The first time I managed Dublin against my own county, in 2009, we had the chance to officially relegate Clare from Division 1.

ON Wednesday, Seánie McMahon, Liam Doyle and I sat down with John Fogarty, of this parish, in Dromoland Castle. We rolled back the good times, regaled ourselves with old stories and rekindled those magical flames which burned in our hearts throughout our Clare careers (the details of the conversation appear elsewhere on the Irish Examiner website today).

THE operators of a four-star Co Clare hotel are confident that appropriate measures can be taken to cut costs for the hotel to remain profitable.