The 2017 Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) gum litter education campaign has been launched in Ennis by Ennis Tidy Towns in conjunction with Clare County Council.

Clarecare's annual church gate collection will take place throughout the county this weekend.

Two Clare Civil Defence volunteers with 80 years of combined service have been presented with Long Service Medals at a national awards ceremony for the Civil Defence organisation held in Croke Park at the weekend.

The Annual General Meeting of Clare Macra na Feirme took place recently in Ennis when the officers for the next year were confirmed.

The volunteer crew of the Kilrush RNLI lifeboat will hold a mass at their base this evening (Thursday) to show solidarity with their search and rescue colleagues in the Irish Coast Guard who are mourning the loss of four colleagues.

The RNLI and the GAA have announced a major partnership aimed at reducing the number of people who lose their lives though drowning in Ireland. Each year an average of 28 people drown accidentally around the Irish coast.

Irish Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas, who died in the line of duty last September, has been posthumously awarded the Clare Person of the Year Award at a special event in Ennistymon.

Irish Coast Guard volunteer Caitríona Lucas will be remembered tonight at a special event in Ennistymon.