Bridge United B   1Inch Crusaders    5BRIDGE United B took the lead in their Second Division tie when Michael McNamara scored but by half-time, Inch Crusaders were 2-1 in front, following goals from Padraig Talty, after good work by Conor Neylon and Rory O’Connor respectively.

Treaty Celtic            3 West Clare FC         2There was a major shock in the third division when league leaders and hot favourites, West Clare FC, were defeated by Treaty Celtic, who have been struggling throughout the campaign.

Coláiste Muire, Ennis has been selected to take part in the Volleyball Association of Ireland’s transition year girls spikeball leaders award programme. This initiative is funded by the Irish Sports Council ‘Women in Sport’ project encouraging girls to actively participate in sport.

MAYOR of Clare Pat Hayes is one of the 15 Clare County Councillors who still hasn’t paid the Government’s controversial €100 household charge less than three weeks before the official deadline, it emerged this week.

CLARE County Council is adopting a hard-line stance against water service charge defaulters by vowing to disconnect water supplies to a number of businesses in the coming weeks.The disconnections relate to the non-payment of water service charges dating back, in some cases, to 2007. The outstanding charges range from €600 to €42,000 and concern businesses in Ennis and Shannon, as well as in towns and villages across East, West and North Clare.The council action comes in a week when it was revealed that €20.866 million was not paid to the council in accrued income. This includes commercial rates of €5.721m; waste and water charges of €4.715m; development contributions of €7.736m; housing loans and rents of €1.245m; commercial refuse, €409,000; fire charges of €882,000 and other charges amounting to €158,000.The businesses, which include a hotel, hairdresser, publican, farm, butcher and service station, have received between four and six payment reminders each along with individual visits from Clare County Council personnel.  Water …

CLARE County Council is adopting a hard-line stance against water service charge defaulters by vowing to disconnect water supplies to a number of businesses in the coming weeks.The disconnections relate to the non-payment of water service charges dating back, in some cases, to 2007. The outstanding charges range from €600 to €42,000 and concern businesses in Ennis and Shannon, as well as in towns and villages across East, West and North Clare.The council action comes in a week when it was revealed that €20.866 million was not paid to the council in accrued income. This includes commercial rates of €5.721m; waste and water charges of €4.715m; development contributions of €7.736m; housing loans and rents of €1.245m; commercial refuse, €409,000; fire charges of €882,000 and other charges amounting to €158,000.The businesses, which include a hotel, hairdresser, publican, farm, butcher and service station, have received between four and six payment reminders each along with individual visits from Clare County Council personnel.  Water …

Ennis                        11UL Bohemians       10ENNIS won the North Munster U-13 League last Sunday at St Senan’s grounds in Shannon, by beating UL Bohemians in a thrilling replay that went right down to the final whistle. This win has given this very talented panel of players an unbeaten league run for the season, in what was their first season playing a full 15-a-side game.