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Clare will find out their opponents in the quarter final of the All Ireland Camogie Championship this morning. The Banner booked their spot in the last six with a 0-16 to 1-8 victory over Offaly in Birr. Clare will face off against either Waterford or Tipperary in Croke Park this weekend.  Boss Euege Foudy says his side showed great determination to grind out the win.

Clare ladies football boss Graham Shine says mistakes proved costly for his side as they bowed out of the All Ireland Championship. Their campaign came to an end after a 3-13 to 1-8 defeat by Fermanagh in Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chiosóg. Fermanagh raised green flags from consecutive kick-outs in the first half providing them a lead they wouldn't relinquish. Shine says the defeat will be a learning opp...

Just 8 childminders in Clare are registered with the national child and family agency. According to Children's Minister Norma Foley, there are further 24 operators here currently in pre-registration training with TUSLA. It comes amid concerns expressed by industry representatives that red-tape is preventing people from entering the market. Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney says the process needs to be...

The Department of Transport is facing pressure to provide a timeline for completion of flood relief works on the Ennis to Limerick rail line. The network has been frequently closed for extended periods in recent years due to flooding at Ballycar near Newmarket-On-Fergus. Although Iarnród Éireann has previously identified a €16.7m solution, no government agency has committed to funding the works. N...

A Clare senator says there's "merit" in a proposal for an air ambulance base in Clare. The call has been made by the Friends of Ennis Hospital campaign group following the airlifting of a GAA player from the Loop Head Peninsula to University Hospital Limerick last week. According to HSE data, one fifth of air ambulance call-outs nationwide come from the Midwest region. Speaking in the Seanad, Enni...

It's being argued that overgrown grass and vegetation on Ennis's roundabouts are causing road safety issues. Fianna Fáil Councillor Antoinette Baker-Bashua is calling for an immediate review of grass-cutting and biodiversity planting arrangements on the county town's major roundabouts. Ennis Municipal District claims the edges of the town's roundabouts were last cut back during the week of June 1s...

Fr Brendan Quinlivan presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which includes an interview with Gearóid Ó Conaire - missionary in El Salvador - then working on Justice and Peace, Care od Creation in Rome - currently on mission in Cuba Reflection on the personalities of St. Peter and Paul whose feast we celebrate on Monday by Pat Malone

Fr Gerry Kenny leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 28th June 2026, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary time

Clare have reached a second successive All Ireland senior camogie quarter final. Eugene Foudy’s side held off a strong challenge from Offaly to run out winners by 0-16 to 1-8 in Birr.  It means they will now potentially play as part of a Croke Park double header with the hurlers on Sunday next; with their opponents to be decided on Monday morning.  Joint captain Clare Hehir says the side are proud...

A Clare real estate agent claims it's one of the best times to be selling a house in this county. The latest national survey conducted by Real Estate Alliance shows the price of the average second-hand three-bed semi-detached home in Clare has rise by almost 5% to €325,000 in the last year. There's been no change in the average price of a home here between March and June however. Liam Browne of RE...

The new Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District insists employment opportunities must be created in the region to allow it to reach its full potential. Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Shannon will wear the west of the county’s chain of office until next June after being elected this week. He assumes the role just two years ago first securing a seat on Clare County Council at the 2024 Loc...

Coming up on the show, we look ahead to a massive weekend for Clare's ladies football and camogie sides as both go chasing progressing in their All Ireland series. We hear from Clare star Sean Rynne as the countdown begins to next weekends All Ireland hurling semi final, and his club Inagh-Kilnamona are the focus of this weeks More Than A Club episode

Derry indie-pop songstress Reevah has released her impassioned new single ‘Take What You Can’. Evolving from singer-songwriter beginnings towards an alternative-pop sound, Reevah (Aoife Boyle) has emerged as one of Northern Ireland’s most promising talents. Her debut album Daylight Savings, earned an NI Music Prize ‘Album of the Year’ nomination. Marking her first release since this acclaimed debu...

Alan Morrissey was joined live in-studio by Clare FM’s Derrick Lynch to chat about the upcoming sporting fixtures for the weekend. - All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Offaly v Clare (Saturday, St Brendan's Park, Birr, 3:30pm) - Ladies All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championship Quarter-Final: Clare v Fermanagh (Sunday, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, 2pm) - COMMENTARY ON CLARE FM Image (c)...

Contractors won’t be appointed to begin major sewerage works in Broadford and Cooraclare until next year. Both villages were included in the Government’s €50m pilot wastewater programme in 2024, which aims to connect unsewered settlements to the network. Uisce Éireann has confirmed consultants will finalise designs for the projects by September. Responding to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney at the O...

Irish folk-rock band All Folk’d Up are set to headline the closing day entertainment at this year’s Amgen Irish Open in Doonbeg, bringing their high-energy live show to the mainstage in the Championship Village.   The Clare event will combine world-class golf with live music and entertainment, with the band performing as spectators celebrate the end of a major week for Irish sport.   Joining Alan...

Ennis has its first Sinn Féin mayor in over a century following the election of Clarecastle Councillor Tommy Guilfoyle at the annual general meeting of Ennis Municipal District this week.    The Cork native ascended to the position after being nominated by fellow magpie, Fine Gael Councillor Paul Murphy.    The outgoing Cathaoirleach of Ennis MD, Fine Gael Councillor Mary Howard, will serve as lea...

Gordon Flannery has had a year that nobody would want to go through.  The Ennis native, who is a publican in Listowel, Co. Kerry, received a colon cancer diagnosis in September of last year, and was told that he had just three months to live.  Gordon was extremely close to death when he underwent life-saving open bowel surgery in The Mater Hospital in Dublin to remove most of the tumour blocking h...

Irish holidaymakers heading to Europe are being urged to take extra care as a severe heatwave grips large parts of the continent.   Temperatures have soared above 40 degrees in some popular destinations, including Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, prompting health warnings, travel disruptions and emergency measures.   The Irish Travel Agents Association is advising travellers to stay hydrated, av...

More than 100 cyclists will take on a gruelling 600-kilometre journey across Munster this August as part of the 26th annual Tour de Munster charity cycle.   The event, which has raised over €5.5 million since it began, supports the vital work of Down Syndrome Ireland and helps fund services for individuals with Down syndrome and their families throughout the province.   As preparations continue fo...

Today marks Your Council Day 2026, a national campaign highlighting the vital role local authorities play in supporting communities and delivering services that people rely on every day.   Here in Clare, the County Council employs more than 1,000 staff and provides over 1,000 services, many of which happen behind the scenes but have a real impact on daily life.   To give us an insight into some of...

A leading housing charity prevented almost 100 Clare households from entering homelessness last year, according to its latest annual report.   Threshold says Clare was one of just six counties nationwide where it assisted more households with remaining in their homes.   To discuss the figures and the housing challenges facing renters in the county, Alan Morrissey spoke earlier with Threshold CEO,...

University Hospital Limerick has been found at least partially compliant in all healthcare standards following an inspection by the Health Watchdog. HIQA made a pre-announced visit to the MidWest Region's main hospital on the 18th and 19th of November last year. Although the report noted marked improvements in the hospital's operations, management told inspectors the hospital was regularly working...

A protest underway at Leinster House this lunchtime claims Clare communities will be put directly at risk under the government's LNG plans. It comes as the coalition is currently progressing the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill through the Dáil. The plans would include a Liquified Natural Gas Terminal which could cost up to €900m being located off the coast of Cahercon in Kildysart. Head of Po...

Clare County Fire and Rescue Service is appealing to residents and landowners of uplands parts of the county to exercise extreme caution amid a high fire risk. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has put a Condition Orange notice in place nationwide until 6pm on Saturday. The notice warning applies to all areas but especially those where there's live vegetation that could catch fire...