Clare Fianna Fáil Senator Timmy Dooley has raised the issue of pay restoration for employees in health and social care sector who are employed by community and voluntary organisations in the Seanad.

Irish Water has confirmed that funding has been approved for the design of a leakage reduction programme at Tullabrack/Gower, Cooraclare.

Over seven thousand people have shown their support to the Save Our Shark campaign calling on Government to afford legal protection to basking sharks in Irish waters.

Limerick Chamber has welcomed support directly from Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar around “positive discrimination” for regional airports in the COVID recovery, as extremely encouraging for the airport and businesses across Limerick and the Mid-West.

LIT’s Information and Compliance Officer and Ennis native Garrett Greene, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Ireland’s Social Finance Foundation (SFF) from July 2021.

Clare Sinn Féin TD Violet-Anne Wynne has called on the government to pay Child Benefit in respect of 16-18 year olds over the Summer months, after many families expecting Child Benefit this week did not receive it.

The Minister for Health has announced a ‘significant acceleration, of Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine programme.

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton T.D. has announced, details of an extension to the expiry dates of driving licences that have not benefited from a previous extension.