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LADIES FOOTBALL: Late Banner backlash not enough to topple Kildare

Kildare 2-11 Clare 2-10 Clare’s Lilywhite hoodoo continued to haunt in Croke Park after seeing their late backlash come up agonisingly short at the death, writes Eoin Brennan. Having failed to reach the heights of previous displays for the majority, the Banner sprung to life with a rousing brace of goals for chief threats Fidelma Marrinan and Chloe Moloney to slash an eight point deficit to just the minimum by the 55th minute. However, despite further opportunities including a last gasp Fidelma Marrinan free from 45 metres, Wayne Freeman’s side simply couldn’t locate an equalising score to force extra-time. Clare’s electric finish was in contrast to a stuttering first half showing that saw Clare start brightly with a brace of Marrinan frees but falter significantly after two timely goals for Trina Duggan and Ellen Dowling. Having previously been opened up by Claire Sullivan’s overlapping run and shot that cannoned off the crossbar while Amy Lenihan somehow repelled Neasa Dooley’s rebound, …

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Clare riders set to jump in Dublin Horse Show

TODAY (Wednesday) sees the start of the Dublin Horse Show with plenty of Clare interest in the four day event. With the show running from August 9 to 13, the premier show jumpers from Ireland and further afield have descended on Dublin, writes Ivan Smyth. The Williams brothers – Rhys and Coen – will each compete in multiple events during the course of the week. Older brother Rhys will be onboard Playboy JT Z (Presley Boy x Plot Blue) in the seven and eight year old International Class. Rhys took victory in the same competition in last year’s event aboard Playboy JT Z. Rhys will be aiming to take home the Seamus Hughes Perpetual Challenge Trophy awarded for the Four Year Old ‘Mo Chroí’ National Show Jumping Championship. Rhys will compete in the Four Year Old Class aboard KPCM Hugo Boss (Plot Blue (KWPN) x Luidan (KWPN). Finally, the talented rider, out of PARC Stables, will also ride in the …

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CAMOGIE: Clare Tipp the balance to garner All-Ireland honours

All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship Final Clare 3-7 Tipperary 1-9 Clare created history in Croke Park when soaring to a first ever All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie title with their second team. 15 years after Clare’s flagship side finally made their junior breakthrough after a series of heartbreaking final reverses, this time the Banner completed a perfect debut when recovering from a shaky start to dominate the middle third of the contest, writes Eoin Brennan. Captain Sinead O’Keeffe, Ellen Casey, Niamh Mulqueen, Labhaoise O’Donnell, Jennifer Daly and exciting minor Caoimhe Cahill were the Banner’s inspirational leaders especially when under pressure early on. After all, things certainly didn’t appear to be going according to plan when an exceedingly nervy start almost ruled Clare out of contention before they could even get out of the blocks. Uncharacteristically for such a mature team throughout their journey to Croke Park, the Banner’s touch, composure and even common sense seemed to have evaporated for the opening …

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Clare tourism forum requests less concentration of refugees in Clare as sector struggles

THE Clare Tourism Advisory Forum has written to Minister Roderic O’Gorman urging a more even dispersal of refugees across the country, as it claims the repurposing of tourist accommodation here has hit the sector hard. Vice Chairman of the Forum Maurice Walsh wrote the letter which claimed Clare tourism is suffering due to the loss of over a third of tourism accommodation in the county. “The Clare Tourism Advisory Forum, the representative body for the tourism industry in County Clare, wishes to bring to your attention a matter of serious concern to those operating within the local tourism and hospitality sector. “We are appealing to you to explore all possible opportunities for ensuring accommodation provided to International Protection Applicants and those seeking temporary protection is more evenly dispersed across the country, instead of being heavily concentrated in western counties such as County Clare that are reliant on tourism. “The 37% reduction in the number of available bed nights in County …

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Met Éireann research shows Clare getting warmer and wetter

GLOBAL warming has seen southern Europe endure hellish conditions this month, while it has been relatively moderate here, following the exceptionally warm weather seen in June. The intense heat being seen in many part of the world lately shows the impact of global warming, while new figures from Met Éireann show that more locally temperatures are also on the way up. This week saw Met Éireann release average figures for the 1991-2020 period. They showed that the average temperature per year at Shannon during the period was 10.7 degrees. This compared to an average of 10.1 degrees for 1961-1990. Summers are certainly warmer going by the data, with mean temperatures of 14.5, 16 and 15.8 degrees for June, July and August in the 1991-2020 period. This compared to equivalents of 14.0, 15.7 and 15.5 during 1961-1990. On average there were 20.3 days of air frost and 70.9 days with ground frost during 1991-2020. This was down from 25.4 and 68.6 …

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HURLING: Cat-like Murphy reflexes deny Clare at death

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final Kilkenny 1-25 Clare 1-22 A completely different Clare All-Ireland Semi-Final performance but still the result remained the same as a never-say-die Kilkenny weathered a strong second half Banner storm to tee up a final rematch with Limerick in a fortnight’s time, writes Eoin Brennan. In front of a Banner-dominated 48,360, Brian Lohan’s side brushed off a disappointingly cautious opening period (0-15 to 0-10) to go for the jugular on the restart, with a swashbuckling 0-9 to 0-2 third quarter turnaround, six from Mark Rodgers, catapulting them two clear. However, a defensive lapse provided a lifeline that a wily Kilkenny inevitably snatched with both hands as a TJ Reid interception set up Eoin Cody for the opening goal of the game in the 55th minute at 1-18 to 0-18. Such a sucker-punch was difficult to stomach but a moment of magic regained full parity in the 63rd minute when Diarmuid Ryan’s delivery over the top was …

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Born for the fourth Sunday of July

When Sunday comes Clare’s prospective All-Ireland opponents will already be known and the dizziness among the Dalcassian Army on the long road to Dublin will be such that many will be racing ahead to the Big Dance. The Last Dance. The All-Ireland final. We know that the fourth Sunday in July doesn’t quite have the first Sunday in September ring to it, but it’s pitch-perfect at the same time, and in the minds’ eyes of the supporters it will be opening out before them. It’s because, what ever way the sliotar falls between Limerick and Galway on Saturday afternoon there’ll be a derby to look forward to for Clare — and a famous first. To a man, woman and child, they’re convinced. My 16-year-old says it’s a mix between manifesting and the placebo effect. Kilkenny have met Galway and Limerick in All-Ireland finals on more occasions than anyone from Clare cares to remember, so for Clare why not have something …

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Fahy: Love of the game of hurling drives up standards in Kilkenny

Terence Fahy knows better than most how to develop hurlers and cultivate success at underage. Although a proud Clare man, he possesses experience of the underage set up in Kilkenny. Fahy spent nine years working in Castlecomer Community School in the North of the county. The Whitegate man came across his fair share of quality hurlers on Noreside including four time All Ireland champion Conor Fogarty. Fahy feels that the tradition of success has helped Kilkenny players coming through the ranks believe they can win on the big stage. “There is obviously a massive tradition in the place. Life revolves around hurling down there. It’s a small county really but the thing that ignites it is hurling. Hurling is very strong in all areas down there. The tradition is handed down and despite the success they are humble enough.” Where does the culture of success in Kilkenny come from? Fahy’s answer is simple yet well constructed. “The culture comes from …

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