U.S. vice-president Mike Pence has left Ireland following a two-day visit during which he attended official and private engagements in Dublin and Clare.

Security is tight in Co Clare today ahead of an official visit to Ireland by U.S. vice-president Mike Pence.

A Co Clare poet was stopped by Gardaí at Shannon Airport this afternoon as she tried to make her way towards the terminal carrying two placards protesting at the visit of U.S. vice-president Mike Pence to Ireland.

Preparations are continuing for the arrival in Ireland next week of U.S. vice-president Mike Pence who is expected to visit Dublin and Co Clare.

The make-up of Clare County Council for the next five yeas has been confirmed following a two-day count at Treacy's West County Hotel in Ennis.

President Michael D Higgins will serve a second term in the Phoenix Park following his comprehensive win the 2018 Presidential Election while he also topped the poll in Co Clare.

The Green Party has called for mass protests following confirmation that US president Donald Trump will visit Ireland later this year.

Clare Young Fine Gael has spoken in support of Minister Simon Harris who announced that the conscientious objection clause in the Bill for the Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancies applied only to individuals and not institutions earlier this afternoon.