Nine months into her role as Lifeboat Operations Manager at Kilrush RNLI, Shawna Johnson is preparing for her first Christmas on call since taking up the management of the station.

A total of four Munster-based charities and community organisations have become the latest beneficiaries of Aldi’s Community Grants programme, with each receiving a €500 grant from the Aldi store teams in County Clare.

Shannon Heritage has stepped in to support a Christmas toy appeal for the Children’s Ark Unit at University Hospital Limerick (UHL).

Two young Miltown Malbay brothers have released a Christmas CD featuring two songs they’ve penned themselves.

Mid-West Simon Community has teamed up with Clare native, June Curtin to launch a fundraising drive to raise €50,000 for those most vulnerable in our local community.

On Saturday 4th of December, the Sexual Health Centre will host its annual World AIDS Day run in conjunction with the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP), Parkrun and Healthy Ireland, in a bid to highlight free rapid HIV testing services, and to tackle HIV stigma. 

A Nationally Lottery ticket bought in Ennis was won over €450,000 for one lucky person or group.

2021 will certainly be a year to remember for Tour de Munster, not only as the Tour celebrated its 21st edition, but also raising a phenomenal €522,201, its largest sum to date for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland.