The mother of a Clare man who was stabbed in the back during a row previously lost her daughter in a car crash and finds that life is now “a constant struggle with only memories to sustain” her, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Gardaí have asked for the public's help in finding missing man John Ryan.

Gardaí believe that a computer programmer, whose body was discovered yesterday, was murdered several days ago and dumped under a load of rocks in a quarry.

Two men are being questioned by gardaí after a groom’s brother was gunned down outside the wedding party in Co Clare yesterday.

A MARRIED father-of- two said “I’m very sorry for what happened” when charged with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy, a court heard yesterday.

GARDAÍ have confirmed they are treating the investigation into the death of a Co Clare woman with the same seriousness as a murder probe even though they cannot yet confirm what kind of investigation they are pursuing.

A POST-MORTEM examination will be carried out this morning on the body of a woman found washed up on a beach in Co Clare early yesterday.

Gardaí are treating the deaths of two sisters whose bodies were found on a beach as a tragic accident.

THE first earthquake in the west of Ireland since records began occurred in north Clare earlier this week.

The Irish Coast Guard were today searching for two bodies after a vehicle was believed to have entered the sea near Doolin in Co Clare.