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.

An Ennis man and French Foreign Legion veteran will walk the Arctic Circle Trail (ACT) in Greenland solo this summer to raise funds for Irish Dogs for the Disabled.

Shannon Chamber has confirmed the appointment of Eoin Gavin, managing director of Eoin Gavin Transport as its new president. Mr Gavin succeeds outgoing president Stephen Keogh, managing partner of Sellors LLP, who served a two-year term as president.

MABS, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service is marking 30 years since it was established to support the people of Ireland who are in debt or at risk of getting into debt through its independent, confidential and non-judgmental money advice and budgeting services. It is funded and supported by the Citizens Information Board (CIB).

Research commissioned by Irish Water shows that over half of Irish households (53%) admit to wasting water, even though some eight in ten (78%) know it is important to take steps to conserve it.

Clare County Council confirmed today that the Michael Cusack Centre, situated in the heart of the Burren, has been selected as the new home of the Púca.

Ennis is thriving as the social and cultural hub of County Clare and the retail offer in the town centre is robust, a Clare County Council survey has found.