Clare Senator Timmy Dooley has welcomed the new €1.5bn Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) which will deliver significant long-term environmental improvement through a payment package to farmers. 

HSE Mid West Community Healthcare has published the findings of an Independent Review commissioned following a Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis.

A new website dedicated to promoting awareness of one of Clare’s outstanding innovators, Brendan O’Regan has been officially launched.

Met Éireann has issued a weather warning for Co Clare.

Independent Clare T.D. Michael McNamara says a decision on the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of the Burren Uplands and Holy Island (Inis Cealtra) on a new Tentative List of potential World Heritage Properties for Ireland will be made next month.

Gardaí have issued details of a Traffic Management Plan that will be implemented in Spancil Hill for this year's fair.

Two Clare astro-photographers have been chosen for the next stage of the prestigious ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition, run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS).

ChangeX, the community engagement platform, has launched an €80,000 play-focused community fund, with support from the LEGO Foundation, to enable communities across Clare to start proven learning through play projects and empower community groups, parents and caregivers to create more playful experiences for children.