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AN EIGHT year old boy had a miraculous escape in Kilkee on Monday after his head was wedged between the road and the tyre of a moving vehicle as he tried to retrieve a ball from beneath it. The accident happened shortly before 4 o’clock at Geraldine...

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From ‘lyingeyes’ to crying eyes
Bright, bubbly and smiling one day; tearful, emotional and sad the next. That was the contrast in mood Sharon Collins ...
Opportunity knocks at last for Clare
Tipperary have the greater Munster final experience, having been there in 2006 but Clare’s chances of winning a first ...
1,300 more signing on
THE number of adults unemployed in Clare has jumped by more than one third in the last year, and by 9.3 per cent in the ...
Ryan’s evidence an ‘ego boost’
RTÉ 2FM presenter Gerry Ryan was called to give evidence to feed Sharon Collins’ ego, according to the prosecution, who ...
Counsel questions motives for murder
IT was an important question and it was met by silence. Who could have had a motive to set Sharon Collins up, as she had...
Other News This Week
Rocky Road locals win out
CLARE County Council has responded to local fears that a planned housing development adjacent to the Rocky Road could cause irreparable damage to the area. The council has refused...
Love triangle story rubbished
SOURCES close to the woman who dodged jail by saying that she had caught her mother in bed with her husband have confirmed that she is pregnant. And those who know her say that Fi...
Dark days predicted for Shannon
CLARE is facing another jobs blow with speculation that 20 more jobs will be lost with the closure of an engineering company in Shannon. The rumour comes after weekend reports th...
Couple ordered to rebuild house
TWO directors of a Sixmilebridge-based company have been ordered to reconstruct a house on the village’s main street that they demolished without planning permission. Clare County...
Cancer patient’s joy turned to pain
A DYING man who had 16 tumours on his liver and colon cancer was told he was a “strong man” who would “be able to benefit” from Photodynamic therapy treatment, it was claimed in co...
Glory in the Ennis Road Grounds
The Gaelic Grounds was the scene of one of Clare hurling’s darkest days against Tipperary in 1993, but it has also been home to some stirring championship triumphs, most notabl...
No longer the whipping boys of Munster
HINDSIGHT is telescopic in its accuracy, but it’s true to say that 1997 was the apex of the Revolution Years – the title of the book written by celebrated hurling commentator Denis...
The power of positive thinking
GO to Kilruane, a few miles east of Nenagh into one of the biggest parishes in Ireland and they’ll tell you about Alan Cunningham – what he brought to the club and could have broug...
A Munster championship travelled
December 2007. Ballyline. A ground synonymous with tough winter preparations for several generations of Clare teams in the past. Now, under a new regime, the training is no diffe...
Niall Gilligan’s island
NIALL Gilligan recalls a conversation he had with Seanie McMahon in 2006. They chewed the fat of their years together on the bridge – Gilligan went back to the fall of ’96 while Mc...
Feeling the hand of history
AND so the wheel of hurling fortune has swung around to 70 minutes in Limerick. Ould enemy stuff - Clare versus Tipp in a Munster final. Hard to believe really, because such a pair...
Agenda
THERE was a plea to protect local jobs in Ennis last week that was lost amongst the loud voices that were lamenting the most recent job losses in Shannon. Yet the plea by Acting D...

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The 19th with Joe O'Muircheartaigh
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