Claims of a ‘disconnect’ between Irish Coast Guard volunteers and senior management have been made before an Oireachtas Committee.

Four Co Clare parks have been awarded Green Flag Awards by An Taisce Environmental Education, acknowledging Ireland’s best public Parks and Gardens.

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Malcolm Noonan, joined Virginia Teehan, Chief Executive of The Heritage Council, Maria Walsh, Heritage in Schools Project Manager and Mary Dillon, Community Programmes Manager with Burrenbeo Trust to launch ‘Heritage Keepers’, a new pilot national Place Based Learning and Stewardship initiative.

The former Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission has been requested by the Department of the Transport to meet with members of the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard which was stood down earlier this month.

Clean Coasts announced the winners of the 12th Love Your Coast photography competition during their virtual awards ceremony.

Here comes the autumn, winter and the midst of the flu season. Elderly, pregnant women and people living with chronic conditions such as diabetes are at a higher risk of getting the flu and flu-related complications.

The Mid-Western Cancer Information & Support Centre at University Hospital Limerick will resume face-to-face on-site appointments on a half-day basis from today for the first time since March 2020.

The Kilrush RNLI was launched this morning to assist a fishing vessel reported to be in difficulty off the Clare coast.