The volunteer crew of the Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat was tasked to assist a lone skipper on 30ft cruiser got into difficulty twice on the lake this afternoon.

A motorist had a lucky escape this afternoon after the car he was driving collided with a roundabout and ploughed through security fencing and overturned in a field.

Members of the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard assisted the National Ambulance Service this afternoon after a tourist was injured on a popular walking trail in North Clare.

The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) is marking National Volunteering Week by recognising just under 1,000 Community First Responders (CFR) for their valuable volunteer work and commitment throughout the pandemic. This year, the theme of National Volunteering Week is “Celebrate and Reconnect”.

Two more units of the Irish Coast Guard have joined the search for a missing diver in Co Clare.

Clifden RNLI’s new all-weather Shannon class lifeboat arrived to an emotional welcome from crowds gathered in the Connemara community to see it complete its week-long voyage home from the charity’s All Weather lifeboat centre in Poole.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after the tractor he was operating overturned in a field in Co Clare this afternoon.

The search for a diver missing off the west coast of Clare will continue today.