Brian Lohan has been appointed Clare hurling manager, his ratification arriving at the outset of a county board meeting dominated by the social media abuse directed at members of the executive.

Derry have confirmed they will vote against the proposed second-tier football championship, with Clare expected to do likewise at tomorrow’s Special Congress.

Colm Collins has been ratified as manager of the Clare senior footballers and 2020 will mark his seventh year in the position.

There is no saving to be made by county boards from one of their flagship teams exiting the All-Ireland championship as early as mid-June, Galway treasurer Mike Burke has claimed.

It’s almost 25 years since Brian Lohan won the first of his two All-Ireland senior medals with Clare, yet the legendary full-back shows no signs of losing his abrasive edge.

Páraic Fanning could be named as the new Waterford senior hurling manager later this week, although influential figures have not yet given up of Mattie Kenny taking the reins.

While Clare were sharp, Derek McGrath’s team were blunt. And surprisingly and disappointedly, undisciplined.

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Nash insists there’s no lingering bad blood between he and Clare over last year’s Munster final sliotar saga.

The joint-managers of the Clare hurling team, Gerry O’Connor and Donal Moloney, did not claim any expenses in 2017, outgoing county board treasurer Bernard Keane revealed last night.

Dónal Óg Cusack’s departure as Clare coach and selector is expected to be confirmed later today.

Clare's Patrick Donnellan has announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.

Clare chairman Joe Cooney is fearful the changes brought about at Special Congress will dilute the competitiveness of the Allianz League and Munster SHC, as well as provide further uncertainty to the club player.

The managers of Clare’s last two county senior football champions have confirmed that withdrawing county players from the panel was discussed this week, as Colm Collins’ men prepare for tomorrow’s round two All-Ireland qualifier against Laois.

Anthony Daly has pulled out of the race to be the next Clare senior hurling manager.

Clare County Board were last night in talks with Davy Fitzgerald as he prepared to step down as manager after five years. It is understood a number of phone-calls took place between chairman Joe Cooney and Fitzgerald, who is currently holidaying in South Carolina.

After a season’s delay, HawkEye is expected to come into operation at Semple Stadium in time for this year’s Munster championship.

Former Clare GAA chairman Michael McDonagh has defended his version of his “warts and all review” of the 2015 season, which he delivered at last week’s county convention.

Yesterday’s revelation that Dónal Óg Cusack is to join the Clare hurling backroom team was the 21st-century GAA news story par excellence.

Clare GAA chiefs have demanded that online abuse of players and management be tackled as a matter of urgency.

A Clare club manager has claimed county hurler Conor Cleary had to be carried from a pitch like “an auld dog” after sustaining a serious ankle injury at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening.

The Clare and Dublin camogie teams will learn of their championship fate via a YouTube video this morning.

Camogie chiefs have deferred the draw for deciding the All-Ireland senior championship quarter-finals, following appeals by both Clare and Dublin.

The dust will have barely settled from the staging of its final contest when the bulldozers arrive through the gates of Cusack Park.

The Munster Council will easily break the €4m mark in gate receipts as they expect attendance figures to be up by at least 20% on the 2014 figures.

Almost four decades after last hosting the event, Ennis, Co Clare, will finally get its chance to stage Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in 2016.

Clare County Board last night unanimously backed a proposal to ensure future All-Ireland championship matches are available free to air.

The Clare County Board executive refused to respond yesterday to reports that manager Davy Fitzgerald, Clare Champion journalist Peter O’Connell and Davy’s father, board secretary Pat Fitzgerald, were involved in an altercation in the tunnel following Saturday’s pulsating draw with Wexford in the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers.

The Clare County Board have opted to go ahead with the majority of this weekend’s second round club championship fixtures — despite receiving an appeal for a postponement by Davy Fitzgerald and his management team.

Furious Clare County Board chairman Michael McDonagh wants an investigation into last Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final defeat to Cork at Semple Stadium.

GAA officials expect almost 30,000 patrons to flock through the turnstiles for this weekend’s four high-profile Allianz NHL fixtures.

Galway ladies football secretary Mary Hernon believes the LGFA will be swallowed up if a one-family GAA association is realised.

A resolution to the fixtures saga surrounding the Clare SFC has been reached following three days of deliberation.

Clare’s participation in the Munster Club SFC rests in the hands of their prospective provincial semi-final opponents.

Talks over the fixtures controversy between the five Clare clubs left in the county SFC dragged into the late hours last night.

Munster secretary Simon Moroney has not ruled out axing next January’s McGrath Cup should Tipperary and Waterford follow Clare and Limerick’s example and withdraw from it.

The Clare County Board have given a ringing endorsement to Davy Fitzgerald's management, with the Sixmilebridge man set to be in charge of the county's senior hurlers for another three years.