The Banner roared last night as 30,000 supporters turned out in Ennis to give a tumultuous welcome to the victorious All-Ireland senior hurlers with the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Local Authorities in Clare will host a joint homecoming event for the Clare Senior and Under 21 hurlers tomorrow after winning their All-Ireland titles.

The thousands of litter louts that have littered beaches during the recent heatwave are to escape any ‘name and shame’ sanction.

The titanic minutes of the Irish Tug of War championships in broiling Corofin on the edge of the Burren yesterday came when the two top Irish teams eventually qualified to meet in the final.

A highly respected Garda detective collapsed and died yesterday at a local sports facility in Co Clare.

A vigilante road worker has struck at one of Ireland’s most dangerous traffic junctions — painting a homemade zebra crossing in place.

Tributes were paid yesterday to one of the country’s best known balladeers Robbie McMahon who helped popularise the Irish immigrant ballad, Spancil Hill.

A public works’ contractor landed a local authority with an €11m bill after completing a project for which the tender price was just over €6m.

A former mayor of Clare said yesterday that remuneration of mayors should be increased to fund proper research and back-up for holders of the office during their one-year term.

A LOCAL authority is seeking ministerial approval to permit farmers to bury deceased relatives on their home soil.

CALLS were made last night for no further money to be spent on Traveller accommodation in Co Clare until new legislation is introduced.

A LOCAL authority was forced to spend an extra €450,000 on Traveller accommodation over its budget allocation following damage on sites and high legal costs for the first six months of the year.

THE iconic Ballyvaughan signpost will be restored and given state-protected status if moves by members of Clare County Council are successful.

CLARE’S mayor, Cllr Christy Curtin, last night spoke of the hurt his family has endured following the death of his nephew, Eoin Ryan.

AN Taisce was last night labelled a secret society.

THE 32 members of Clare County Council claimed payments approaching €1 million in expenses and salaries last year, new figures published online show.

A father and son have died in a housefire in North Clare.

THE story of the immigrant ballad Spancil Hill is as pertinent today as it was when Robbie McMahon first sang the song over 60 years ago.

CLARE county manager Tom Coughlan last night recommended to councillors that landfilling at the county’s loss-making central waste facility cease.

THE Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh said last night that he has been saddened by the deep hurt caused by the Church to homosexuals.

FIANNA FÁIL councillors in Clare have expressed anger and frustration at what they claim was the “total disregard” shown to them by Aer Lingus executives.

Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal Noel Ahern has today approved the €2.1m acquisition of an Ennis Town Centre property for transitional housing for the homeless.

FOUR YEARS after paying €1.14 million for a building to develop into a headquarters, Clare County Council has now spent more than that on consultants, the headquarters still aren’t built and Travellers have occupied the site.

A GROUP representing thousands of people has threatened legal action to stop any downgrading of its local general hospital.