The Lough Derg RNLI was tasked on Sunday evening to assist two people on board a 25ft yacht that had run aground at Ryan’s Point on the eastern shore of Lough Derg.
In the lead up to the May bank holiday weekend the Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland have issued a joint water safety appeal asking people to take some basic steps to stay safe.
Gardaí in Ennis are investigating whether a driver suffered a sudden medical episode before colliding with one vehicle and leaving the scene and crashing again a short distance away.
Fire crews from two Clare stations are currently battling a significant bog, gorse and forestry fire near Kilmaley which had threatened local properties for a time earlier this afternoon.