The HSE and Clare County Council advise that a Do Not Consume Notice has been issued for members of the Cappa Rossmanagher Group Water Scheme until further notice.

Clare County Council has confirmed that a lifeguard service will commence at Lahinch, Spanish Point, Fanore and Kilkee this Saturday.

Clare County Council has confirmed it will provide additional significant resources in the areas of public toilet facilities, and litter and traffic management ahead of the anticipated arrival of large numbers of people to the county's beaches this May Bank Holiday Weekend.

The nearest available ambulance to an elderly man who subsequently died after suffering a cardiac arrest, was 80 kilometres away in another county.

An exhausted windsurfer has been rescued from the sea in Co Clare this evening.

An Taisce has awarded the prestigious International Blue Flag to 9 Clare beaches, including Whitestrand, Miltown Malbay, Ballycuggeran, Whitestrand Doonbeg, Mountshannon, Cappa, Fanore, Spanish Point, Kilkee and Lahinch.

More than 500 primary school students from 16 Clare schools have participated in Blue Flag Environmental Awareness sessions at the county’s 9 Blue Flag beaches.

Clare County Council will commence the publication of updates on conditions at County Clare’s Blue Flag beaches on its Twitter and Facebook accounts from Saturday, 3 June 2017.

Twelve of Clare's beaches have been recognised for their excellent water quality including first-time recipient Ballyalla Lake in Ennis.