Delegates to the Clare GAA Convention have given their unanimous support to long-standing secretary Pat Fitzgerald after it was revealed that the war between the top table of the county board and alleged online trolls is now the subject of a Garda investigation.

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.

First called up to the senior panel by Davy Fitzgerald in 2012, Duggan will fly to Melbourne in November and plans to stay there for a year, as he confirmed to The Clare Echo.

While the people of Clare endured two home losses at the weekend, the town of Ennis enjoyed the financial windfall which comes with hosting two high-profile double-headers.

Clare GAA chiefs are confident their long-running battle with an infestation of Japanese knotweed next to Cusack Park is close to a conclusion.

Clare only led once in this qualifier, but they hit the front when it mattered most, landing a winner as the game slipped into stoppage time to crown a great weekend for the Banner County.

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.

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.

Brian Whelahan has stepped down as Offaly senior hurling manager after two seasons in charge, the board’s executive informed club delegates in Tullamore last night.

The Munster Council is set to contribute €500,000 towards the completion of Clare GAA’s centre of excellence at Caherlohan and the redevelopment of Cusack Park, Ennis.

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 GAA chiefs have confirmed they will lobby the provincial council to bring Munster senior championship hurling to Cusack Park upon completion of a €2.3m redevelopment of the Ennis venue.

County secretary Pat Fitzgerald says last year’s expenses of €1,737,565 for Clare GAA could be a one-off.

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.

Some of the biggest names in showbusiness gathered to pay their respects to Ticketmaster Ireland boss Eamonn O’Connor.

MAYBE going ahead with the game was the wrong thing.

A BERNARD McNamara property development company recorded a loss of €425,058 last year.

Davy Fitzgerald is the only candidate in the race to be appointed Clare senior hurling boss ahead of tonight’s county board meeting at the West County Hotel in Ennis.

MICKEY HARTE has made three changes to the Tyrone team that beat Roscommon for tomorrow’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin. Justin McMahon replaces Ryan McMenamin, while Martin Penrose and Owen Mulligan come in for Tommy McGuigan and Kyle Coney.

A VISITOR centre celebrating the life of GAA founder Michael Cusack has been thrown a lifeline.

Ger 'Sparrow' O'Loughlin has resigned as Clare senior hurling manager, following a two-year spell in charge.

CLARE’S GAA community was in shock last night after the sudden death of senior inter-county footballer Niall White.

THE members of Ennis Town Council last night agreed to request the Office of Public Works (OPW) to investigate the possibility of purchasing a town centre site co-owned by developer Bernard McNamara for a knock-down price.

Michael McDermott has said the ball is in the Clare County Board's court as regards him staying on as manager of the Banner senior footballers.

MICHEÁL McDERMOTT is waiting for the Clare County Board call to take charge of the senior football team for another year.

AFTER nearly two months of turmoil, the player/manager controversy that rocked Clare GAA reached its conclusion at the county’s annual county convention last night when, in a departure from the official Clár, former star Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin was endorsed as the new manager of the senior hurling team.

CLARE GAA chairman Michael O’Neill has vowed to put measures in place to ensure that there is no repeat of the bitter dispute that led to Mike McNamara’s resignation as the county’s senior hurling team manager.

DUBLIN senior hurling manager Anthony Daly has hailed the imminent appointment of Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin in his native Clare.

All-Ireland winner Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin is set to be named Clare senior hurling boss following the resignation of Mike McNamara and his management team last night.

ALL-IRELAND winner Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin is set to be named Clare senior hurling boss following the resignation of Mike McNamara and his management team last night.

CLARE GAA delegates have backed a half million euro re-development plan for county headquarters, Cusack Park in Ennis.

CLARE hurling coach Anthony Daly claimed last night that attempts have been made to undermine the Banner’s senior set-up, but insisted these “undercurrents” would not succeed.

CLARE GAA chiefs last night dismissed suggestions that the Board does not own the county’s flagship ground, Cusack Park, in Ennis.

CLARE County Board are to unveil a new sponsorship deal worth an estimated €1 million.

CLARE GAA have united behind hurler Gerry Quinn following his controversial clash with Henry Shefflin in last weekend’s All-Ireland Hurling Championship quarter-final.

CLARE GAA chiefs are hopeful that a six month ban hanging over football manager John Kennedy will be backdated to allow him coach the Banner next season. Kennedy’s unusually stiff suspension from the Kerry County Board is due to go before a Munster Council meeting tonight on appeal.