The Clare Leader Forum is calling on all stakeholders: architects, engineers, planners, local authority staff, elected representatives, the public and organisations interested in the mobility rights of everyone including parents, children, older people and disabled people to come together in the Temple Gate Hotel Ennis to examine “Is the Disability Act 2005 Working for Us?”

Developmental Groupwork programmes, first rolled out by Clare Youth Service in the 1970s, are to be reformatted and modernised.

Ennis Scouts invite you to dust off your walking boots and join them in exploring their favourite hikes to help raise funds for the new hall development.

Clare County Library branches in Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Kilkee, Sixmilebridge, Scariff and Killaloe will host a series of events marking Positive Ageing Week 2019 from Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October.

A charity rower had to be rescued from the River Shannon in Co Clare this afternoon after he got into difficulty in the strong currents.

Lough Derg RNLI was tasked to assist two people after their 25ft cruiser got into difficulty on Sunday night.

Three angling initiatives in Clare granted funding through Inland Fisheries Ireland’s Sponsorship Programme. Sean Canney TD, Minister with responsibility for inland fisheries, welcomed funding for 87 angling events and initiatives across the country during the year as part of the programme which supports novice anglers and angling tourism to the tune of €30,000.  

A major search and rescue operation was mounted this afternoon after a young man was reported to be stuck in mud amid rising water in the Shannon Estuary.