The Clare Champion

19/07/2025

On the first anniversary of her death, Edna O’Brien will be remembered during Scariff Harbour Festival. Blue Road, a film documentary on her life and completed shortly before her death, will be screened twice in her home place over the upcoming bank holiday weekend. The documentary portrait features extracts from her journals, read by Oscar nominated Irish actress, Jessie Buckley, with contributions from Gabriel Byrne, Anne Enright and others....

On the first anniversary of her death, Edna O’Brien will be remembered during Scariff Harbour Festival. Blue Road, a film documentary on her life and completed shortly before her death, will be screened twice in her home place over the upcoming bank holiday weekend. The documentary portrait featur...

19/07/2025

Ennis native Michael Donnellan is bringing his award winning Irish dance show “Danceperados of Ireland” to the Fleadh this summer for the first time. “Ah we’re absolutely delighted and honoured to have been invited by Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann to perform one of the headline concerts at the National Opera House during the Fleadh,” he said. “Some of the organisers came to see us in glór at the end of last year where we had three sell out shows in Ennis to kick start our season....

Ennis native Michael Donnellan is bringing his award winning Irish dance show “Danceperados of Ireland” to the Fleadh this summer for the first time. “Ah we’re absolutely delighted and honoured to have been invited by Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann to perform one of the headline concerts at the N...

19/07/2025

The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora have announced this afternoon that the remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from the Galway Cathedral. In a statement the Diocese said that it had previously noted "that the continued resting of the mortal remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey in the crypt of the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway was a deeply felt matter that affected many people in different ways"....

The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora have announced this afternoon that the remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from the Galway Cathedral. In a statement the Diocese said that it had previously noted “that the continued resting of the mortal remains of Bishop Eamonn Case...

19/07/2025

Fourteen barges of all sizes tied up side-by-side travelled from Mountshannon to Killaloe on Friday for about two hours in what was a most unusual sight. Colm Burke, who loves the peace and tranquillity of being on a barge, was in the middle of the raft effectively steering the other barges who had the engines running at the time. His brother, Gerry said tourists love to see what is like a big battleship on water and often circle it taking videos....

Fourteen barges of all sizes tied up side-by-side travelled from Mountshannon to Killaloe on Friday for about two hours in what was a most unusual sight. Colm Burke, who loves the peace and tranquillity of being on a barge, was in the middle of the raft effectively steering the other barges who had....

19/07/2025

All the activity from the Clare County Show in this week's paper, in shops now.

18/07/2025

A burst of colour in this week's paper from the Tubber Fair at the The Burren Inn last weekend.

18/07/2025

And so it begins, because all that’s left of the inter-county football year is the meeting of Kerry and Donegal on Jones’ Road on Sunday week when that trophy famously described by the late Páidí Ó Sé as the ‘little canister’ will be up for grabs in a dust-up that could well be parsed down to a battle between David Clifford and Michael Murphy....

And so it begins, because all that’s left of the inter-county football year is the meeting of Kerry and Donegal on Jones’ Road on Sunday week when that trophy famously described by the late Páidí Ó Sé as the ‘little canister’ will be up for grabs in a dust-up that could well be parsed do...

18/07/2025

Clare Senior Football Club Championship 2025

18/07/2025

Clare County Council has this afternoon placed an advisory notice with advice not to swim at White Strand in Milltown Malbay until further notice. The restriction has been introduced on the advice of the HSE after the results of routine bathing water samples showed elevated levels of bacteria. Run-off from the catchment after exceptionally heavy rainfall is a likely cause of the elevated levels of bacteria in the water....

Clare County Council has this afternoon placed an advisory notice with advice not to swim at White Strand in Milltown Malbay until further notice. The restriction has been introduced on the advice of the HSE after the results of routine bathing water samples showed elevated levels of bacteria. Run-o...

18/07/2025

On one of the hottest weekends of recent years, a peace vigil took place outside the airport, from 6am on Saturday morning to 6pm on Sunday. Martin Roper was among the organisers of the event, which took place as temperatures hit 30 degrees. "It was extremely hot. Everyone was wearing hats, myself included. Even though I had sun cream on and a hat I still managed to get burned," he said....

On one of the hottest weekends of recent years, a peace vigil took place outside the airport, from 6am on Saturday morning to 6pm on Sunday. Martin Roper was among the organisers of the event, which took place as temperatures hit 30 degrees. “It was extremely hot. Everyone was wearing hats, myself...

18/07/2025

Despite what they look like and what they are called, a slow worm is neither a worm nor a snake. These small creatures, which have been present in the Burren for decades, are in fact legless lizards, and how they came to make North Clare their home remains a mystery. The National Parks and Wildlife Service are currently conducting research to map the slow worm population and distribution in the Burren....

Despite what they look like and what they are called, a slow worm is neither a worm nor a snake. These small creatures, which have been present in the Burren for decades, are in fact legless lizards, and how they came to make North Clare their home remains a mystery. The National Parks and Wildlife....

18/07/2025

Pat Foudy and Daughter tires in Ennis is offering a €250 voucher for anyone who can help an Ennis woman re-live one of her best ever days with her late husband. In 2019, Ennis woman, Sarah Jane Harding, and her late husband Fran travelled to Croke Park to see Tipperary lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Sadly, Fran, who was a proud Tipperary supporter, has since passed away....

Pat Foudy and Daughter tires in Ennis is offering a €250 voucher for anyone who can help an Ennis woman re-live one of her best ever days with her late husband. In 2019, Ennis woman, Sarah Jane Harding, and her late husband Fran travelled to Croke Park to see Tipperary lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup....