Clare council to send birthday greetings to Ali

MUHAMMAD Ali’s Irish ancestral home of Ennis is not forgetting the boxing legend as he approaches his 70th birthday.

The members of Ennis Town Council have agreed to a proposal by Cllr Frankie Neylon (Ind) that they send a birthday card to Ali ahead of his birthday celebrations next Tuesday.

Cllr Neylon was Ennis’s mayor when he greeted the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion during his historic visit to Ennis in September 2009.