Fire crews from two stations responded to a fire in a bog where a windfarm is located in west Clare earlier today.

Landowners are being advised of the current high fire risk that exists during the current fine weather.

Despite the severe restrictions introduce in an effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus, funerals continue to take place across Ireland with strict guidelines dictating how they should be conducted.

Landowners across Clare are being requested to cease-and-desist all controlled burning immediately in an effort to reduce the demands placed on Emergency Call Operators and the Fire Service during the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency.

Fire crews from two stations are this evening battling a major blaze which swept through a windfarm, forestry and bogland in Co Clare.

One of two houses being reconstructed following a fire almost five years ago has again been targeted in a suspected arson attack.

Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service have attended a major fire in Limerick City today.

A truck driver jumped to safety just moments before the cab of his vehicle was engulfed in flames during rush hour on a busy dual-carriageway this morning.