Clare County Council has confirmed that the lifeguard service at four of Clare’s most popular beaches – Fanore, Lahinch, Kilkee and Spanish Point – is being extended this year.

Two of Clare's Irish Coast Guard units responded to four calls on Sunday afternoon.

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD has visited the construction site of the Ashline social housing development in Ennis, which will see the provision of 40 social housing units through a direct build scheme by Clare County Council.

Ennis in County Clare has been launched as an Age Friendly Town at an event held in the garden of the Old Ground Hotel today.

Clare Independent TD Michael McNamara has requested Darragh O'Brien TD. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the inclusion of Carrigaholt, Cooraclare and Doolin in a pilot scheme providing funding for infrastructure in rural villages that currently are outside Irish Water’s investment programmes.

A new Clare County Fire and Rescue Service maintenance workshop in Ennis, Co. Clare, was officially opened today by Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The HSE and Clare County Council advise that a Do Not Consume Notice has been issued for members of the Cappa Rossmanagher Group Water Scheme until further notice.

Clare County Council, on the advice of the HSE, has placed a prohibition on swimming in White Strand Miltown Malbay due to increased bacterial levels in the bathing water as a result of recent rainfall.