Doctor Ivanna McMahon (27) from Barefield, Ennis, Co Clare has been crowned Miss Ireland 2022, at a spectacular Diamond Jubilee Ceremony at The Royal Theatre Castlebar.

The finalists for Blas na hÉireann, The Irish Food Awards, 2022 have been announced and included two producers from Co Clare.

World renowned explorer Jim McNeill has chosen Ennis writer and children’s entertainer Anthony Galvin to take part in one of the most important and ambitious polar expeditions of our time; to be the first ever to reach the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility, collecting vital climate change data on route.

Irish author Tracy Fahey has just been shortlisted for the award for Best Collection in the British Fantasy Awards for her 2021 short story collection, I Spit Myself Out. It is her second time to be nominated for this prestigious prize.

The Community Archives and Records Group announced two Irish winners for their 2022 Awards, one of them - Scattery Island Heritage Group won the Gathering and Preserving Heritage Award is based in Kilrush, Clare.

Clare’s Gráinne Flynn has been unveiled as the MACE Unsung Heroes Sports, Health and Well-being Award winner in recognition of her tireless work on behalf of the diabetes community in the Midwest.

Clare FM has announced the winners of the station's inaugural 'Best of Clare' awards.

Two Clare astro-photographers have been chosen for the next stage of the prestigious ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition, run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS).