One of the survivors of Monday’s coastguard tragedy in Co Clare laid a wreath yesterday on the cliff top near the scene where Caitríona Lucas lost her life.

The Irish Coast Guard has confirmed that two investigations will be carried out into the death of their first ever volunteer to be killed in the line of duty.

A search is continuing in Co Clare for a man believed to be missing since late yesterday, writes Patrick Flynn.

The body of a young man has been recovered from the sea in Co Clare.

A body has been recovered in Co Clare where a massive search had been taking place for a missing man since Saturday.

A man has been airlifted to hospital after he was pulled from the sea by a group of kayakers in Co Clare this morning.

A shoe thought to belong to a missing Japanese woman, whose partner’s body was pulled from the sea on Sunday, has been found on a beach.

A major multi-agency search and rescue operation was mounted yesterday after a man was reported to be in a distressed state on a cliff in Co Clare.

An oyster fisherman who drowned in Clare yesterday was due to see his youngest child christened later in the day.

 

New Year Resolutions are usually tedious things such as “visit the gym more than once a week”, “pay off the Visa bill every month” etc. This week I am proposing some pleasurable resolutions which will be no hardship.

Vimes the dog had quite the adventure while his owners were away on honeymoon.

When you work at the coal-face of radio journalism, you expect to go on your honeymoon and avoid the news but instead your dog ends up making it.

A 19th century sea wall is at risk of collapsing onto one of the west’s most popular beaches while the adjacent road continues to sink after being damaged in the recent storms.

Families in Co Clare were evacuated from their seaside homes as windows and patio doors were blown in by 30m high waves which threw quarter-ton wall cappings 50m across a car park.

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An iconic mural featuring the face of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara has been painted over by a local authority just weeks before a local Latin-American cultural festival.

A man has died after being found collapsed on a beach yesterday.

LATER this month I’ll be looking at wines to accompany Christmas dinner, in the Weekend Christmas food special on November 26.

THE Department of Education is paying an estimated €1,800 a week to transport two west Clare teenagers with special needs by taxi to Ennis because of the lack of a suitable educational facility unit in their locality.

WINE fans may seem to have an odd attitude to sweetness, dismissing some popular wines as being far too sugary, while exulting at many of the far sweeter ‘dessert’ wines.

Navy divers joined the search today for a man who swept out to sea while fishing.

A SEARCH will resume this morning for a Polish man in his 20s who fell into the sea at a popular fishing spot in west Clare yesterday.

TYRONE manager Mickey Harte introduces one newcomer for tomorrow’s floodlit NFL opener against Dublin at Croke Park.

The body of a 19-year-old man has been recovered from the sea off Co Clare tonight, the Coast Guard said.

LIMERICK’S huge Riverfest which drew up to 40,000 revellers into the city over the holiday weekend finishes today.

The 2006 selections for the Waterford Crystal-sponsored Munster Hurling and Football All-Stars have predictably been dominated by Cork, the reigning provincial champions in both codes.

If St Senan’s of Kilkee hope to upset the form book in tomorrow’s Munster Club football final, they will also have to snap Nemo Rangers’ proud provincial record, says Michael Moynihan.

Kilmacud beat Rhode of Offaly today 2-06 to 1-07 in their Leinster Senior Club semi-final relay.

Monaleen (Limerick) 1-7 St. Senan’s Kilkee 0-10

ARDFINNAN’S chances of toppling Nemo Rangers in Sunday’s Munster club SFC quarter-final have been dealt a severe blow with the news that Alan O’Gorman and Hugh Bannon are likely to miss the game due to injury.

BRIAN McGUIGAN will be back for Tyrone’s Ulster SFC clash with either Cavan or Antrim. McGuigan is due home on June 9 from Australia, 10 days ahead of the Clones clash.

CLAIRE COUGHLAN sparkled in the Muskerry sun on Monday to score an outstanding 71 gross while competing in the Munster Senior Cup ladies inter-club event.