A DAZZLING array of glitz and glamour will be on display for Mid-West fashion lovers in Dromoland Castle at the end of the month.

The recent food scare has made many of us much more aware of what we eat. When the Food Safety Authority of Ireland announced last January it found traces of horse DNA in beef products, it was treated in some quarters as another Irish joke.

Scariff Community College 4-8   St Anne’s Killaloe 1-15 SCARIFF Community College booked their place in the final of the Clare Senior A Hurling Championship with a two-point win over neighbours St Anne’s of Killaloe on Monday.

ON the home front, all Clare juvenile and youth boxers went to scales on Saturday morning last for the Munster championships,  which got underway on Sunday in Corpus Christi BC in Limerick.

THE Winter Team League concluded at Dromoland last week and the overall winners were Paul O’Brien, Gerry McInerney, Michael Flannery, Diarmaid McMahon and Gerry Malone.

  Connolly Celtic A 3   Shannon Olympic A 1 (AET) CONNOLLY Celtic will play fellow parishioners Kilmaley-Fern Celtic in this Sunday’s second-round Junior Cup tie following their victory over Shannon Olympic at Kilmaley on Sunday. A Shannon Olympic equaliser just before full-time resulted in extra time and, in the second period, the home side struck twice to seal their passage to the next round. The winners took the lead midway through the first half when Brendan Dillon found the net and they held this lead until almost the final minute when Shannon Olympic levelled through substitute Darren McMahon, a score that forced the tie into extra time. The first period was scoreless but in the second period, the experienced Connolly veteran Mickey Byrnes headed his side back in front and two minutes later, they sealed victory. Byrnes was taken down by Olympic goalie Damian Casey resulting in the dismissal of the visitors’ goalie. Jan Fleck converted the resultant spot kick …

Avenue United A 3   Tulla United A 0 A HAT-TRICK from Dave McCarthy steered Avenue United A to victory over Tulla United in this premier-league tie on Sunday.  

Moher Celtic 3   Bridge Celtic 4 BRIDGE Celtic made the long journey to Lahinch on Sunday and defeated league leaders Moher Celtic.