A public meeting on highly controverisal plans for a Salmon Farm off the North Clare coast is set to be held in Ballyvaughan tonight.

Around 50 trucks filled with fodder for Irish farmers will arrive in Rosslare from France later and it's set to be distributed across several counties including Clare.

Customers in the Lahinch, Liscannor and Ennistymon areas may experience reduced pressure in their water supply over the coming days.

Clare County Council says it is carrying out essential maintenance in the area, and apologises for any inconvenience caused.
 

Residents in a South-East Clare community are calling on the powers that be in Facebook to put it back on the map.

The popular social networking website has no listing for Meelick, forcing residents there to list their home as 'Meelick Bridge, Limerick', a place which does not exist.

Local representatives say the mistake could be very costly - Fianna Fail Councillor Cathal Crowe has written to Facebook HQ in Dublin seeking a correction

Donal Walsh - the Kerry teenager who lost his four year battle with cancer - is being laid to rest in Tralee this afternoon.

Residents and business across Shannon may experience some disruption to their water supply this week.

The offices of Ennis Town Council will be closed to the public from 2 o'clock this afternoon May 14th

They'll re-open as normal tomorrow morning at 9 am .

The President of Ireland believes it was appropriate that Kilrush hosted the National Famine Commemoration due to its devastating impact on West Clare.

Contentious plans for a 20m wind farm in West Clare have reportedly been put on hold.

The  effects of the famine have been described as "traumatic, profound and enduring"  at todays national commemoration  event  in Kilrush.