clare was one of the most favored destinations among Irish visitors due to the great profile that the county now has, because of individual busi-
lWINNERS: Triona Moloney and Aine Martin of Hotel Doolin
nesses like these having become renowned for their excellence.” “The collective exposure that all of the attractions, restaurants, accommodation providers and visi-
tor experiences have achieved on social media and through the press in recent years has meant that the Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark is now known
as not only a place of great beauty and scenery, but as an area that can offer the very best in hospitality and service.” He added Kate Sweeney and Aidan McGrath of The Wild Honey Inn in Lisdoonvarna said: “We were delighted to get this award for the 'the most important meal of the day' and we place the same emphasis on sourcing quality Irish produce for our breakfast menu as we do for our dinner menu.” Simon Haden of Gregans Castle added “We are more than honored by this award. As proud members of The Burren Ecotourism Network this is very much what we are about, our philosophy and who we are. It means so much to us and encourages us to improve our sustainability even further and we have lots of plans for the future, so well done to the team here.”
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THURSDAY, SEP 23 2021
Business All-Star award for Kilkee firm
Diarmuid Keane A KILKEE company has achieved All-Star architecture and design company accreditation from the All-Ireland Business Foundation, writes Páraic McMahon. Diarmuid Keane and Associates Ltd received the independently verified standard mark for indigenous businesses following a selection criteria. The accreditation is overseen by the prestigious All-Ireland Business Foundation, whose adjudication panel is chaired by Dr Briga Hynes of the
Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick and Kieran Ring, CEO of the Global Institute of Logistics. Over 450 firms in the country now hold this accreditation. Dr Hynes explained that it is needed by thousands of small and medium sized businesses that operate to their own standards, but have nothing to measure them by. The All-Ireland Business Foundation is a national body which accredits bestin-class Irish businesses as Business All-Stars. The
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Foundation also oversees the All-Ireland Business Summit. Dr Hynes stated, “We evaluate a company’s background, trustworthiness and performance, and we speak to customers, employees and vendors. We also anonymously approach the company as a customer and report back on the experience. The business goes through at least two interviews and is scored on every part of the process against set metrics”. Managing Director of the Kilkee based multi-disciplinary construction consultancy firm, Diarmuid Keane commented, “This is a huge honour for myself and all the team and we are filled with such pride. The All-Star Accreditation is a testament to our ongoing commitment to raising standards within our profession and our intention to remain on top of our game. It is further confirmation for our clients of our professionalism and our constant goal to achieve the highest of standards”. St Senan’s GAA club in Kilkee were among the groups to congratulate Diarmuid Keane and Associates Ltd on their recent accolade.
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We are currently recruiting for the following positions:
- Trainee Solicitor - Legal Secretary - Receptionist These roles are based at our Kilrush office but may require attendance at our Ennis office from time to time. Previous experience is beneficial but not essential.
Apply by email attaching a current CV to info@okellymoylan.ie by 5pm on 30/9/2021.
Beautiful homes all over the County
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€230,000
GREENHILLS, GAURUS, ENNIS, CO. CLARE
€229,000
FANTASTIC large detached family home in the popular Ballybeg area, just off the Kildysart Road within walking distance of all local amenities and easy access to the M18 Limerick/ Galway motorway and Ennis Town Centre. The property is situated on a private landscaped site with stone wall boundaries, mature lawns, hedging, trees and plants throughout. There is the benefit of a detached garage to the rear and further block built storage shed. The property offers excellent potential with an abundance of space throughout with 4 reception rooms, kitchen, utility and guest w.c. on the ground floor. There are 5 bedrooms on the first floor all with built in wardrobes along with the main bathroom and ensuite. The walls have been pumped and attic insulation upgraded with oil central heating. The property would benefit from some modernisation and redecoration but offers excellent potential in a popular location. Viewing is strictly by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
NO. 6 Riverside is located in a popular small estate in a cul de sac of only 6 semi detached home overlooking a large communal green and parking area. The property is presented in immaculate condition throughout by the current owners with a modern decorative finish throughout. There is off street parking to the front on tarmac drive with flower bed areas and side access to the rear garden with a large paved dining area, manicured lawn and an abundance of colour with raised flower bed areas. There is the benefit of block wall boundaries and a block built shed which is currently used as utility and storage. The property has excellent space internally with large bright rooms and is within walking distance to all amenities in Ennis Town Centre along with easy access to Ennis by-pass and the Limerick/Galway motorway. Viewing is a must and strictly by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
LOCATED in the very much sought after and exclusive residential area of Gaurus, 3km from Ennis Town Centre, and positioned on a site extending to approximately 0.22 hectares. The property has many features including a wrap around driveway extending to the front, side and to the rear to facilitate access to the rear garden, detached boiler house/storage room. There is a raised lawn area to the front and side and a large grass paddock area which could be used to further develop the site. Inside the property is bright, spacious and a well proportioned home boasting two receptions, kitchen, 6 bedrooms, shower room, and main bathroom. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a mature home within close proximity of Ennis town and all amenities. Viewing is highly recommended by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
40 COLLINS PARK, ENNIS, CO. CLARE
12 CORROVORRIN AVENUE, ENNIS, CO. CLARE
3 THE HILL, MAIN STREET, TULLA, CO. CLARE
€230,000
€215,000
€245,000
LOCATED in one of Ennis’s most mature and certainly most sought after residential locations, being just 400 meters from the top of O’Connell Street giving access to all of the amenities that Ennis town has to offer. Fronting onto the vast open green area, No. 40 is a bright and spacious 3 bedroom semi detached family home boasting an abundance of additional rooms such as the two receptions, sun lounge, open plan kitchen/dining, utility, downstairs WC and the adjoining garage. To the first floor are 3 double bedrooms, 2 bedrooms ensuite with an extended and newly fully fitted main bathroom. This property could very easily by configured as a 4 bedroom or indeed a 5 bedroom home and is one that must be viewed to truly appreciate the amazing location and indeed the outstanding rear gardens and privacy on offer. To the rear of this home is a fantastic garden space with mature shrubs, trees, pathways, patios and a block built storage shed. This town centre gem is a must view and is strictly by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
NO. 12 Corrovorrin Avenue is located in a popular and mature residential area with the advantage of a large corner site overlooking a communal green area to the front. The property is presented in very good decorative order throughout within walking distance of Ennis Town Centre and within minutes drive of access to the M18 Limerick/Galway Motorway. There is private off street parking to the front with large paved area and maintenance free flower beds with an abundance of plants and shrubs. Gated side access is in place to the rear garden area with high boundary hedging and block walls in place. Internally the property offers excellent space while the corner site takes advantage of side and rear garden space. There is a connected timber and block built storage shed to the rear with w.c. in place and could be easily converted to home office if desired. Viewing is highly recommended and strictly by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
PERCHED on an elevated site is this 3 bedroom, mid terraced, town centre home presented for sale and refurbished to an impeccable condition throughout. The owner has very tastefully completed this home, retaining a lot of the traditional features while incorporating some modern touches which is evident throughout this home. Triple glazed PVC sash windows, extensive quality walnut and oak flooring, extensive tiling, quality fitted kitchen with granite work surfaces and solid fuel stoves are just some of the many features worth mentioning in this fantastic home. Ample carparking is provided to the front with access to the rear from the rear patio and yard onto the open green area making an ideal outdoor space. This truly fantastic town centre home must be viewed to truly appreciate the bright, spacious well proportioned and exceptional finishes expressed throughout, Viewing is highly recommended and strictly by prior appointment with sole selling agents.
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
Contact: DNG O’Sullivan Hurley Tel: (065) 684 0200 PSL 002295
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‘Proud’ Scariff rue missed chance Sixmilebridge 2-16 Scariff 1-17 Venue: Cusack Park
SIXMILEBRIDGE Frees For: 12 (6/6) Wides: 16 (9/7) Own puckouts won: 19 from 22 (86%) Scores from play: 2-11 Spread of scores: 9 Top scorer: Alex Morey (0-06 5f) Bookings: Cathal Malone (31) SCARIFF Frees Won: 10 (3/7) Wides: 5 (3/2) Own puckouts won: 26 from 34 (76%) Scores from play: 1-14 Spread of scores: 6 Top scorer: Mark Rodgers (0-08 3f) Bookings: None
TIM CROWE, SIXMILEBRIDGE MANAGER: “It was very beneficial to both sides and we are particularly pleased as were were very apprehensive going into the quarter finals without a serious challenge. “Fair play to Scariff, they played superbly and we really had to dig deep to get over the line. We are delighted with the game. The championship starts from now on. It’s a wonderful championship and we are probably going to finish up with the top eight teams in the quarter final and what more do you want. “We pride ourselves on our experience, we have got a lot of experience with this group over the last seven or eight years. In fairness to Scariff, the reason we had to dig deep is because
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they have been playing superbly. I compliment them on their approach to the game. They did their club proud today, they tested us and we are delighted to have got this game.”
did test ourselves today and it showed that on a day we have plenty good lads. We might rue a little bit of what happened in the first round but for today we are very proud. We put unbelievable work in behind the scenes. We have a great backroom staff, we had a meeting on the Tuesday after the Wolfe Tones match and the turnaround from then to today is fabulous.”
MARK MCKENNA, SCARIFF MANAGER: “The overriding feeling is one of disappointment. We had a chance to turn over the county champions, putting in a performance that was savage. Look, we are disappointed but we have avoided the trap door. “Overall the general feeling is that we are most proud of the team. We will re-group and we will have a cut at the B championship. You would like to be advancing with the likes of Sixmilebridge and testing ourselves against the likes of them. We
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Diarmaid Nash makes his way around Brian Corry Photo by Ruth Griffin
‘Some decisions went against’ Mills Kilmaley 0-20 O’Callaghan’s Mills 1-15 Venue: Cusack Park
Kilmaley goalkeeper, Bryan O’Loughlin Photo by Gerard O’Neill
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KILMALEY Frees for: 11 (7/4) Wides: 12 (4/8) Scores from play: 0-17 Spread of scorers: 9 Top scorer: Michael O’Malley (0-07 4f) Puck outs won: 12 from 22 (55%) Bookings: Aidan McGuane (23) O’CALLAGHAN’S MILLS Frees for: 13 (8/5) Wides: 6 (3/3) Scores from play: 1-07 Spread of scorers: 6 Top scorer: Jacob Loughnane (0-09 8f) Puckouts won: 13 from 31 (42%) Bookings: Conor Henry (30), Colm Cleary (45)
CONOR CLANCY, KILMALEY MANAGER: “We knew coming down that it would be decided in the last quarter. The Mills had been very unlucky in the three games they played. They could just as easily won the three games they played to date. So there was really nothing between the five teams in the group. We are just delighted we got the result. “There was no easy ball there – you are made work for everything. We probably made a couple of mistakes, particularly in the first half. We turned over some uncharacteristic ball that we normally wouldn’t. That made it a bit more difficult for us. But I’m just so proud of the boys the way they fought it out there in the last quarter – you know, we were
Blues win ‘tit for tat’ affair
Newmarket 2-18 Clooney-Quin 1-17 Venue: Sixmilebridge NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS Compiled by Seamus Hayes Frees For: 12 (6/6) Wides: 8 (6/2) Scores from play: 2-12 Spread of scorers: 8 Top scorer: Colin Ryan (2-07 6f) Own Puckouts won: 20 from 28 (71%) Sent off: Colin Guilfoyle (59) CLOONEY QUIN Frees For: 16 (6/10) Wides: 10 (6/4) Scores from play: 1-8 Spread of scorers: 5 Top scorer: Peter Duggan (0-11 9f) Own puckouts: 21 from 28 (75%) Bookings: Dylan Cunningham (13), Fergal Lynch (34), Ronan O’Donnell (59)
TOMAS RYAN, NEWMARKET MANAGER: “We dug it out in the end, another five minutes and it might have gone another way. It was a great game. We are delighted. “They are a quality side and there was great character shown from some of the younger lads there. It’s great to get out of the group. Colin Ryan got great scores and the likes of Éanna Crimmins were outstanding. It’s great to
be through to the next stage.”
NOEL HARRISSON, CLOONEY/QUIN SELECTOR: “We are disappointed. It was a real championship affair, both teams were hard at it, it was tit for tat. We eventually got our heads in front but unfortunately we couldn’t stay in front, we finished second best on the day and, unfortunately we have to re-group now for relegation and a winner take all basically. We were delighted with a lots of things, the
application and the workrate. It was a really good performance and they died with their boots on. They knew what they had to do today and they gave every inch.”
REFEREE: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)
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a point down and things might not be looking that good but the way the boys applied themselves for the last 15 was fantastic and it was a great win for us. “Daire Keane is a talismanic figure for us. He had a few injuries there earlier. He didn’t play the last game. He came on and played very, very well and he’s played very, very well since then. He was fantastic today. When we needed leaders, he stood up and got some fantastic scores.” DONACH O’DONNELL, MILLS MANAGER: “I thought we battled very hard. Sure we had no choice really. Our backs were to the wall and our fellows, in fairness to them, put in a huge shift. We lost our captain (Bryan Donnellan) over the A dejected Ryan Taylor at the final whistle
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weekend. It didn’t help things. “They are small margins again, you know. A couple of decisions went against us as well. I think we missed out in getting a few more frees up front. Then again I don’t think that helped our situation. When you lose by a couple of points, every ball is important. One hit the crossbar as well there in the last few minutes. “They put in a huge shift today and they worked very hard. Some- SCAN HERE FOR times that’s MATCH REPORT not enough and today it wasn’t”. REFEREE: Joe Mullins (Clonlara)
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Townies win ‘battle of wills’ ÉIRE ÓG 2-16 FEAKLE 0-19 Venue: Shannon ÉIRE ÓG Frees for: 10 Wides: 6 Scores from play: 2-08 Spread of scorers: 7 Top scorer: Danny Russell (2-09 7f 1’65) Puck outs won: 12 from 24 (50%) FEAKLE Frees for: 11 Wides: 5 Scores from play: 0-08 Spread of scorers: 6 Top scorer: Shane McGrath (0-12 11f) Puck outs won: 11 from 23 (48%)
MATT SHANNON, ÉIRE ÓG MANAGER: “It was going to boil down to the conditions and a very tough contest and a battle of wills ensued. We held our composure. We created a couple of chances and Danny took two. We turned over ball before half time and David Reidy got in a hook at a vital time. That’s what wins game. Feakle were really up for the game. We had to match that. It took us a while to get to terms with
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them. Our defence settled down and we were more composed in the second half. It was in the balance all the way.” PJ KELLEHER, FEAKLE MANAGER: “It could have gone either way, they are fine margins. We missed a few chances and a goal would have made a big difference. They got two goals, the margins are so fine. At the finish we thought that we might have been still in it as the word was
that Clooney-Quin were ahead of Newmarket at the time. Our performance was very good but we were down a couple of important players, Éire Óg are a very good side.”
David Fitzgerald & Colm O’Meara celebrate Photo by Gerard O’Neill
Clonlara joy
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CLONLARA 4-16 WHITEGATE 3-18 Venue: O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge Compiled by Seamus Hayes Aaron Fitzgerald breaks out of the Éire Óg backline and away from Eoin Tuohy Photo by Joe Buckley
Confidence-boosting win for the Magpies Clarecastle 2-22 Wolfe Tones 2-21 Venue: O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge you cannot underestimate how important it was to win today, to show that they belong and are able to stand up and hold their ground against senior teams.
Aron Shanagher strikes the sliotar past Cian Broderick Photo by Joe Buckley
BRIAN RUSSELL, CLARECASTLE MANAGER: “There’s obviously huge disappointment but there’s some real encouragement and joy as well. We went into the match to win it so we did our part and you could see from the players’ reaction at the final whistle, they were delighted to win
what for the majority of these young players is their first senior championship victory. Unfortunately, we were also reliant on other results which obviously didn’t go our way so our joy quickly turned into disappointment. “At the end of the day, confidence is hugely significant for young players so
RAY DIVINEY, WOLFE TONES MANAGER: “Getting to a quarter-final was our initial aim at the start of the year so while we would have liked to have done it with a small bit of breathing space, a bit of luck sometimes helps so we got a bit of luck today to squeeze through on score difference. “It could have gone anyway really, We were four or five down at one stage, got a late goal to go three up and still lost by a point but we kind of guessed that it would be enough to get us through by the skin of our
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teeth as Sixmilebridge were up against Scariff by that stage and they went on to win it. “We would be encouraged by some parts of our play but obviously we would like to be more consistent over 60 minutes but that’s what we’ve got to work on now over the next few weeks. If we can spread those good parts over the full hour, we feel that we would be a match for anyone. “We’ve got four weeks now to work on both or strengths and weaknesses so by the time the quarter-finals comes around whomever we draw, hopefully we’ll be ready for them.”
CLARECASTLE Frees For: 16 (6/10) Wides: 6 (2/4) Scores from Play: 2-11 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorer: Bobby Duggan (0-15 11f) WOLFE TONES Frees For: 11 (5/6) Wides: 12 (5/7) Scores from Play: 2-15 Spread of Scorers: 8 Top Scorer: Cian O’Rourke (0-8 6f) SCAN HERE FOR MATCH REPORT
REFEREE: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)
EDDIE HORGAN, CLONLARA MANAGER: “We showed hunger towards the end of the game when it was do or die. That game was littered with very basic errors by us and some poor decision making and we would not at all be happy with that display. We are going to have to up the anti seriously the next day when we are playing Kilmaley. “Credit to our lads, they finished strongly. In the last five minutes our corner back, Jathan McMahon led the team. HERE FOR He won some crucial ball, SCAN MATCH REPORT the goals came from him. He raised the spirits and the momentum of the entire camp.” TERENCE FAHY, WHITEGATE MANAGER: “The game goes to the final whistle and at the final whistle we came up short. Clonlara stuck at it, they didn’t give up. They got two goals in injury time. We are very disappointed. Our lads gave an immense performance and played some great hurling.” CLONLARA: Frees For: 11(6/5) Wides: 10 (5/5) Spread of scores: 7 From play: 4-11 Top scorer: Cathal O’Connell (2-06 4f) Own puckouts won: 20 out of 27 (74%) Bookings: Cian Moriarty, Paraic
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Cratloe happy with win
Inagh-Kilnamona’s U13 hurlers celebrate their Academy A title win on Saturday
Inagh/Kilnamona off the mark with U13 Academy A triumph
Paddy Donnellan offloads the ball as Diarmuid Ryan closes in Photo by Joe Buckley
Cratloe 1-14 Broadford 1-10 Venue: Shannon (Referee: Niall Malone (Éire Óg) CRATLOE Frees For: 15 (7/8) Wides: 16 (8/8) Scores from Play: 1-11 Spread of Scorers: 7 Top Scorers: Rian Considine (0-4 3f), Conor McGrath (1-1) Own Puck-Outs won: 11 from 20 (55%)
Compiled by Eoin Brennan CONOR EARLEY, CRATLOE MANAGER: “It’s great to be back out on the field, We’ve had a tough week in Cratloe and obviously Broadford have had a couple of tough weeks so just to get back playing is a great thing and to also come through a battle like that is great too. Broadford aren’t that far away, they put it up to Ballyea a few weeks back and were the same last year so they’re a good team, are very well coached and know exactly what they’re doing. “So we’re happy to have come
BROADFORD Frees For: 14 (7/7) Wides: 9 (3/6) Scores from Play: 1-3 Spread of Scorers: 3 Top Scorer: Cathal Chaplin (0-7 7f) Own Puck-Outs won: 21 from 31 (68%) out on top at the end there. Look, we’ve loads to work on going forward but the one thing you can’t question is these players’ character, they keep bringing it year after year, keep coming back with the same enthusiasm so we’re just trying to develop that as best we can and get the most out of them. Days like today are great tests of how much we want it and they definitely showed there at the end that they really want it.” JIMMY BROWNE, BROADFORD MANAGER: “We’re disappointed to go out of the championship but in the context of today’s game with
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the loss of Niall [O’Brien] and the difficulties that a lot of the players had gone through, as a management team and as a club, we’d be very proud of how the lads carried themselves today. That they were able to bring that performance along just demonstrates how good hurlers they actually are. “Early in the game when there was a decent scoring difference between ourselves and Cratloe, they could have dropped their heads but they didn’t. They stayed at it and worked hard and we were still five points down coming into the last quarter but we made Cratloe work all the way for the win.”
Knockout hurling draws made
DRAWS for the concluding stages of a number of hurling championships were made at a meeting of the CCC at Clareabbey on Monday evening, writes Seamus Hayes. Neighbours Corofin and Ruan will clash in the Clare IHC, the clubs have amalgamated to great success at minor level in the county in recent years, many former teammates will now find themselves in opposition against each other. Last year’s beaten finalists Tubber have been handed a difficult test in the form of Smith O’Briens. St Josephs Doora/ Barefield are among the favourites for the honours and they will carry this tag into their
meeting with Bodyke while Tulla’s hopes of returning to the senior ranks will depend on them emerging past the challenge of Sixmilebridge’s second side. Two sides will be relegated from intermediate ranks with the loser of these semi-finals dropping down a division. Pairings were also made for the Junior competitions. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINALS: Sixmilebridge v Tulla; Smith O’Briens v Tubber Doora/Barefield v Bodyke Corofin v Ruan INTERMEDIATE RELEGATION: Inagh-Kilnamona v Cratloe Clonlara v Clarecastle
JUNIOR A CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINALS: Ballyea v Clooney/Quin Ennistymon v Ogonnelloe Kilmaley v Crusheen St. Josephs Doora/Barefield v Banner JUNIOR A RELEGATION: Inagh-Kilnamona a bye Wolfe Tones v Éire Óg JUNIOR B CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS: Sixmilebridge v Tulla Scariff v Feakle JUNIOR C HURLING QUARTER-FINALS: Scariff v Banner Ogonnelloe v Killanena Ennistymon v Bodyke St. Josephs Doora/Barefield v Kilmaley
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Inagh-Kilnamona secured their first silverware of 2021 in Kilmaley on Saturday morning after three goals solidified the Under 13 Academy A title over Ballyea by 3-4 to 0-6. Following a double heartbreak in the Under 15A Championship and Féile finals, Inagh-Kilnamona welcomingly made the breakthrough and will hope that this will be the first of many successes for the remainder of the season as they are also well placed in the Under 13 and 17A Championships. Settled by a Tom Hegarty major, they would add further timely goals in the last two quarters through Johnathan Cullinan and Tighernan Devitt to hold off Ballyea’s inevitable backlash. Midfielder Tom Hegarty raided for 1-3 over the hour, 1-2 of which catapulted the winners into a 1-2 to 0-1 first quarter advantage that was required as Ballyea chief threats Thomas O’Dea and Cailean Rynne closed the gap to three by half-time. Further Ballyea points from free taker O’Dea, Keelan Casey and Eoin Murphy were solaced by a Johnathan Cullinan goal as Inagh-Kilnamona clung to a 2-2 to 0-5 advantage by the turn of the final quarter. However, Inagh-Kilnamona would avoid any grandstand finish after points through Sean Hehir and Tom Hegarty were fittingly capped off by a late third goal through Tighernan Devitt to seal the highest Academy accolade. Both clubs’ flagship sides are still in the hunt for the inaugural Under 13A Hurling Championship honours too after the knock-out pairings were confirmed on Sunday. Still unbeaten Ballyea were clear group winners long before last weekend’s final round but their semi-final opponents did change after Inagh-Kilnamona’s 3-10 to 2-06 Round 9 victory over Sixmilebridge saw them overtake their opponents into third position. It means that Ballyea will face Sixmilebridge while runners-up St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield, who have impressed accumulated momentum with eight consec-
utive victories, face Inagh-Kilnamona. Three second half goals from Marc Walsh (2) and Brian Conheady saw Tulla cement a dramatic 3-6 to 2-7 victory over hosts Clarecastle and leapfrog Clonlara into the Under 13A Shield Semi-Finals where they will take on favourites Éire Óg. Meanwhile, the Magpies take on Kilmaley in the second semi-final while Clonlara take on Newmarket-on-Fergus in the U13A Plate decider this Sunday at 4:30pm. In the U13B Hurling Championship, Scariff/Ogonnelloe soared to a semi-final against East Clare rivals Broadford after a perfect eight-match record, Clooney-Quin meet Cratloe in the other penultimate stage clash while the five remaining sides enter the Shield competition while the Under 13C Championship still has three outstanding matches after the five teams played each other home and away. Attentions switch to football this weekend as the semi-finals in all three divisions at Under 13 level take place. How much Division 1 quarter-final winners Lissycasey and Éire Óg have developed over the past four months will be realised this weekend as they face a repeat of opening round clashes with St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield and Clondegad respectively. Unbeaten tabletoppers Doora/Barefield host Lissycasey on Friday (6pm) while Clondegad welcome their Ennis neighbours to Ballynacally on Saturday at 11am. At the same time in Ennistymon, the home side meet Kilrush/Killimer for the right to face St Breckans in the Under 13 Division 1 Shield decider while the tie of the weekend could well be the clash of Under 13 Division 2 group winners Doonbeg and Cratloe who also have an early Saturday morning start in Doonbeg (11am), with Kilmurry Ibrickane welcoming Clarecastle to Pairc Naomh Mhuire in Quilty the previous evening (6.15pm) in the other semi-final. In Divison 3, Parteen travel to Shannon on Friday evening for a semi-final showdown with Wolfe Tones at 6.30pm while on Saturday morning, Kildysart/Coolmeen host Corofin in Kildysart (11am).
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Wins for Banner Ladies, Kilmihil & Parish by SEAMUS HAYES & PÁRAIC McMAHON
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ANNER Ladies got their title defence of the Clare senior football ladies football championship off to a winning start with Kilmihil and St Josephs Doora/Barefield also securing first round victories. LAURA EGAN’S GOAL DECISIVE
Kilmihil 1-10 Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-10 Venue: Pairc Naomh Quilty
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A goal from Laura Egan twenty minutes into the game proved crucial as Kilmihil overcame last year’s intermediate champions Kilmurry-Ibrickane in this first round Clare ladies senior championship tie. The goal came after a Chloe Moloney penalty at the other end was saved by Micaela Glynn in the Kilmihil goals. Becky Mahon top scored in this tie with 0-7, five from frees while Edel McNamara scored the other three points. Chloe Moloney scored 0-6 for the home side with Karen Galvin accounting for the remaining four.
Kilmihil: Micaela Glynn; Cathy Keating, Deirbhle Higgins, Rosie Cur-
hon; Sophie O’Callaghan, Sara Marrinan, Ciara McQuaid; Sorracha Griffin, Becky Madigan, Aine Moloney; Grainne Harvey, Colette Keniry; Siobhan Keane, Roisin Brew, Caoimhe Harvey; Fidelma Marrinan, Nell Walsh, Aoife Lynch Subs: Ruth Clancy for S. O’Callaghan; Niamh Larner for N. Walsh Referee: Frank Culleton
rane; Zoe Ryan, Ellie O’Gorman, Kate Coughlan; Laura Egan (1-0), Chloe Devitt; Sara Browne, Caitriona Callinan, Aoife McNamara; Edel McNamara (0-3), Becky Mahon (0-7 5f), Carol Browne. Subs: Katie Mullen for C. Browne; Katie O’Halloran for C. Devitt, Caitriona O’Gorman for S. Browne. Kilmurry/Ibrickane: Katie McMahon; Jessica Doohan, Rebecca Doohan, Rachel Tubridy; Maeve Coughlan; Karen Coughlan, Emma Coughlan; Siofra O’Dea; Joanna Doohan; Ciara McCarthy; Sophie Daly, Chloe Moloney (0-6, 3f); Catlyn O’Connor; Karen Galvin (0-4), Amy Sexton; Subs: Maura Garvey for S. O’Dea; Ellie Hanrahan for S. Daly Ellie Hanrahan Referee: John O’Connell
A WINNING START FOR DOORA/ BAREFIELD St. Josephs 4-8 Cooraclare 2-8 Venue: Gurteen
CHAMPIONS ON MARCH AGAIN Banner 4-12 West Clare Gaels 1-8 Venue: Pairc Eoin, Cross
Title holders Banner ladies got their search for another title off to a winning start when they accounted for West Clare Gaels. The third quarter proved to be the decisive period in this game as the winners outscored their opponents 1-6 to 0-1 having led at half time on a score of 3-5 to 0-7. Niamh O’Dea accounted for her side’s opening two goals with the other goals coming from Aoibheann Malone and Louise Woods. Fidelma Marrinan was the home side’s goalscorer and
Goalscorer Laura Egan is tackled by Ciara McCarthy Photo by Gerard O’Neill
she added two points while Caoimhe Harvey scored 0-4 of their total. West Clare travel to play Cooraclare this week and this is a repeat of last year’s semi-final while the champions will entertain Kilmurry-Ibrickane.
Banner Ladies: Emma O’Driscoll; Siobhan McMahon, Claire Hehir, Leah Talty; Lisa Ryan, Aoife O’Dea, Sinead O’Keeffe; Laurie Ryan. Louise Henchy; Louise Woods, Niamh O’Dea, Sara Ni Cheallaigh; Aoibhin Ryan, Aoibheann Malone, Aoife Keane; Subs: Shonagh Enright for A. Ryan; Sinead Power for L. Ryan; Alannah McNamara for N. O’Dea, Anna Marie Meenaghan for E O’Dea; Shannon Donovan for Henchy. West Clare Gaels: Emma McMa-
St. Josephs got their challenge for the Clare ladies senior football title off to a winning start when they overcame Cooraclare. Three first half goals set the Doora-Barfield side up for this victory.Cooraclare opened the scoring but Caoimhe Hoey struck for the winner’s first goal and further majors from Amy Lenihan and Ashling Hannon helped the home side to lead at the break, 3-4 to 1-2. Amy Lenihan found the net again in the second half for the winners who travel to play Kilmihil this weekend. Megan Downes scored 1-3 for Cooraclare, the goal coming from the penalty spot while their other goal came from Shauna O’Gorman. St. Josephs; Caoilfhinn Ni Chonaill; Kate Dillon, Megan O’Brien, Maeve O’Connor; Emer Casey, Ciara Cahill,
Siofra Ni Chonaill; Ashling Reidy, Emer Hanrahan; Chloe Towey, Ashlinng Hannon, Ciara Guilfoyle; Muirne Ni Chonaill, Caoimhe Hoey, Amy Lenihan; Subs: Hannah Meaney for C. Hoen (inj), Hannah Doyle for C. Guilfoyle; Lyndsey Clarke for E. Hanrahan; Orla Hoey for E. Casey Cooraclare; Anne Marie Callinan; Aifric O Neill, Aisling Morrissey, Saskia Morrissey; Sinead Lillis, Laura Quinlivan, Katie Lillis; Shauna O Gorman, Roisin Looney; Anna Mae Killeen, Nicola Keating, Megan Downes; Aimee McNamara, Katie Cronin, Aoibhe Hehir; Sub: Caoilfhinn Morrissey for Katie Cronin Referee: Martin Nolan
INTERMEDIATE: In the intermediate championship, Liscannor had a narrow 2-11 4-04 win over Cúil Gaels on Sunday morning while Kilrush Shamrocks were deserving 3-09 0-07 winners against Doonbeg. JUNIOR A: Banner Ladies’ second side overcame Wolfe Tones 6-07 3-05 in Shannon with Kildysart edging out Clarecastle on a score of 4-12 3-09. It finished 1-18 3-08 in favour of Clooney/Quin versus St Josephs Doora/ Barefield. DIVISION 4: Fergus Rovers were crowned Division 4 League winners when they defeated Wolfe Tones 1-14 1-08 in a replay at Shannon.
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CTION has begun in the McMahon Cup with the race underway to crown the 2021 Clare senior camogie champions. FLYING FINISH FOR BLUES
Newmarket on Fergus 1-13 Kilmaley 1-08 Venue: Tubber
Newmarket edged a tight affair on Friday under lights in Tubber. With two points between the sides at half time, it was in the balance but ultimately the Blues had the stronger final quarter to win by five points. Annmarie Hayes raided for goal for the Blues on the restart only for Kilmaley to respond with a similar effort from Aisling Cahill. With 48 minutes on the clock, just a point separated the sides. From here, last year’s beaten finalists lifted their performance adding further scores through Zoe McInerney and Kaci Toomey. Kilmaley have a chance to regroup as they have a bye in the next round, whereas Newmarket are back in action again on Saturday against Kilkishen/Bodyke. Newmarket on Fergus: Ciara McCarthy; Aine O’Brien, Caoimhe Lally, Aoife Crimmins; Tara O’Neill, Laura
McMahon, Aimee McInerney; Aoife Griffin, Katie O’Flanagan; Kaci Toomey (0-3F), Roisin McMahon (0-4), Michelle McMahon; Annemarie Hayes (1-0), Zoe McInerney (0-4 2F, 1’45), Jenny Kelly (0-2). Subs: Clodagh O Halloran for Roisin McMahon (42mins), Kate Clancy for Tara O’Neill (55mins) Kilmaley: Chloe Mc Aleer; Rebecca Cahill, Sarah Reidy, Molly Casey; Emily Cahill (0-1), Niamh O’Dea, Sarah Ni Cheallaigh (0-1F); Megan White, Shonagh Enright; Caoimhe Carmody (0-4 3F), Aisling Cahill (1-1), Martina Keane; Grace Carmody (0-1), Sinead O’Keeffe, Chloe Neylon. Subs: Caoimhe Cahill for Keane, Jodie Cahill for Caoimhe Carmody, Claire McMahon for O’Dea, Caoimhe Carmody for Grace Carmody. Referee: Fintan McNamara (Killanena)
SCARIFF/OGONNELLOE PREVAIL Scariff Ogonnelloe 1-16 Kilkishen/Bodyke 1-7 Venue: Fr McNamara Park
A physical encounter ensued in the meeting of these East Clare sides but a win for the 2019 champions never looked in much doubt. Aisling Corbett’s dismissal on a second yellow card left Scariff/Ogonnelloe with 14 players for the final 25 minutes but it didn’t deter their cause having led for most of the encounter. Mairead Scanlan, Jennifer Daly, Corbett, Amy Barrett and Alva Rodgers all contributed to Scariff/Ogonnelloe scores in the opening half to see them lead 0-09 0-04 at half-time. Alva Rodgers flicked the sliotar to the net after an Edel McNamara save to
bring their advantage to nine points and leave Kilkishen/ Bodyke with a sizeable gap. Strong defending from Scariff/Ogonnelloe was par for the course in the second half; an excellent Roisin Minogue finish breached their backline to register a goal but it was not sufficient to overturn the damage.
Scariff Ogonnelloe: Rachel Daly, Abby Walsh, Ciara Doyle, Bonnie Wiley Murphy, Rachel Minogue, Susan Daly, Alison McGee, Alva Rodgers (1-1), Mairead Scanlan (0-8, 5F), Labhaoise O’Donnell, Amy Barrett (0-2), Lynda Daly (0-1), Jennifer Daly (0-1), Lorraine Grady, Aisling Corbett (0-2, 1F) Subs: Cliona McNamara for Lorraine Grady, (0-1)), Danielle Beston for Labhaoise O’Donnell Kilkishen/Bodyke: Edel McNamara; Hannah Minogue, Nollaig Baker, Ciara Ryan; Orla O’Brien, Alannah Ryan, Eimear Murphy; Kate Lynch, Caoimhe Kelly; Kate O’Gorman (0-1), Siobhan Lenihan (0-5 4fF, Niamh O’Gorman; Shauna Doyle, Roisin Minogue (1-0), Aoife Ryan (0-1) Subs: Eilish Whitney for Ciara Ryan (50) Referee: Noel Quinn (Gort)
CHAMPIONS PASS STERN TEST Inagh Kilnamona 0-13 Feakle Killanena 1-9 Venue: Clooney
Senior debutants Feakle/ Killanena made champions Inagh/Kilnamona work for their victory. Aoibhin Ryan stepped up with a vital free to see Inagh/Kilnamona get their title defence off to a winning start. She was also the first person on the board, straight from the throw in.
Mairead Scanlan gets to the ball first for Scariff/Ogonnelloe Photo by David Dillon
Ryan finished the first half with 0-04 to leave Eugene Foudy’s charges one point clear. Laura McGrath struck for goal after receiving an excellent crossfield ball from Lorna McNamara to keep the heat on Inagh/Kilnamona. A blistering start to the second half saw Feakle/Killanena tip over four points without reply before Ryan responded through a placed ball. Louise O’Callaghan put the East Clare side ahead in the final momentsut Inagh/ Kilnamona had other ideas with Ryan converting the
last two scores for the win.
Inagh Kilnamona: Rebecca Keating; Laoise Ryan, Sinead Power, Michaela Roughan; Tierna Hegarty, Clare Hehir, Teresa O’Keeffe; Fiona Lafferty, Aoife Keane; Sinead Power, Aoibhin Ryan, Danielle Griffin; Helen Hehir, Amy Keating, Orla Vaughan Subs: Claire Commane for Vaughan, Cathy Cullinan for Roughan, Jane Fitzgerald for Power. Feakle Killanena: Roisin Quilligan; Aoife Tuohy, Eileen Daly, Ellie Edge O’Neill; ZiYan Spillane, Ella MacNamara, Rachael Mc Namara; Roisin Mc Mahon, Evelyn Duggan; Claire McNamara (0-1), Robyn Conway (0-2) Louise O’Callaghan; Laura McGrath (11), Shauna Canny, Lorna McNamara (0-5 3F) Subs: Regan Conway for O’Callaghan (20 mins), Meave Brady for Rachael McNamara (H/T), Louise Keehan for McMahon (2nd half) Referee: Andy McMahon (Cratloe)
TRUAGH/CLONLARA FINISH STRONG Truagh Clonlara 0-19 Sixmilebridge 0-14 Venue: Fr McNamara Park
Truagh/Clonlara’s bid for glory began with a five point win over Sixmilebridge. They started as they meant to go scoring 0-01 and having two early goal chances, both denied by Sinead Hogan. By the first water break, Truagh Clonlara led 0-05 to 0-03 with four scores coming from play, but The Bridge then outscored Truagh/Clonlara three points to one in the second quarter to leave the sides level at the half. When it came to the final water break, Sixmilebridge held a point advantage with frees from Chloe Morey keeping them ticking over. From here, Truagh showed their capability with Eimear Kelly and Aine O’Loughlin on target as the side coached by Clare captain John Conlon recorded a five point win.
Truagh Clonlara: Liza Moloney; Sarah Sherlock, Michelle Powell, Sinead Hogg; Roisin Powell, Niamh Powell, Louise Egan; Ellen Horgan, Michelle Caulfield; Aine O’Loughlin, Rebecca Foley, Maire Begley; Eimear Begley, Eimear Kelly, Joanne Egan. Subs: Alex Condron for E Begley & Sinead Ryan for Sherlock (45 mins). Sixmilebridge: Sinead Hogan; Kiah Mellet, Deanna Considine, Aoife Hurley; Emma Kennedy (0-1), Rachel Kelly, Michelle Hurley, Maire McGrath
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Avenue sink champions Mark Roche scored two goals for Avenue Utd in their important win over Newmarket Celtic Photo by Oliver Fitzpatrick
Avenue Utd: James Tierney; Cullen McCabe, Conor Mullen, Dylan Casey, Conor Hehir; Alan Roche; Mossy Hehir, Cian O’Dea, Mark Roche; Ronan Kerin, Elias Kunz. Subs: Stephen Jordan for M Roche (72), Jamie Roche for Kunz (85), Shane Brown for M Hehir (89), Simon Cuddy for Kerin (91). Referee: Mark Reilis
SHANNON TOWN IN CONTROL Shannon Town 5 Ennis Town 0 Venue: Lynch Park, Shannon
Kieran Hackett scored twice with Gary O’Connell, Rob Wall and Ben O’Neill with one each as Shannon Town kept up their strong challenge for Premier League honours with victory over Ennis Town on Sunday. Ennis Town missed a number of chances in the opening half and would not have been flattered had they led at the interval. The more experienced Shannon Town grew in confidence in the second half.
by SEAMUS HAYES & PÁRAIC MCMAHON
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VENUE Utd recorded an important win over rivals Newmarket Celtic to maintain top spot in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division with Shannon Town proving too strong for Ennis Town. AVENUE MAKE A STATEMENT
Newmarket Celtic 2 Avenue Utd 4 Venue: McDonogh Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
League leaders Avenue Utd kept their place at the top of the table with a deserved and noteworthy victory away to reigning champions Newmarket Celtic. A two goal final margin is somewhat kind to Newmarket as it was Avenue that appeared the far stronger collective outfit. Their new signings Cian O’Dea and Elias Kunz were influential in the win while the same cannot be said for the fresh additions to the Celtic lineup. David Russell’s Avenue built up a three goal advantage inside the opening thirty minutes leaving the hosts shellshocked. Winger Mark Roche converted from the penalty spot with the opener on fourteen minutes after Ronan Kerin was fouled by Darren Cullinan. Dylan Casey started the move for Roche’s second goal on twenty seven minutes but it was the refusal of Kunz to give up on possession which made the goal for the clinical number seven. Roche turned provider for their third goal when his cross was headed to the net by Ronan Kerin.
David McCarthy got Newmarket off the mark on thirty three minutes when he dispatched a penalty past James Tierney, the spot-kick awarded following a challenge by Dylan Casey on Gearoid O’Brien. Proceedings were missing a bite for the majority of the second half with Celtic needing to strike early if they were to work a comeback. This didn’t materialise and instead McCarthy added a second but with seventy six minutes on the clock. An Avenue counter-attack predominantly involving Mossy Hehir and Stephen Jordan ended up with Eoin Hayes putting the ball in his own net to make it 4-2 in the closing moments. While silverware will not be handed for months to come, Avenue have certainly started their bid for honours with aplomb. The challenge for them is to maintain this fight. Cian O’Dea was very dominant in the air for the winners while Mark Roche, Dylan Casey, Cullen McCabe, Elias Kunz, Alan Roche and Conor Mullen were best. For Mark O’Malley’s Newmarket, the defeat comes as a timely wake-up call. They had to substitute both of their fullbacks and will need to be much stronger defensively if they’re to compete with the best in Clare let alone in the FAI and Munster Junior competitions. Newmarket Celtic: Shane Cusack; David O’Grady, Paddy Purcell, Eoin O’Brien, Darren Cullinan; Alan Kelly; Jamie Egan, Conor McDaid, Eoin Hayes; David McCarthy, Gearoid O’Brien. Subs: Pa McDaid for O’Grady (HT), Garry Higgins for Egan (52), Eoin Kelly for Cullinan (75)
Shannon Town: Darren Whelan, Aidan Leahy, Darren Griffin, Colum Treacy, Brian Monaghan, Jack Kelly, Rob Wall, Gary O Connell, Brian O’Connor, Kieran Hackett, Ben O’Neill Subs: Cody Waller for Leahy; Nathanael Nyakujara for Wall, Charlie Morrison for O’Connor, Steve Carroll for Griffin, Shane Russell for Whelan Ennis Town: Andrew Skerritt; Thomas Collins, Steven Horgan, Chibby Okoye, Sean Perrill; Eoin Keenan, Yashar Aliu, Dean Hegarty, Lee Clohessy, Davy Keenan, Joe Campbell Subs: Robbie Gormley for Campbell; Kevin Barron for D. Keenan; Lafe Ifebajo for Perrill
SPORTING ENNISTYMON ON TOP Shannon Hibs 2 Sporting Ennistymon 5 Venue: Riverside Park, Shannon
Sporting Ennistymon proved too strong for Shannon Hibs in this Premier League tie. They took the lead through Sean McConigley who converted from the penalty spot after he had been fouled and Ciaran McMahon doubled their advantage before the interval when they led 2-1. McConigley and McMahon both scored again in the second half before Cian Shannon sealed their victory. Shannon Hibs finished with ten men after Darragh Leahy was sent off. Their goalscorers were Billy Connors and Darragh McDade Shannon Hibs: Piotr Kaluzza; Bobby O’Connell, Thomas McDade, Pa Devanney, Ciaran McKee, Darragh Leahy, Mikey Wall, Liam Delaney, Darragh McDade, Adam Ryan, Billy Connors; Subs: Jack Nolan for Delaney; Lee Wall for M. Wall; Darren O’Loughlin for Devanney; Conor O’Callaghan for A. Ryan Sporting Ennistymon: Joe Gallagher; Tiernan Hogan, Michael Leigh, Jamesy McConigley, Shane Kearney; Eoin Marrinan, Chris O’Keeffe, Thierry Buton, Ciaran McMahon, Darren McNamara, Sean McConigley; Subs: Cathal McConigley for Buton; Matthew Crowe for McMahon; Michael Gilna for Kearney; Cian Shannon for McNamara;
SOCCER & GAA FIXTURES SOCCER Saturday September 25th: Munster Youths Cup Preliminary Round Tulla Utd v Coole FC in The Cragg Tulla at 11am. Referee: Paudie Hayes Munster Youths Cup First Round: Newmarket Celtic v Bridge Celtic in McDonagh Park at 11am. Referee: Dylan Shannon Bridge Utd v Shannon Town in Sixmilebridge at 11am. Referee: Brian Punch St Pats v Fern Celtic in Kilmihil at 11am. Referee: Museliu Bashua Sunday September 26th: FAI Junior Cup First Round Newmarket Celtic v Classic FC in McDonagh Park at 2pm. Referee: Dylan Shannon Shannon Town B v Breska Rovers in Corrib Drive Shannon at 2pm. Referee: Trevor White Ennis Town v Broadford Utd in Frank Healy Park at 2pm. Referee: Pa Gleeson Bridge Utd v St Brendans Park in Sixmilebridge at 12pm. Referee: Mark Rellis Shannon Hibs v Listowel Celtic in Riverside Shannon at 2pm. Referee: Julian Sandford Killarney Athletic v Fern Celtic in Ferndale Killarney at 2pm. Mastergeeha FC v Lifford FC in Kilbrean Killarney at 2pm. Sporting Ennistymon v Tulla Utd in Lahinch at 11am. Referee: Michael Rock Granagh Utd v Avenue Utd in Granagh at 2pm. Abbeyfeale Utd v Bunratty/Cratloe in Railway Rd Abbeyfeale at 2pm. Shannon Town A v Rathkeale FC in Lynch Park Shannon at 2pm. Referee: Paudie Hayes Newcastlewest Town v Coole FC in Woodfield at 2pm. Dingle Bay Rovers v Shannon Olympic in Dingle at 2pm Brian Pyne Tiles Second Division: Corofin Harps v Cloughleigh Celtic in Corofin at 11am. Referee: Museliu Bashua Inch Crusaders v Rhine Rovers in Lees Rd (pitch 3) at 11am. Referee: Sean Kenneally Kildysart Celtic v Kilkishen Celtic in Kildysart at 11am. Referee: Frank Coote Connolly Celtic v Manus Celtic A in Kilmaley School at 2pm. Referee: Sean Kenneally Brownies Barbershop Third Division Ennis Dons v St Pats Lees Rd (pitch 3) at 2pm. Referee: Museliu Bashua CAMOGIE: Friday September 24th: Junior A Championship Scariff GAA: Scariff Ogonnelloe v Kilkishen/ Bodyke,6.15pm Junior B Championship Newmarket on Fergus GAA: Newmarket on Fergus v Clooney Quin, 6.00pm Saturday September 25th: Senior Championship Fr McNamara Park: Kilkishen/Bodyke v Newmarket on Fergus, 1.00pm. Fr McNamara Park: Scariff Ogonnelloe v St Josephs, 5.00pm Intermediate Championship Tulla GAA: Tulla v Clooney Quin, 5.00 Whitegate GAA: Whitegate v Eire Og, 12.30 Corofin GAA: Corofin v Clarecastle/Ballyea, 4.00pm Junior A Championship Broadford GAA: Broadford v Inagh Kilnamona. 4.45pm Junior B Championship Sixmilebridge GAA: Sixmilebridge v Eire Og, 5pm Clonlara GAA: Truagh Clonlara v Parteen Feakle GAA: Feakle Killanena v Kilmaley, 5pm Junior C Championship Clarecastle/Ballyea v Kilkee Bealaha Broadford GAA: Broadford v Cratloe, 6.00pm Whitegate GAA: Whitegate v Banner, 5.00pm LADIES FOOTBALL: Saturday 25th September Senior Championship, Second Round: Cooraclare v West Clare Gaels in Cooraclare at 18:00. Referee: Noel Quinn Intermediate Championship 2nd Round: Kilrush v Liscannor in Kilrush at 19:30. Referee: Michael Talty Sunday 26th September Banner Ladies v Kilmurry Ibrickane in Banner GAA Grounds at 14:00. Referee: Pat Byrne O’Connell Kilmihil v Doora Barefield in Kilmihil at 18:00. Referee: Michael Talty Intermediate Championship First Round Éire Óg v Newmarket on Fergus in Éire Óg GAA Grounds at 13:00. Referee: Noel Quinn Fergus Rovers v St. Joseph s Miltown Malbay in Lissycasey at 16:00 Referee: Gerry Wallace. Intermediate Championship Second Round: Cuil Gaels v Burren Gaels in Coolmeen at 16:30. Referee: Michael Fitzgerald Junior A Banner Ladies v Clarecastle in Banner GAA at
11:45. Referee: Noel Quinn UNDERAGE HURLING: Friday September 24th: Kerry Group U17 A Round 6 Sixmilebridge v Inagh-Kilnamona in Sixmilebridge at 19:30. Referee: Jim Hickey Saturday September 25th: Kerry Group U17 A Round 6 Kilmaley v Ballyea in Kilmaley at 11:00. Referee: Niall Malone Éire Óg v St Josephs Doora/Barefield in Éire Óg at 12:30. Referee: Kevin Corry Kerry Group U17 B Group 1 Round 6 Crusheen/Tubber v Wolfe Tones in Tubber at 11:00. Referee: Kieran Harvey Bodyke O Callaghans Mills v Feakle/Killanena in Bodyke at 11:00. Referee: Aaron Hogg Corofin/Ruan v Broadford in Ruan at 11:00. Referee: Robert Harte Scariff/Ogonnelloe v Clonlara in Ogonnelloe at 11:30. Referee: Johnny Healy Kerry Group U17 B Group 2 Round 6 Parteen v Banner in Parteen at 11:00. Referee: Kieran Liddane Whitegate v Smith O’Briens in Whitegate at 11:00. Referee: Martin Glynn Cratloe v Ennistymon in Cratloe at 11:00. Referee: Neil O’Brien Clare Marts U13 Hurling Championship 2021 U13 A Plate Final Clonlara v Newmarket on Fergus in Clonlara at 16:30. Referee: Paul Howard (E.T. if Necessary & Winner on the day) U13 Academy B Final Scariff/Ogonnelloe v Tulla in Tulla at 13:00. Referee: Jarlath Donnellan (E.T. if Necessary & Winner on the day) Sunday September 26th: Kerry Group U17 Academy A Round 2 Sixmilebridge v St Joseph’s Doora Barefield in Sixmilebridge at 11:00. Referee: Fergal O’Brien Éire Óg v Inagh-Kilnamona in Éire Óg at 11:00. Referee: Kieran Liddane Kerry Group U17 Academy B Round 2 Kilmaley v Scariff/Ogonnelloe in Kilmaley at 11:00. Referee: Martin Leahy Corofin/Ruan v Bodyke O Callaghans Mills in Ruan at 11:00. Referee: Martin Glynn Kerry Group U17 A Round 6 Clarecastle v Clooney Quin in Clarecastle at 10:00. Referee: Wayne King Kerry Group U17 B Group 2 Round 6 Newmarket on Fergus v Tulla in Newmarket-on-Fergus at 17:00. Referee: TBC Clare Marts U13 C Round 9 Whitegate V Banner in Whitegate at 17:00. Referee: Aaron Hogg Clare Marts U13 Hurling Championship 2021 U13B Semi Final Scariff/Ogonnelloe v Broadford in Ogonnelloe at 15:00. Referee: Joe Mullins (E.T. if Necessary & winner on the day) U13B Shield Semi Final Crusheen/Tubber v Bodyke O Callaghans Mills in Crusheen at 16:00. Referee: Shane O’Loughlin Wednesday September 29th: Kerry Group U17 B Group 1 Round 7 Crusheen/Tubber v Corofin/Ruan in Tubber at 19:00. Referee: Niall Malone UNDERAGE FOOTBALL: Friday September 24th: Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 1 Semi Final at 6pm at Gurteen: Doora-Barefield V Lissycasey. D Keating Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 2 Semi Final 6.15pm at Quilty: Kilmurry Ib V Clarecastle. P Howard Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 3 Semi Final at Wolfetones. Wolfetones V Parteen. 6.30pm K Harvey Saturday September 25th: 11am. Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 1 Semi Final. at Ballynacally. Clondegad V Eire Og. P Keane Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 1 Shield Semi Finals. at Ennistymon: Ennistymon V Kilrush/Killimer. P O’Connell Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 2 Semi Final at Doonbeg: Doonbeg V Cratloe. J Kelly Eamon Keane & Co U13 Div 3 Semi Final at Kildysart: Kildysart/ Coolmeen V Corofin. J O’Connell Saturday Oct 2nd: 11am Tubridy Bar & Restaurant U17 Div 1 Kilmurry Ib V Kilrush/Killimer Lissycasey V Clondegad Doora Barefield V Ennistymon Tubridy Bar & Restaurant U17 Div 2-3 Parteen V Cratloe Eire Og V Clarecastle Corofin V Clooney-Quin Kilfenora/Liscannor/Ml Cusack’s V Doonbeg N Eoin/O’Curry’s/Kilkee V Cooraclare Sh Gaels/Kilmihil/Kildysart/Coolmeen V Miltown Results on the evening to 0872663718
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Success for Rochford in Tailteann inter-pros ENNIS student Ava Rochford finished first in the pole vault at the recent Tailteann Inter-provincial Athletics Championships, writes Páraic McMahon. Formerly of Ennis Track and now with Nenagh Olympic, Ava finished first in the pole vault and second in the high jump during a very successful endeavour at the Tailteann Championships. She also won her qualification competition which means she will represent the Irish Schools Athletics team in both pole vault and in high jump this coming weekend at the Schools International in Derbyshire UK. Ava is currently a transition year student at Rice College in Ennis.
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SIXMILEBRIDGE’S Stephen Murray recorded a successful weekend with a hattrick of wins at Galway Greyhound Stadium. The opening contest on Friday night was an A6 graded 550 and from traps Ballyvoe Ace and Springwell Nap towards the outer and Sports Olivia in the centre were all away well and they were lined across the track on the run towards the opening bend. Rounding the opening bend Springwell Nap took a length out of her rivals and passing halfway still held that lead. Approaching the third bend Ballyvoe Ace swept round the outside to lead and despite charting a wide course around the home turn, the John Maher and Richard Pyne of Kilmaley owned son of Ballyana Foxtrot and Dooey Ace proved half a length too strong for Sports Olivia in 30.84. In the A3 graded ninth contest the Patsy Fitzgerald of Kilrush owned Flyers Iniesta (Droopys Jet-Newline Farrah) regained the wining thread leading at the opening bend in his way to a fourth career success by four and a half lengths over Springwell Janey in 30.22. Hampered at the opening bend last time out, the Michael Casey of Mullagh owned and Martin Fahy trained Menmal Prince made it two wins from four starts in the S3 graded contest by three and three quarter lengths from Bumblebee Dylan in 19.02. The second part of the featured double bill was the concluding contest in which Loose Woman and Newport Diva were both away well in the centre of the track and disputed the lead on the run towards the opening bend. Rounding the bend Loose Woman held her ground well along the inner to lead by over a length into the back straight. Racing towards the halfway mark Millrose Brandy began to move closer along the rail but exiting the back straight the Stephen Murray of Sixmile-
bridge trained Loose Woman kicked again and staying on well the Helen Vaughan of Quin owned daughter of Laughill Blake and Ranchers Rainbow prevailed by a length and three parts in 30.10 Murray’s good form continued on Saturday night with a double, the brace completed by a fine performance from the Sean O’Riordan owned Kilballyowen Boy in the A5 graded eighth contest as he proved three & a half lengths too good for Headford Lad in 29.25. The double was initiated in the sixth contest in which all six runners came away virtually as one for this S5 graded sprint contest. Rounding the bend early leader Domain Joe drifted very wide as Stouke Hero switched inside but the Michael Corry and Michael Daly of Clarecastle owned Lillies Joy was cutting the corner well and led by two lengths off the home bend. On the run home the Stephen Murray trained Lillies Joy (Ballymac Vic-Brookeville Dash) was in control by half a length from Stouke Hero in 19.45. Meanwhile, Meelick-based businessman Dan Flynn and his brother John presented a range of greyhound memorabilia to Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) for public display at Limerick Stadium. As well as being well known in business circles, the Flynn family has a long association with greyhound racing in the Mid-West. Dan Flynn is former Chair of Limerick Greyhound Stadium Advisory Committee, while his father James J. Flynn was also a lifelong greyhound owner. Amongst the memorabilia being displayed at Limerick Greyhound Stadium is a set of pictures and descriptions of ‘Fifty Famous Greyhounds’ - an initiative by the cigarette company John Player and Sons - in 1935. An identity card from 1933 belonging to James J. Flynn’s greyhound, First Page, is also being displayed. First Page was one of the first greyhounds to run at the Markets Field in Limerick.
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Shannon past captain’s prize for McCarthy by SEAMUS HAYES THE golf season may be winding down but big numbers are still the order of the day as golfer of the year titles are up for grabs which is ensuring big entries for the competitions still to be completed. Full timesheets are again expected this week despite the fact that the Ryder cup between Europe and the US is certain to attract huge television audiences on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
SHANNON GOLF CLUB: Denis McCarthy was the winner of the past captain’s prize at Shannon Golf Club. KILRUSH GOLF CLUB: The Talty Stores open singles at Kilrush at the weekend was won by Bernard Coleman (18) with 41 points from Michael D. Kelly (22) with a similar score. Gearoid Williams (13) was third and he also returned 41 points while Pat Murtagh (18) was fourth with 40 points. The category winners were Brian Scanlan (12) with 40 points, Derek Garvey (15) with 38 points and Tom Cleary (21) with 39 points. Jim Kelly (22) won the Paddy Burns men’s singles competition with 36 points from Aeneas O’Connor (19) with a similar score. Henry A Cahill (20) was third, also with 36 points. In the Paddy Burns ladies singles Mary Bolton (21) was the winner with 40 point from Margaret Donnelly (19) with 35 points and Mary G. Nilan (21), also with 35 points. The ladies 18 hole stroke competition, sponsored by Ryan’s Deli, was won by Anne Cooper (36) with 67 from Anne Brennan (12) with 70. Ann Marie Donnellan won the gross with 88 while the 12 hole winner was Ann McMahon.
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WOODSTOCK GOLF CLUB: Last week’s open singles at Woodstock was won by Tom Dormer (21) with 43 points. He had two to spare over Aaron Lavery (30) with third spot filled by Joe Colleran (24) with 40 points The gross was won by Brian Aherne (7) with 34 points. In the ESB club championship the winner was Tony Neville (15) with 67 nett from Gerry Hayes (16) with 68. Aidan Mulcahy (10) was third with 69 followed by Brian Michael Foudy (15) with 69 and Niall Reynolds (12) with 69. Cathal O’Connor (2) won the gross with 71. Last week’s seniors outing was held in Shannon where the winners of the 15 hole scramble were Frank McEnery, Tommy Sheedy Tom Dormer and club president Matt Power with 47.5. The competition this weekend will be the September medal and this is the last golfer of the year event before the Masters. The top 30 players and ties will qualify for the Masters which will be played the weekend after the September medal. The mid week open singles has concluded for the season. DROMOLAND GOLF CLUB: George Smith won the Friday open singles at Dromoland with 41 points from Alan Neville with 40 and Michael Cooney with 39. Michael Crowley won the gross with 34 points. The weekly 9 hole competition was won by Seamus Lawlor with 21 points from John Earls with 19 and Robin Mounsey with 19. In the Wednesday 18 hole stableford competition, Nicky Duggan was the winner with 41 points from Cillian O’Connor with 40 and David O’Brien, also with 40. The 18 and over category was won by Ed Crowe while Ross O’Flaherty won the gross
with 35 points. The ladies Eye Candy mixed rumble was won by Mark Reynolds and Kelly McClean with 52 points from John Hayes and Anne Nix with 48 with Niall and Joan Dunne in third place and they also had 48 points. In the 7th hole draw, John Casey was the winner. Kelly McClean was the winner of the ladies 9 hole competitionwith 19 points.
ENNIS GOLF CLUB: The 18 hole Cancer Alliance fundraiser at Ennis was won by Mary Lenihan (17) with 38 points from Noreen Courtney (27) with 35 points with Carmel Verling (23) in third spot with 33 points. Mary Woulfe (15) won the 9 hole stableford competition with 19 points from Mary Nagle (13) with 18 points with third spot filled by Bridie Keane (17), also with 17 points. Sinead O’Sullivan (27) won the 9 hole improvers competition with 42 Ennis retained the Auburn Lodge Trophy in Lahinch last week, The best of the club’s cards were returned by Nuala d’Auria, Ethna Murphy and Eileen T. Corry. The overall winner of the singles’ competition was Nuala d’Auria with 44 points.
Captain of Shannon Golf Club, Keith Buckley with winner of the past captain’s prize, Denis McCarthy Photo by Joe Buckley (below) some Ennis Golf Club volunteers having the craic, including Jean Moloney, Margaret Flanagan, Brian Considine and Bernie Brooks
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PLANNING NOTICES CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL. MOY MORE, LAHINCH, CO. CLARE. V95 D289 Thomas & Caroline Finucane intend to apply to Clare County Council for planning permission to: (a) demolish existing substandard dwelling and sheds. (b) de-commission existing septic tank. (c) construct a replacement dwelling house, entrance, and wastewater treatment system. (d) renovate existing shed for use as a domestic garage. And all associated site works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL FREAGHVALLEN, MILTOWN MALBAY, CO CLARE. Take notice that Declan McInerney 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 application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, during its public opening hours. A
submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. CLARE CO. COUNCIL BAUROE, FEAKLE, CO.CLARE V94 T9NE Permission for the retention of an extension to existing dwelling house and all associated site works is being sought by Elizabeth McMahon. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority Clare County Council, Áras Contae an Chláir, New Road, Ennis, Co. Clare during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Signed: Grealish Glynn & Associates, 1 The Punchbowl, Ennis Road, Gort, Co. Galway. CLARE CO. COUNCIL FUROOR KILMALEY CO.CLARE Take notice that F. O’Sullivan intends to apply to the Planning Authority for permission to erect dwelling house, garage/storage area, foul sewer treatment system, percolation area and new site entrance at the above address.
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The Planning Application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL CARROWREAGH WEST, CRANNY, CO. CLARE Take notice that Vincent O’Dea intends to apply to the planning authority for permission to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a sewage treatment system and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, Clare County Council, Aras Contae an Chlair, New Road, Ennis during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the
prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of the application. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL, AFFICK, TULLA, CO CLARE Take notice that A. Hogan intends to apply to the Planning Authority for retention permission for the following; a) the additional rooflights, roof and wall finishes b) the site entrance and front boundary along with associated site works at the above address. That the planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL FARRIHY, KILKEE, CO. CLARE Take notice that Kevin Greene intends to apply to the planning authority for permission to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of
the planning authority, Clare County Council, Aras Contae an Chlair, New Road, Ennis during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of the application. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL, STRAND LINE, KILKEE, CO. CLARE. Take notice that Diarmuid Keane + Associates Ltd. (065-9083667, www. diarmuidkeane.ie) intend to apply to Clare County Council on behalf of Strandline Developments Ltd for retention permission to retain alterations to the dwelling houses previously authorised under planning permission ref no. P18/829 at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may
grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL. BRICKHILL EAST, CRATLOE, CO. CLARE. Take notice that Diarmuid Keane + Associates Ltd. (065-9083667, www. diarmuidkeane.ie) intend to apply to Clare County Council on behalf of Enda Boyce for planning permission to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, access road and on-site wastewater treatment system along with all other associated site works and services at the above address. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
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The Clare Echo Quiz
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Who is the current presenter of Morning Focus? A: Peter O’Connell B: Syl O’Connor C: Alan Morrissey
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Morning Focus’ present producer is Rebecca O’Sullivan. Where is she a native of? A: Kilmihil B: Killimer C: Kilfinane
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Clare Champion reporter Fiona McGarry is one of O’Sullivan’s predecessors, Fiona’s brother Niall is the founder of what media company? A: Free West Media B: Maximum Media C: Bauer Media Group
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Gavin Grace departed his role as presenter of Morning Focus earlier this year, how long had he been behind the mic for Clare FM’s flagship show? A: Three years B: Six years C: Nine years
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Which of the following have not presented Morning Focus at some stage? A: Pat Flynn B: Marian Egan C: Jim Conlan
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What have the following persons in common when it comes to Morning Focus: Mark Dunphy, Amy Ryan, Ben Sweeney and Edel Hynes. A: They have won competitions on Morning Focus. B: They were cut off live on air during an episode of Morning Focus C: They have produced Morning Focus
Spot the Difference Can you spot the difference? Spot the 7 differences. The answers will be revealed in next weeks edition.
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