Environmental champions who have changed the toilet- flushing habits of hundreds of people and improved water quality in a scenic bay have been honoured for protecting the Irish coastline.

Water chiefs are facing calls to tap into a massive hidden network of underground rivers off the west coast in a bid to solve worsening droughts on the Aran Islands.

Drink, feck! Not a chance of a drop of it on Craggy Island.

Surfers claimed yesterday that Clare County Council did not do enough to show its planned €8m Doolin pier will not have a negative impact on “the jewel in the crown” of Irish surfing.

ARAN ISLANDERS have told Clare County Council the development of a new pier at Doolin was vital for the future of Inis Oirr in terms of potential job creation and the sustainability of the island population.