Sports

Cork 0-9   Clare 0-7 Clare bridged a 66-year gap on Saturday evening in The Ragg in Tipperary when they captured the Munster senior title for just the third time.

Mayor of Clare Councillor Pat Hayes paid a visit to Quin Community Hall on Tuesday night to congratulate some of the medal winners from the recent European Taekwondo Championships in Slovenia. The competition was attended by members of the Mid-West branch of the Irish Taekwon-do Association.

The May meeting of Clare GAA gave the go ahead to the county executive to pursue the purchase of a plot of land adjacent to Cusack Park.

CLARE haven’t managed to beat Limerick in a Munster Senior Football Championship game since 1984. Although the counties haven’t met that often in championship since Clare’s 2-5 to 0-10 replay win in Limerick 28 years ago, Limerick won their most recent meetings in 2009, 2006, 2003 and in 1988.

Participating in the Kennedy cup is a costly exercise given that the squad will be based at UL for most of a week.

ARMADA Hotel’s support of local and national sporting pursuits rose to new heights last week when Dubliner Cian O’Brolchain reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Tulla needed to win their last two games in Division 1A of the Clare Champion cup to have a chance of staying in the top group. However, a draw with Cratloe on Monday evening means that they will compete in Division 1B next season.

Kilmaley and O’Callaghan’s Mills had their hopes of places in the knock out stage of the Clare Champion Cup severely dented at the weekend. Both suffered surprise defeats at the hands of Wolfe Tones and Tubber respectively.