Owen Ryan

IN a statement this afternoon Clare LGFA announced the appointment of Listowel's Graham Shine as the new Intermediate team manager for the coming season.

ON World Mental Health Day last Thursday, local singer/songwriter Dylon Jack O'Connor released Speak Up, a new song that deals with issues such as mental health and suicide.

CATHERINE Young Dance will present the Palestine-inspired Floating on a Dead Sea at glór on Thursday, October 31. It features two interconnected works, a documentary recorded from the perspective of a choreographer, which will be shown first, followed by a powerful live performance. Both pieces weave movement, film, live music, and text to illuminate Palestinian …

EWELINA Hrynkiewicz-Kucybala is currently preparing for the BodyBuilding World Championships, having enjoyed a lot of success already. “I am in the Republic of Ireland BodyBuilding Federation, I’m an Irish champion, a European champion and I’m competing in the World Championship in eight weeks in Tokyo,” she says. Ewelina competes in the Masters section of bikini …

SHANNON pro boxer David Ryan will fight for the Irish super lightweight title in December, with ‘The Machine’ set to face Kildare’s Senan Kelly. Both fighters are undefeated, Ryan at 6-0 and Kelly at 9-0, and the fight will take place in Waterford on December 7. It will be on a card topped by Deise …

AROUND for the last 30 years, the GOSHH provides a range of services to LGBT people across Clare. It also provides testing for STDs and is led by its CEO Verena Tarpey, who says the organisation has been active in the Banner County for decades. “The first time we went into Clare was in 1995 …

A NEAR perfect hurling year for Ger Loughnane was rounded off with Feakle’s victory on Bank Holiday Monday. “It couldn’t have been a better year because Clare won the All Ireland, Feakle won the senior championship after 36 years and Wolfe Tones won the intermediate, all teams that I was associated with made major breakthroughs …

ON November 16, the Johnny Fean stage will be revealed at the Shannon Springs Hotel, while there will be a special concert on the night. “We have all the memorabilia in place, the stage is kitted out. It has neon light, all old photographs from the days of Zen Alligators, Horslips, all of that stuff. …

AFTER a new beginning earlier in 2024, Shannon Athletics Club now has over 200 members and its facilities have been improved, with further developments on the way.

ELECTION posters have been put up in various parts of Shannon over the last week, away from an area the local Tidy Towns group want candidates to confine them to. There is no legal impediment to people putting up their posters, but the local Tidy Towns group have requested that people not put them up …