THE Clare Rose won’t be the only local person taking centre stage at the annual Rose of Tralee festival next week. Ennis’ Colm Flynn is the host of a new ‘behind the scenes’ look at the Rose of Tralee, which will be broadcast around the world on Monday and Tuesday.

ONE of the most popular family events in the Mid-West, the Milford Hospice Harvest Fair will take place at the UL Sports Arena on Sunday, September 1. The fair has grown to become the hospice’s main fundraiser.

COMMENT HAS anything changed in Northern Ireland? Yes, there have been many changes, in spite of recent chaotic riots and mindless anarchy on the streets of Belfast.  

COMMENT A NUMBER of weeks ago, in or around the day of the latest royal in birth Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron made an announcement regarding the introduction of an “opt-in” system for online pornography.  

EDITORIAL THE Clare U-21 hurlers’ decisive Munster final win over Tipperary last week provides a timely boost for the seniors, as they prepare to face Limerick in Croke Park on Sunday, with an All-Ireland final place at stake.  

ALL runners with Clare and South Galway connections survived for second-round heats of the ETS Derby in Shelbourne Park last week.

NEWMARKET-on-Fergus-born Martin Brassil resisted the temptation to run his dual Kilbeggan winner Double Seven at the recent Galway Festival and his patience was rewarded when the JP McManus-owned seven-year-old landed his third race on the bounce at the Midlands track when successful there again last Saturday evening in the Hackett’s Bookmakers Handicap Chase.

KILRUSH’S Emma Malone won the Young Riders Class at the RDS Dublin Horse Show last weekend. Emma also placed 13th in the final.