Lahinch based campaigner, author of Hitching for Hope, and host of the Love and Courage podcast Ruairí McKiernan will host human rights group Afri’s annual famine remembrance event next on Saturday.

A Digital Concert with The Boruma Trio, filmed on location at Cnoc na Gaoithe, Tulla, Co. Clare will be broadcast. 

A Limerickman will set sail from Kilrush next August on a non-stop, round-the-world journey on a yacht.

Clare County Council has paused plans to erect an interpretative art piece in Ennistymon to enable a broader public engagement process to take place.

Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat station has welcomed Stephen Seymour, Ania Skrzypczynska, Ciara Moylan and Richard Nolan as new volunteers to the RNLI family. 

Acclaimed as ‘Ireland’s answer to Homer Simpson’ (Irish Independent) and ‘a comic icon to compare with Alan Partridge or Adrian Mole’ (Sunday Business Post), Ross O’Carroll-Kelly takes his rightful place in the spotlight once again - but this time he’s beaming himself directly into the homes of his legions of fans.

Declan Murphy’s first encounter with a kingfisher as a young boy was unforgettable. Returning to the rivers years later, he embarks on a quest to study this most brightly-coloured bird during its nesting season, a seemingly straightforward challenge. But the river is slow to reveal the habits and secrets of its residents.

Words of wisdom from older generations are being shared with children throughout Ireland and as far afield as the US, thanks to A Book of Hope, edited and illustrated by artist Ana Colomer.