Pierce DeLoughrey has always been envious of winning captains, he’s always looked on wistfully as they raised trophies aloft no matter how big or small, if Cratloe prevail on Sunday he’ll be the man lifting Jack Daly in front of the thousands of spectators in Cusack Park.

At the moment life is enjoyable for Keelan Sexton, he’s settling into his first year at college and at the same time his football performances are on an upward curve, he isn’t in need of a lift except to college but he’s sixty minutes away from collecting his first senior championship medal which would be the highlight of his career to date.

This Sunday Cratloe take on Kilmurry Ibrickane in the Clare SFC Final, thirty men will do battle but only one of them is the holder of an All-Ireland SFC medal.

Clonlara held off a late Cratloe challenge to set up a date with Ballyea in the final of the Clare SHC. Páraic McMahon reports from...

It took extra time but the extra twenty minutes won’t bother Cratloe who came back from the dead to seal their place in the final of the Clare SFC.

Two members of the Clare U21 Hurling panel have been nominated on the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year.

A motorist stepped out into traffic on a busy dual carriageway to save an injured kitten that was inches from being run over.

It’s down to the last four in the hunt for the Canon Hamilton.

It was from a convincing Cratloe performance but it was enough to get over Éire Óg who will be kicking themselves such was the amount of missed chances they had.