The late Ellen Clifford – mother of David, Paudie and Shelly Clifford – has been described as a ‘strong, resilient' woman who always put others first and was the centre of her family's life.
<p>By Richard McElligott
On the 11 September, 1921 the Dublin and Kilkenny hurlers meet in that year’s Leinster final. It was a match more notable for the iconic photographs of a beaming Michael Collins being introduced to the players than Dublin’s eight points victory. Accompanied by his old friend and</p>
1998 was a hurling summer like no other. Such was the storm of controversy that swirled around the Clare hurling team in particular, it was estimated their colourful manager Ger Loughnane cost the Irish economy about £25m (€31m) because workers were busy talking about him when they should have been doing their jobs.