Clare Fianna Fáil Senator Timmy Dooley has said a solution must be found to combat the rising cost of fuel for those caring for elderly people in the community.

The new ward extension at Raheen Community Hospital in East Clare will be fully operational by the end of June according to Independent Clare T.D. Michael McNamara. 

Clare FM will broadcast a new documentary to celebrate the life of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan.

Irish Water, working in partnership with Clare County Council, is progressing plans to deliver the Clarecastle Sewerage Scheme that will end the discharge of raw sewage into the River Fergus and Shannon Estuary.

No new acute, sub-acute or ICU beds will be opened in the Midwest in 2022, according to HSE figures released to Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara.

Emergency services have dealt with a chemical incident in a housing estate in Ennis this evening.

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD has secured Government approval for a scheme to make a tax-free payment of €100,000 to the estate of any healthcare worker who has died having contracted COVID-19 in the course of their work. 

UL Hospitals Group has confirmed that University Hospital Limerick (UHL) will be closed to inpatient visiting for the next number of days, while the hospital manages multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 and influenza across the site, which remains extremely busy this morning.