FOR a man who loves Clare hurling as much Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin, the decision to resign as senior manager didn’t come easy.

IT’S a long, long way from Clare to France, but for 150 French schools that took part in a tourism project about the Cliffs of Moher, the Banner county now seems a lot closer.

IT’S SAID a team reflects the personality of its manager; this All-Ireland SHC qualifier offered diametrically opposing arguments on that particular hypothesis. On the one hand, offering proof positive was Galway.

A FRESH controversy about Eamon de Valera’s legacy to Co Clare has unfolded in the small Banner village of Parteen.

Clare 4-7 Limerick 3-7