A COMMEMORATIVE set of coins marking Irish Antarctic explorers Earnest Shackleton and Tom Crean are being issued.

A WELL-KNOWN Co Clare businessman died tragically yesterday when he was knocked of his bicycle along a busy dual-carriageway.

Fine Gael leader will be among the participants taking part in a mammoth charity cycle in aid of the Association of Suicidology over the June bank holiday weekend.

A 27-year old man injured in a house fire in Co Kerry earlier this month has died.