Up to 10 people who attended an event in Co Clare last month, have been ‘required' to self-isolate after it was confirmed that a person with the Covid-19 virus was also in the audience.

A 42-year-old mother has died unexpectedly, only five months after giving birth to triplets.

Although Gemma Carcaterra was steeped in theatre from an early age, the artistic director and CEO of Glór in Ennis, Co Clare, was more interested in working behind the scenes than in performing. 

Cash-strapped local authorities were forced to bail out Glór music centre in Ennis to deal with the centre’s accumulated losses last year.

ECONOMIST David McWilliams has warned the Irish economy will “vaporise” if the Government presses ahead with its four-year austerity plan.