Clare’s 2013 All Star midfielder Colm Galvin touched down in Ireland yesterday and will rejoin the Banner hurlers in the coming days.

Kevin McStay has received strong backing from several Mayo clubs in his bid to become the county’s senior football manager.

Ger Loughnane said of him: “There are men, then there are men, then there’s Sean McMahon.” The totemic Doora-Barefield defender retains that innate honesty that inspired a generation of Banner hurlers. Now he wants the new wave of stars in the county to write a fresh chapter for Clare hurling.

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The players may want him out but Mike McNamara is set to remain as Clare senior hurling manager following events at last night's Clare County Board meeting in Ennis.