A young man has been airlifted to hospital from a mountain in the Burren, Co Clare this evening, writes Patrick Flynn.

The Burren in Co Clare has been named as Ireland's best destination for food-lovers.

A scheme that has paid Burren farmers over €2.1m in the past five years to create the conditions for rare and wild flowers to prosper is set to be extended.

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for contentious plans for a whiskey distillery in the Burren.

The Clare Motor Club Annual Hillclimb has been cancelled after a man died in an accident during the event yesterday.

A rare snowy owl, the arctic birds popularised by the Harry Potter films, has set up home in the Burren, more than 1,000km from it usual habitat.

Results of radiocarbon dating of the ancient remains of a woman and two infant children discovered at a Burren fort last summer have dated the remains to between 535 to 649.