Clare TD's Joe Carey (FG) and Dr Michael Harty (Ind) have been appointed to serve on the special committee to advise the Government on the future of mental health care.

Co Clare is set to receive €944,000 in funding under the 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

Clare Community Text Alert groups have been encouraged to apply for Government funding.

The opening today of the final 57km of the M17 M18 motorway will not only bring immediate economic benefits to towns and cities along the Atlantic Economic Corridor but it will support the development of the entire Shannon basin and act as the mobility backbone that improves the north-south flow along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Digital Guidelines for a new internet safety programme for young people have been given a national launch in Ennis by Minister Katherine Zappone.

Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the Minister for Transport to step in and safeguard routes that have come under threat from Iarnród Éireann.

Clare has become the first county to launch a rural development strategy following the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development.

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Mr. Eoghan Murphy T.D.  has confirmed that once water services legislation providing for refunds is enacted, expected in the autumn, refunds of domestic water charges can and will commence.