Clare’s Munster club role in doubt

Talks over the fixtures controversy between the five Clare clubs left in the county SFC dragged into the late hours last night.

Therefore Munster Council grace could be once more required if there is to be a Clare representative in the Munster club competition. Cratloe, Éire Óg (Ennis) and Lissycasey have already qualified for the semi-final, and are awaiting the winners of Doonbeg v Cooraclare to complete the line-up.

The Clare champions are pencilled in for provincial action on November 17, but it appears that no winner will have been crowned by then following Cooraclare’s quarter-final no-show on Monday afternoon, throwing the board’s fixtures plan into chaos.