After a break in 2020, the Big Beach Clean initiative is back, and Clean Coasts are calling people in county Clare to register to receive clean-up kits and join the world biggest clean-up.
Ennis is once again among the cleanest towns in the country, according to the final litter survey of 2019 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).
This year for the first time there were separate An Taisce Green School seminars for primary schools and secondary schools held at Áras Contae an Chláir in recent weeks.
A swimming ban has been imposed at one of the county's most popular beaches following confirmation of contamination of the water by run-off from the Inagh River.
Clare County Council has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring that three Clare locations have been awarded International Green Flags.