Dave Carey may be the Glanmire manager but he insists it is a Cork football legend that deserves all the credit for their historic run to Sunday’s All-Ireland ladies junior final.

I have banged the drum loudly for Spanish white wines on this page in recent years but I admit I have focused more on the textured fragrant Albariño and Godello wines of Galicia, and rather neglected Spain’s most successful and equally fascinating white grape Verdejo from Rueda.

Gardaí investigating the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old father of one following an incident in Co Clare early yesterday morning have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

A cyclist has been airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a car in Clare this afternoon.

While it’s not quite the high seas, glampers will be on the crest of a wave following this week’s decision by Clare County Council to grant planning permission for the instillation of two, space-age floating “pods” at the Kilrush Marina in Co Clare.

Kerry unleashed their superior firepower in the opening half of this Electric Ireland Munster MFC quarter-final against a Clare side caught in the headlights in near perfect conditions at the Austin Stack Park last night.

The Garda Commissioner has announced the appointments of 11 newly-promoted senior officers and the transfer of seven Garda bosses, in a major reshuffle of top brass.

A woman left permanently disabled after slipping on grapes while shopping in a Tesco store has been awarded €1.4m damages by a High Court judge.

Cratloe relinquished a second senior crown inside seven days, when their footballers were surprisingly beaten by Clondegad on a final scoreline of 1-12 to 0-11 in the quarter-final of the Clare SFC at Cusack Park yesterday.

Paramedics delivered a baby within 10 minutes of arriving at the scene of a call out this week — 50 kilometres from the nearest hospital.

Deteriorating weather conditions forced the Irish Coast Guard to withdraw its boats from the search for a Japanese couple feared missing in Co Clare yesterday.

A Minke whale, washed ashore in north Clare 13 days ago, will be allowed to decompose naturally rather than being removed by the authorities.

A major multi-agency search and rescue operation was mounted yesterday after a man was reported to be in a distressed state on a cliff in Co Clare.

An oyster fisherman who drowned in Clare yesterday was due to see his youngest child christened later in the day.

Kerry has the lowest number of vacant commercial properties in the country followed by Wexford and Westmeath, while Munster tops the provincial table with the fewest number of vacancies.

Shelmaliers 3-8 St. Anne’s 1-11

The quarter-final pairings for the Clare SFC were finalised at the weekend.

Clare SFC round-up : Holders Cratloe got off to a winning start in the opening round of the Clare SFC at the weekend, defeating Éire Óg 2-12 to 1-12 at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening.

It was an egg-credible sight. As locals in Kilrush awoke on Easter Sunday morning they discovered thousands of chocolate eggs hanging from trees, lamp posts, and shop door handles.

Unravelling the web of Government spin, our country is unequal, with senior people paid hundreds of thousands per year from the public purse, while tens of thousands are crippled with debt.

THREE working bank premises, all on long leases to AIB, hit the market this week as investment buys through Irish and European and GVA Dónal Ó Buachalla.

Cratloe advanced to a Clare SFC semi-final with Éire Óg, Ennis next weekend after an impressive 2-6 to 0-7 win over Kilrush Shamrocks in Clarecastle yesterday.

Ballyea caused a shock at Cusack Park on Saturday, defeating 2010 and 2011 champions Crusheen in the Clare SHC quarter-final.

A quick-thinking farmer used a tractor and chain to pull a man and his 4x4 from the Shannon Estuary in Co Clare on Monday night.

Two elderly sisters who were terrorised and robbed for €100 last weekend were expected to return to their country cottage last night after being cared for in a nursing home for several days.

Bluntly or succinctly? You call it but when John Kennedy took over Kilmurry-Ibrickane there was only one way he summed up his prospects.

The convicted woman at the centre of the Lying Eyes case, Sharon Collins, is living at an undisclosed location and is writing a book about the case where she will protest her innocence.

Kilrush Shamrocks join Ennistymon, Cooraclare and Doonbeg in the Clare SFC quarter-finals as a result of a three point win over Shannon Gaels at Cooraclare.

A West Cork town councillor has vowed to raise a stink about costly super loos and prevent local authorities from flushing taxpayers’ money down the toilet.

WITH three games remaining in Division One of the Munster Junior League, all 14 sides are still in the hunt for the title or trying to avoid relegation.

RICHMOND took another step closer to winning their third Munster Junior League title with an 11-5 victory over nearest challengers Galbally in a Division 1 top of the table clash at the Limerick venue.

THERE is little doubt about the highlight of this weekend’s action in the Munster Junior League as the clash of the top two, Richmond and Skibbereen, could already settle the destination of the title.

PREPARE for an action-packed Munster Junior programme this weekend.

HAVING lost their unbeaten record to a last-minute try against table toppers Skibbereen last week, things don’t get any easier for Waterpark when they meet another undefeated side in Galbally.

LATER this month I’ll be looking at wines to accompany Christmas dinner, in the Weekend Christmas food special on November 26.

THE top-of-the-table clash between hosts Skibbereen and Waterpark at the west Cork venue is the highlight of this weekend’s fixtures, with a full programme of games across all three divisions of the Munster Junior League.

IT’S been an exciting start to the Munster Junior League, with some surprising early front runners.