This bank holiday weekend the 34th annual Cartell.ie International Rally of the Lakes will take place around Killarney.

Clare Cup Newmarket Celtic A 3   Avenue United A 1 It was billed as the game of the round and it certainly proved to be an entertaining affair when title-holders Newmarket Celtic entertained Avenue United in this quarter-final at McDonogh Park.  

The seventh annual Ennistymon-Liscannor Parish National School Sports Day were held in beautiful sunshine at Ennistymon hurling field, with all schools taking part.

First Division Bridge United A 1   Bridge Celtic 0 Bridge United A took a giant step towards promotion from the first division when they accounted for Bridge Celtic on Sunday.  

Third Division Ennis Town Rock B 6   Shannon Olympic B 0 Ennis Town Rock B came out on top in the second of a weekend double header with Shannon Olympic B. Having won 1-0 on Friday, in the away fixture with Olympic, Ennis Town were more clinical on Sunday. With much of the possession it still took until the 35th minute for Ennis Town to open the scoring when Noel Frawley converted a penalty after Gary Green was fouled.  

THE County Clare FAI Aviva Primary Schools five-a-side finals took place last Tuesday and Thursday, April 27 and 29 at Lees Road Sports Complex. Both days saw glorious sunshine and plenty of skill and excitement, as this year’s competition had a mixture of traditional schools and new schools participating in the competition for the first time. An impressive 40 schools entered this year with 82 teams and close to 670 children participating in total. All games were played on eight small-sided pitches. The B section for medium-sized schools in both categories took place on Tuesday with 17 boys’ teams and eight girls’ teams participating. Knockanean captured the boys’ title when they defeated a very impressive Newmarket side in a penalty shoot-out after a very exciting final, finished 1-1 after normal time and extra time. Ennis National School defeated Holy Family 1-0 in the girls’ final to progress to the Munster finals. Ennis National School 2 emerged as winners in the …

Fears that a new €645,000 youth and community building would become a magnet for night-time anti-social behaviour have proved unfounded.

The provision of a community grants scheme, managed by teenagers, for a third successive year illustrates the success of the project, according to a young project manager.