Clare

Tributes to two Irish women who died after competing in separate marathon events

Olivia Touhy and Ellen Cassidy (both 24) died at the Edinburgh and Cork city half marathons

Davy Fitzgerald’s son given suspended sentence for stealing €35,000 from employer to fund gambling addiction

Judge imposes fully suspended 12-month sentence for ‘significant breach of trust’

Former Clare minor football captain jailed for sexual assault of woman

Conor Gavin (32) denied the charge but was found guilty by a jury in February

Summer 2025: 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland

Some of the best restaurants in Dublin, Cork, Galway and around Ireland from brand new places to classic favourites

Niall Williams’s Time of the Child wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award

Clare-based author wins €20,000 prize ahead of July release of film adaptation of his debut novel

‘Fabulous’ mother among four women killed in weekend road incidents

Two pedestrians, including Theresa Morgan (63), and a cyclist were among the fatalities

‘It’s gone absolutely loony’: As Ireland’s campervan culture explodes, problems arise

Amid a record boom in campervan ownership since Covid, complaints include a lack of infrastructure, ‘backlash’ from some councils and poor behaviour from a minority

Decades of ‘daily frustration’ over traffic end as Killaloe-Ballina bridge opens

Brian Ború bridge, part of a 6.2km bypass scheme, spans the Shannon to link Co Clare and Co Tipperary tourist towns

What do changing rainfall patterns mean for the world’s nourishing grasslands?

Breakfast porridge, our daily bread and rice sustaining more than half of the world’s population are all bred from natural grasses

Escape from the city to a rural refuge in the magical, mystical Burren

Aoibheann McNamara has transformed a 1930s Land Commission cottage on a high plateau in the Burren into a 21st century self-catering retreat

Blue flags: Record number of Irish beaches and marinas win award for 2025

Kerry has most blue flags with 15, while Cork has most green coast awards with 14

Record green fees tee-up operating surplus at Lahinch Golf Club

While annual subscriptions increased, US golfers make up sizeable chunk Co Clare club’s income

Boutique Killaloe Hotel & Spa for sale with guide price of €3.5m

Successful 35-bedroom Co Clare venue offers buyer scope for expansion of accommodation

Fire crews fight gorse and forest blaze in north Clare

Clare Civil Defence deploys drone team to scene to carry out aerial survey of fire near Lisdoonvarna

Garden centre thief caught by trail of compost is jailed for six months

Man’s defence solicitor described offence as ‘cartoonish’

Call to reinstate Shannon Airport stopover ‘bizarre’, warns DAA chief

Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe has sought law compelling flights to land at midwestern airport

Final report into ‘Grace’ abuse allegations due to be published on Tuesday

Darragh O’Brien to bring forward delayed climate action plan for this year including retrofitting allocation of almost €550m

Limerick man suspected of string of burglaries and vehicle thefts across midwest, court told

Gardaí investigating 92 alleged offences including commercial and residential burglaries

Garda and Roscommon GAA player pleads guilty to late-night assault

Caoileann Fitzmaurice (31), who is stationed at Pearse Street Garda station in Dublin, was ‘exceptionally intoxicated’ when he assaulted a hotel porter, court told

Garden centre burglar left trail of compost for gardaí to follow

Eamon Quinn (38) admitted via his solicitor to ‘cartoonish’ theft

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