Shannon Gaels/Kilmihil 2-11Éire Óg 2-6 Shannon Gaels/Kilmihil recorded their third victory in the U-16 Division 2 Football Championship against Éire Óg at St Flannan’s grounds last Saturday.

UGANDA is a tale of two countries. The south is relatively prosperous, where most children are able to attend primary school. The north, on the other hand, is a totally different land.In the Acholi region, more than one million people were forced to flee their homes due to the conflict between government forces and Joseph Kony’s rebel Lords’ Resistance Army (LRA).Children are among the main victims of the brutal and bloody 20-year civil war.In fact, Northern Uganda has been particularly blighted by the scandalous practice of abducting children from their homes and communities and forcing them to become members of the LRA.Conservative estimates from UNICEF suggest 25,000 children were abducted, based on the numbers who escaped and registered in reception centres.The real figure could be at least double this, when the number of children who were killed and unaccounted for is taken into account. Estimates suggest 66,000 young people, including those over 18, were abducted.According to a Human Rights Watch …

East Clare Harriers rode out from Clonusker in Scariff on Saturday for their final meet of the year with 27 riders traversing the countryside.

As the Munster Handball Championships progress, local handballers, both boys and girls, are rising to the occasion and confirming Clare as a leading county in this discipline

Kerry 5-23  Clare 2-5 THE Clare lady footballers fell to a 27-point hammering in Listowel last Saturday, their fourth successive league defeat. Clare have already lost at home to Fermanagh and Kildare, while they lost by 25 points away to Galway.

THE Clare Rose committee is making the final preparations for the Clare Rose selection night, which takes place next month. The closing date for entries is March 20 and last year’s winner, Orla McDonagh, is urging women around the county to take part for what she says is a “whirlwind of wonderful, lifelong, memorable experiences”.“It has been a privilege to have had this opportunity to represent County Clare as this year’s Clare Rose of Tralee 2012. As all young girls in Ireland, we can recall being brought up watching the Rose of Tralee each summer and the excitement of each rose being interviewed on stage, while guessing which girl will represent the Rose of Tralee in the coming year. Being selected as the Clare Rose gave me that feeling of accomplishment and pride after achieving a childhood dream to step into the shoes of a rose,” Orla said.The Gort resident and Ennis teacher explained how she took the first steps …

  Sixmilebridge 2-14Newmarket-on-Fergus 0-17(after extra time) EXTRA time was needed to produce a result when Sixmilebridge and Newmarket clashed in the opening round of the U-21A Hurling Championship at Dr Daly Park in Tulla on Saturday. The fact that extra time was required wasn’t a surprise, given how close games between these sides were in the minor campaign three years ago. The eventual winners got the upperhand in the second period of extra time and finished strongly to book their passage to the semi-final. There was a strong wind blowing towards the road end of the grounds and Newmarket had the aid of it in the opening half. It was the eventual winners who took the lead with Pa Sheehan on target but it was short lived, as Liam Clancy responded from a placed ball for the Blues. They followed with like scores from Niall O’Connor, who did some valuable work dropping back to help his defence, Shane Liddy and …

A WEST Clare designer will feature at the Irish Fashion Innovation Awards in the Radisson Blu Hotel,Galway later this month.Kaitlin McGrath from Farrihy, Kilkee was shortlisted in this competition last year and won a prestigious award for her final-year collection, Still Grew the Beat of Our Wings. She was also named the overall winner of the Contour 2012 Fashion Degree Show at the Limerick School of Art and Design/LIT Gallery.Kaitlin is a past pupil of Scoil Réalt na Mara, Kilkee and St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee and Limerick School of Art and Design.Katilin has been shortlisted in the “Ones To Watch 2013” category where she faces competition from Galway’s Zoe Wong, as well as Riona Treacy, Honor Fitzsimons, Jane McKenna, Rebecca Marsden, Angela Beaumont and fresh from the Oscars, Laura Jayne Halton.Galway designers are well represented at the awards, which will take place on Thursday, March 28. Milliner Mary White, jewellery designers Aoife McGough and Lynsey de Burca will share …