There has been a 12.5% increase this year in the amount of registered readers in libraries across Co Clare.

Arts organisations in Co Clare have received funding to the value of €236,000 from The Arts Council.

Clare Water Safety and the Freagh Castle Clean Coast group in West Clare have beaten off competition from all over Ireland to win the Ocean Hero Beach Clean of the Year Award in recognition of their coastal cleanup near Miltown Malbay in early 2016.

A motorist had a lucky escape on Sunday night after his car collided with and killed two cows on a busy road in Co Clare.

Kilrush Independent Cllr Ian Lynch has welcomed the video doctor service by Shannondoc in West Clare but he insists it is not the solution.

Shannondoc, the Mid-West’s out-of-hours GP facility, is to introduce a video based remote doctor service at its Kilrush centre, allowing it to remain open nightly for two hours.

Nenagh Parish Priest Fr Des Hillery has been appointed by Bishop Fintan Monahan as the Vicar General of the Diocese of Killaloe.

A continued struggle to find doctors has resulted in the Shannondoc cutting services across the County.

County Clare’s soundscape will be explored in an upcoming lecture while a soon to be released book will touch on the Irish soundscape.