SHE may still be associated with hits like Burn the Black Suit, Take the Money and Dr Fell, but Juliet Turner has far more newer songs in her arsenal.

BUDDING poets are being invited to get involved in a nationwide competition, organised on the back of a successful initiative run in 2011 involving Caring for Carers, Clare County Library and the Ennis Book Club Festival.

WITH three Golden Globes under its belt, the silent film The Artist is grabbing the Hollywood headlines and attracting plenty of attention. The Friends of the Hunt Museum in Limerick have organised an afternoon with Bafta and Oscar award winner, Kevin Brownlow.

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Martin Flanagan has seen the best of them come and go. Footballers, hurlers, camogie players have had their moments in the sun, rain and hail at Cusack Park and moved on. Caretaker Martin Flanagan has, however, been a constant figure at The Park for the past 22 years. He’s seen a hell of a lot of action – great games, tense games, awful games at club and county level – and it’s been his responsibility to have the pitch in top notch condition before and after.A few weeks ago, Martin retired from his post at Clare GAA headquarters having started initially on a FÁS scheme. His time there coincided with some great success stories for both the county’s hurlers and footballers. It was the era when Clare hurling manager Ger Loughnane infuriated the media by regularly naming dummy teams ahead of big games. It was also a time when Martin had to map out Cusack Park to replicate measurements at …

THE final margin in this senior hurling challenge at Gort on Saturday was two points but Clare will know that failure to convert good second-half possession into scores cost them a more comfortable margin.Ahead by two points at half-time, Clare turned over to have the assistance of the wind but, despite having the better opportunities, failed to convert these into scores. A late goal from impressive Gort substitute Michael Mullins left just two points between the teams at the final whistle.With most of the third-level students unavailable due to commitments with their college sides, Clare fielded a team likely to be similar to that which will line out in the opening round of the Waterford Crystal tournament on Sunday when Waterford IT will provide the opposition at O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge.Gort, preparing for their All-Ireland semi-final clash against Coolderry on February 11, lined out without two regulars, full-back Michael McMahon and full-forward Ollie Fahy. McMahon entered the action at the …