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THERE was frost on the ground in Clare yesterday morning, a genuine feel of Christmas in the air as Ger O’Loughlin headed off to his day job as Director of Sales with the Burke Shipping Group.

A happy Christmas it will be too, for Ger, and hopefully for Clare hurling, with his ratification at county convention on Thursday night as manager of the senior hurling team ending an inglorious couple of months for the county after a clumsy player rebellion against the popular Mike McNamara.

“It’s a great honour,” said O’Loughlin, who is almost universally known by his nickname, Sparrow.