Cork 0-16   Clare 2-9 Jenny O’Leary’s eighth pointed free, struck two minutes from full-time, edged Cork ahead of Clare in the county’s opening All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship group game in Newmarket last Saturday.  

AFTER winning his way through to the finals of the purple belt 76kg-100kg bracket at the UK and Ireland Premier Brazilian Jiujitsu Championships, Fightsports Clare’s John Eustace faced what must surely rank as one of his biggest ever challenges in a competition – Brazilian Danilo Henrique Alves, a bear of a man who easily outweighed the Ennis man by nearly 22kg.

THE first castle or fortified building to stand in Bunratty was in 1251, believed to be an early Norman motte and bailey. Since that time, a castle has remained a fixture in Bunratty.

THRIVING at the Crossroads: Rural Ireland in a Globalised World, is the theme of this year’s Merriman Summer School, which takes place in Lisdoonvarna from August 15 to 19.

“It’s a long way from Clare to here” wrote songwriter, Ralph McTell, famously. Now, two local musicians plan to shorten that divide by way of an upcoming cross-cultural musical exchange.

Arts in East Clare will have a new home this weekend as Féile Chnoc na Gaoithe gets underway this Thursday, until Sunday to celebrate the opening of phase one of Cnoc na Gaoithe, The Tulla Comhaltas Cultural Centre.

Readjust the Focus, Remember the Absence, is the new exhibition opening at the Russell Gallery in New Quay, Clare on Saturday, June 30, at 6pm.

O’CALLAGHAN’S Mills author and poet, Joe Moroney, has just published his third book, Bits and Pieces.The book features more than 20 poems, as well as songs and words of wisdom.  Joe also shares many a life lesson reminding us that life is a precious gift.