Independent Clare

27/07/2024

Little did Mark Balls know when spending summer holidays with his adoptive mother's family in west Clare, that his biological family was just 40 minutes away.

A woman who kept her son’s existence secret after giving him up for adoption – and who unknowingly lived just 40 minutes away from where he spent many summer holidays – has been reunited with him after 53 years.

26/07/2024

The search resumes for a young boy, believed to be aged 12, who is feared to have fallen from the cliffs on Tuesday.

The search is resuming today for a young boy feared to have fallen from the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare on Tuesday.

26/07/2024

Uisce Éireann Irish Water announced the end of raw sewage discharges from Kilrush into the lower Shannon Estuary, in County Clare

Uisce Éireann announced the end of raw sewage discharges from Kilrush into the lower Shannon Estuary, in County Clare, following a €11 million investment.

25/07/2024

A judge has jailed a 49-year-old man for four years and eight months for the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of his ex-partner during a ’terrifying ordeal’ at her home in west Clare last September

A judge has jailed a 49-year-old man for four years and eight months for the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of his ex-partner during a ’terrifying ordeal’ at her home in west Clare last September.

25/07/2024

The team arrived in Ennis after stopping at Wolfe Tones GAA Club and in Clarecastle village, where they also received a warm welcome

A record-breaking crowd welcomed the Clare Senior Hurling Team home at Ennis’s Tim Smythe Park on Monday evening.

25/07/2024

The search is continuing for a young boy reported missing in the vicinity of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare on Tuesday

The search is continuing for a young boy reported missing in the vicinity of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare on Tuesday.

25/07/2024

"One man is expected to take total charge of the fastest field game in the world, played on a pitch that extends to almost three acres."

Pat Ryan has shown himself to be a member of the Managerial Minority Party – a refreshingly honest and practical group who don’t react to defeat by choosing from a standard list of possible culprits, including the referee, umpires, linesmen and match scheduling.

25/07/2024

“I don’t understand why it has taken so long, that is the only reason I can come to," John Mountaine told Judge Francis Comerford.

The partner of Independent TD Violet-Anne Wynne has blamed her “upsetting a lot of people”as the reason he has not been able to get a driving test appointment for almost four years.

25/07/2024

From All-Ireland semi-final to All-Ireland semi-final, a full 12 months apart, Ryan Taylor never saw a moment of competitive action.
GAA Clare Clare GAA

From All-Ireland semi-final to All-Ireland semi-final, a full 12 months apart, Ryan Taylor never saw a moment of competitive action.

24/07/2024

It's never too early to start planning for the bank holiday weekend. Here's some ideas to get you started 👇
Kilmihil Festival of Fun The Scariff Harbour Festival Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

Several events and festivals have been organised across County Clare to celebrate the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

24/07/2024

Search for young boy missing at Cliffs of Moher suspended due to dangerous conditions

24/07/2024

Former All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan allegedly repeatedly struck a 12-year-boy with a stick causing a series of injuries, a court has heard.

24/07/2024

Best of luck to Liam and Erin! 🎉🤞

Two athletes, Liam Jegou and Erin Riordan, will represent Ireland and County Clare at the Olympics 2024 in Paris.

24/07/2024

With David McInerney playing such an important part, the contribution of the 2013 ‘gang of four’ was the central plank in Clare’s fifth All-Ireland title.
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Tony Kelly didn’t look or sound like a player who had been part of a Clare team that had lost a third successive Munster hurling final to Limerick just two days earlier when he sat into a chair in an office in the Michael Cusack Centre in the Burren last month and spoke positively about the future...

23/07/2024

"This year was the opposite, all the hype and build up being about having to perform basically, being one of the more senior players having to go out there to play."
GAA Clare Clare GAA

Shane O’Donnell is walking the media through his All-Ireland final that almost never was. On Tuesday night, he felt a twinge in his hamstring enough to spark panic. The next few days were a series of physio appointments, massage and ice packs. It was only when he completed the warm-up that he was ...

23/07/2024

With 100 buses a day passing on narrow roads, farmers have to move cattle and get contractors in at 5am – and they are demanding that some of the country’s tourism profits are invested in roadways.

The Wild Atlantic Way is one of the most successful tourism initiatives ever introduced in Ireland. Since it was developed, the number of people employed in tourism in Ireland has grown by an estimated 35,000, with many of these jobs created in rural communities where employment is scarce.

23/07/2024

“In the club itself we could not think any higher of our Tony Kelly. He lives for hurling, it’s his life.”

Tony Kelly’s local club Ballyea GAA is ready to welcome the Liam MacCarthy Cup and the Clare captain home with club members saying they could not be prouder of the hurler’s achievements.

23/07/2024

"Since he came in, he cleaned up everything behind the scenes and then from a players’ point of view, he just has us eating out of the palm of his hand."
GAA Clare Clare GAA

Tony Kelly referred to Brian Lohan as “our God” in his All-Ireland SHC final acceptance speech and the Clare skipper had no problem expanding on how the Banner supremo had taken them from the scrap heap to the summit.

23/07/2024

The Eire Og man confirmed that he sustained a mild tear at training on Tuesday night and that his participation in the game wasn't confirmed until just before throw-in.
CLG Éire Óg Inis

Clare hero Shane O’Donnell has revealed that he almost missed Sunday’s All-Ireland final after picking up a hamstring injury just days before the Croke Park showdown.

23/07/2024

"As a back, you kind of play on the edge. You get away with it sometimes, sometimes you don't, and I did yesterday and I'd do it every day if I could."
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Defensive lionheart Conor Leen has openly admitted that he pulled Robbie O’Flynn’s jersey in the final play of yesterday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final – and that he’d do it again in similar circumstances.

23/07/2024

A group of Clare volunteers teaching hurling and football to deaf children in Uganda have set up a GAA club in an area devastated by disease.
Nile High School's Arua Ob's and Og's Union

A group of Clare volunteers teaching hurling and football to deaf children in Uganda have set up a GAA club in an area devastated by disease.

23/07/2024

"I thought in normal time they had pucked this game away, but when the legs were cramping, the energy fading, they reached deep within and found something more."
GAA Clare Clare GAA

If you’re looking for a characteristic to define this Clare team, it’s resilience. They refuse to lie down. They just keep coming back. I thought in normal time they had pucked this game away, but when the legs were cramping, the energy fading, they reached deep within and found something more.

23/07/2024

More than 40,000 fans from as far away as Feakle, Fanore and the four corners of Clare packed into Tim Smythe Park in Ennis to welcome home the champions.
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It was a sea of saffron and blue as tens of thousands of Clare fans welcomed home their hurling heroes and for the fifth time, the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

23/07/2024

"Given how exciting the final was, it’s not just Cork but the Irish sporting public who’ve been robbed by the misapplication of Murphy’s Law."

Cork were robbed of an All-Ireland final replay by the worst end-of-game refereeing decision since Joe Sheridan’s goal against Louth was allowed in the 2010 Leinster football final.

22/07/2024

"Kelly left no doubt about his legendary status as he stepped up when needed most with his second-half wonder goal surely up there with any of the greatest All-Ireland final moments."
GAA Clare Clare GAA

The debate about whether Tony Kelly shows up on the big occasion has been truly put to bed after the Ballyea wizard dragged Clare up the Hogan Stand steps with a jaw-dropping display straight from the hurling gods.

22/07/2024

Clare TD had agreed to rent property through Repair and Leasing Scheme

A landlord who served an invalid eviction notice on Independent TD Violet-Anne Wynne told a tribunal hearing that beds being suspended from the ceiling was the “last straw”.

22/07/2024

The teams could hardly be separated in this gripping encounter but Clare edged it in the end. Here's how we rated each players' performance 👇

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22/07/2024

The Clare Senior Hurling Team is coming home this evening and a huge crowd is expected to welcome them.

22/07/2024

This Clare squad has “some of the finest hurlers to ever come out of the county and to ever play the game” – now we have the silverware to go with it. 💛💙
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‘In Clare, hurling is like a ­religion, but Brian Lohan is like our god” – those were the words of Tony Kelly, Clare’s captain, sorcerer and magician after a masterful performance in what was one of the greatest All-Ireland finals of all time.

22/07/2024

The abuse took place at the family home at Lake View, Doonbeg, Co Clare, between 1977 and 1989 when she was aged between three and 16 years old.

A woman who was r***d and sexually abused by her father for 11-and-a-half years has said survivors of abuse should not be made to feel “ashamed” for suing their attacker.