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.
Emergency services including water search and rescue crews were placed on standby early this morning after a private jet made an emergency at Shannon Airport.
The volunteer crew of the Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was called out this afternoon to assist two people on a yacht that that had ran aground on the lake.
Following the three recent storms that affected Clare, and with further poor weather expected this week, Gardaí have issued a safety warning to motorists.