CROKE Park is the arena where some of these players can show their skills, according to Clare selector Louis Mulqueen.

A KILLALOE group of musicians and songwriters are hoping to score a big hit with a new song celebrating the Clare hurlers’ bid for All-Ireland glory.

DEVELOPMENTS in the relationship between the Dublin and London governments over the past year “give a great cause for concern” the Opposition leader Michael Martin stated as he opened this year’s Merriman Summer School in Lisdoonvarna last week.Deputy Martin was addressing the theme, Are Ireland and Northern Ireland growing apart?

A NEW civic and arts centre for Shannon has been sought for years and it looks like it may be on the way.

IT has been a while since a Clare senior hurling team cut loose in Croke Park. Last Sunday’s display was up there with any in the county’s history. On a par with Clare’s one-point win over Tipperary in the 1997 All-Ireland final? Nearly. It was in that zone. It was probably Clare’s most fluent display in a knock-out championship game in Dublin. The 1997 All-Ireland final was more noted for tension and physicality than lightness of touch but, of course, the Liam McCarthy Cup was on offer to the winners that day.

Irish Seed Savers’ Association’s project manager has warned that the national charity will struggle to stay open if proposed cuts are made by the Department of Agriculture.

Galway  0-23   Limerick  0-20 (AET)The Hawkeye controversy in Sunday’s All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final has taken the focus off what was a most entertaining game of hurling between winners Galway and Munster champions, Limerick.

Ennistymon  0-9   O’Curry’s  0-7Ennistymon have joined Éire Óg and Doonbeg in the quarter-finals of the Clare Senior Football Championship following a two-point win over O’Curry’s at Quilty on Saturday.