Megan Bredin has been selected on the Irish U-17 badminton team that will represent Ireland at the Catalunya U-17 Open on the February 16 and 17. Megan becomes the 13th junior badminton international from Ennis.

Ennistymon native Jane Cogan with Limerick driver Frank Sweeney (Ford Escort mk 2) secured third overall in the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship 2012.

Fifty years after winning the All-Ireland Junior Cross Country Championship, Clare will celebrate that success at a function to be held at Fanny O’Dea’s in Lissycasey on Friday, March 8 at 8pm.

The Munster Athletics Association Sports Star Awards will take place at Rathkeale House Hotel, hosted by the Limerick Athletics Association, this Saturday, starting at 8pm.

Renowned East Clare author Edna O’Brien has lent her support to The ­Gathering campaign by not only acting as an ambassador for her native parish’s event but also for the county.

ON a 18-10 vote, Clare county councillors passed a motion calling on the Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to reverse a proposal to close eight Clare garda stations.

SCOIL Chriost Rí, ­Cloughleigh, has become the first primary or secondary school in Ireland to be accepted into the Comórtas Pan Cheilteach (Pan Celtic) Song Contest. Thirteen pupils and six adults will perform in Carlow on Thursday, February 7. The group is called Scoil Chriost Rí Abú and their song, Caoineadh Ón Dáil, was written by sixth class teacher, Joe Garry.

THE only two competitive soccer games played in Clare on Sunday didn’t bring any joy to followers of the game in the Banner County.