The Clare Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) has approved over €73k in funding for community and voluntary groups under the Covid-19 Emergency Fund.

The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning ticketholder of a Lotto jackpot worth €4,041,306 on Saturday 9th May, which was sold in Co. Clare, has made contact.

All over Ireland in the past number of weeks we have seen communities come together to look after one another in so many ways – volunteers helping others to get their shopping and medicines, people fundraising for the frontline, everybody obeying the restrictions to help our fellow citizens stay healthy, together in spirit but apart physically.

Clare Arts Office has confirmed that, for the first time since the series started in 2005, the Riches of Clare concert series will not take place in 2020.

'From his shed in Galway, Hector along with an eclectic mix of guests will entertain the nation in these surreal times. It’s Hector like you've never seen him before - He's in Lockdown'.

A young Clare filmmaker has won second place in the Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2020 which were held online due to the Covid-19 restrictions.

Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring has announced a €40m grant to aid the Covid-19 response of community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises, with an online closing date of Wednesday, 20th May, 2020, at 5pm.

Responding to its funding crisis, and on foot of the 15 minute sell-out success of its art sale INCOGNITO, it's hoped that a second event will help to raise further much-needed funds for the services they provide for struggling families across Ireland.