As the lockdown continues, chefs across the country are coming up with creative ideas to keep their businesses afloat.

Sinn Féin TDs from Clare, Limerick City and Tipperary yesterday held an online meeting with the CEO of the Shannon Group to discuss the huge challenges facing Shannon Airport in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Carrigoran House Nursing Home is inviting people to take part in a Facebook talent competition.

The North Clare Labour Party branch held Ireland's first virtual branch political meeting last week.

Inland Fisheries Ireland has updated its advice regarding angling to reflect the latest Government and NPHET advice.

Shannon-based Zimmer Biomet Ireland has donated much needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), to the Rehabilitation Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis.

An appeal has issued to anyone encountering basking sharks off the west coast to maintain social distancing and to respect their space.

Of the many fundraisers organised in aid of the Mid-West’s healthcare frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps the most remarkable is the ‘Garden Hurling Marathon’ run by Mayo hurler and University of Limerick medical student Cathal Freeman, who raised a whopping €62,616 for University Hospital Limerick and the Mid-West Cancer Society.