Fr Tony Coote died yesterday after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in February 2018.

An oceanographer has been engaged by gardaí as part of a lengthy investigation into the dumping of 17 animal carcasses, discovered below the spectacular Baltard Cliffs in Co Clare.

Sheep farmers shot dead hunting dogs after lambs were slaughtered. The dogs, including beagles and cross-breeds, had been on a supervised hunt in Co Clare.

A 41-year-old former student of humanities told a dog warden he would shoot him in the leg after his dog had been seized, a court has heard.

A live horse was discovered near where rotting carcasses of around 17 animals were found at the base of cliffs in what has been described as a “planned and sinister” act.

IT sounds New Age, but mindfulness is for everyone. And it couldn’t be simpler.

Hamilton High School, Bandon 2-16 St Flannan’s College 2-11

A dolphin that injured swimmers along the north Clare coast in recent months has itself been attacked.

A rogue fox has killed and eaten three dogs in a housing estate in recent weeks prompting authorities to warn homeowners of the risk of a child being attacked.

A budding horticulturalist who turned his flair for botany to illegal ends by growing cannabis in his bedroom has been given a suspended sentence.

Adorable balls of fluff as puppies, it is easy to see why many people choose huskies as a family pet.

A three-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after she was attacked by a dog in Co Clare on Saturday.

A 4FT snake discovered in a Co Clare graveyard by a local woman had been missing for six weeks but has now been returned to its rightful owner.

A MISTAKEN belief that Clare’s animal welfare officer had confiscated a pedigree dog led an Ennis man to carry out an “unprovoked and frightening” roadside attack.

A COW nearly trampled a garda and three mart-goers after escaping onto a busy road.

GARDAÍ have described as ‘sickening’ and ‘deplorable’ a daylight attack in which a public official was dragged from his van and hospitalised due to injuries sustained in an assault.

ONE of the Irish sailors who narrowly escaped disaster after their yacht struck rocks in Indonesian waters during a major worldwide race has spoken of his near-death escape.

How come so many Irish gems end up at Welford Road? EDWARD NEWMAN discussed the connections with Leicester’s chief scout Dusty Hare and ex-Lion Eric Miller

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IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.

A WEEKEND holding out so much promise for Clare opened on the brightest possible note at Galway yesterday when Woodstock captured their first national pennant with a convincing Pierce Purcell Shield final victory over Moyola Park from Co Derry.

THE GOLFERS of Woodstock Golf Club near Ennis are poised to get a memorable weekend for Clare off to the best possible start.

GALWAY is bracing itself for a shindig to beat all shindigs should Woodstock capture the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield over the next couple of days.

Charlie Mulqueen enjoys the challenges at Castleisland,