Clare Independent T.D. Michael McNamara has received confirmation from the HSE that the proposed new build ward extension at Raheen Community Hospital in East Clare will be fully operational during the second quarter of next year.

Irish Water, working in partnership with Clare County Council continue to work on the construction stage of the major upgrade to the New Doolough Water Treatment plant that serves the West Clare regional water supply scheme.

A Clare-based journalist and lecturer in Broadcast Journalism has been named the 2021 winner of Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award in Journalism and Communication at NUI Galway.

Waiving costs for those who latterly avail of the HPV Vaccine will help boost take up, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Skyports, the world-leading operator of cargo drone deliveries and advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has obtained a Light UAS Operator Certificate from the Irish Aviation Authority, permitting the self-authorisation of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights. This is the first such certificate issued by an EU regulator.

Officials from the Department of Justice will next week hold a private meeting with the family of Patrick Nugent to discuss to discuss the findings of an inquiry into the investigation of his death in 1984.

Emergency services are dealing with a single-vehicle collision on the M18 near Dromoland.

Gardaí are advising first year college students as they start off on their college life to get to know the geography of the campus as soon as they can.