Gardaí investigating the murder of a teenager in Co. Clare in 2006 have arrested a man.

A former Army private, a rugby international, a martial arts instructor and a one-time IT recruitment consultant are among nine young men who have become the latest additions to the Naval Service officers' ranks.

The subject of what constitutes an island cropped on this page a few week’s ago in reference to the minute Flea Island in West Cork.

A Co Clare woman was sitting on a winning €500,000 EuroMillions plus ticket for a month before she realised there was a chance she could be a winner.

The wars of the rodents, like the Wars of the Roses, have been long drawn-out affairs. Nor do they show much sign of ending any time soon; a jihad against a newly arrived furry pest is underway in Cork, writes Richard Collins. 

Gardaí are reminding us that 188 people died on our roads in 2016.

Gardai have issued a poison alert to dog owners in the South East Clare, living close to the Limerick border, after poison was reportedly found in sausage meat along walking routes.

Clare County Council yesterday voted through a number of last-minute, contentious rezonings against the recommendations of its acting chief executive, Ger Dollard.

An accountant who carried out what a judge said was a cold, calculated, cunning fraud using his professional skills has avoided jail.

A former accountant who spent €50,000 he stole from business clients, to pay for a piano, landscape gardening, and home repairs, has avoided a jail sentence, writes David Raleigh.

A seven-hour rampage in which three Limerick criminals struck fear into rural communities on the outskirts of the city, “smacked of the Wild West”, a judge said yesterday when jailing all three.

A seven-hour crime “odyssey”, in which a Limerick gang targeted homes in outlying areas of the city, ended in a chase through fields, a court has heard.

VIPs and young and old alike enjoyed Charleville Agricultural Show’s celebration of all that is good in Irish farming.

I AM researching a project about Irish freshwater fish species. The other day I set off in search of dace. The dace has an interesting story in this country which is quoted in all the scientific papers and popular articles about them.

Country came to town last Sunday as a tourist town celebrated its new streetscape after months of upheaval due to resurfacing and drainage works.

Donald Trump's plans for a wall - this time to keep out the sea in Co. Clare - has been branded naive, monstrous and unsustainable.

One company cheque was made out for the purchase of a piano for his family by an accountant who defrauded a hospitality business.

The son of EuroMillions winner Dolores McNamara, Gary, has been left nursing a €128,778 bill after thieves “gutted” his mansion of all its antique chandeliers, light fittings, brass items, and copper piping.

A judge made a couple of thinly veiled barbs at the governor of Limerick prison over TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly enjoying “afternoon tea” at the jail last month.

Neighbours living in a flooded community in Clare have helped to detect two men who were on their way to rob evacuated homes in a stolen army boat.

A 365m stretch of the Shannon running by Limerick city centre between Sarsfield Bridge and Thomond Bridge will be critical to how flooding develops or abates over coming days in the lower Shannon between the city and Parteen Weir, 13km up river.

Irish Water’s plan to extract water from the lower reaches of the Shannon to meet the needs of the greater Dublin area is not a straightforward matter of pipes and pumps, according to Pat Aherne.

Clare County Council recently voted through the incorporation of the Northern Distributor Road and the re-zoning of lands in south east Clare into the Clare County Development Plan.

YESTERDAY’S opening of the Glanbia Ingredients Ireland’s €235m dairy facility in Belview, Co Kilkenny, is as resounding a vote of confidence in this society and economy as has been seen in decades.

Two male elderly pedestrians have been knocked down and seriously injured by a stolen car which was being pursued by Gardaí in Parteen, Co Clare.

Residents in a Clare village are concerned a child will be killed by swallowing strychnine, after about a dozen dogs in the area ingested the deadly poison.

Resident in the Co Clare villag are concerned that a child will be killed by ingesting Strychnine, after about a dozen dogs in the area were found to have ingested the deadly poison.

The body of a student missing since March 6 has been recovered from the River Shannon.

The body of a man has been recovered from the River Shannon.

THIS is the time of year when pike spawn. They usually travel considerable distances to do so, moving into very shallow water. The males and females travel separately, as the females are much larger and have cannibalistic tendencies.

A teenager made a desperate attempt to save his school friend from drowning, an inquest has been told.

I am tired of President Michael D Higgins commenting on economic matters.

The 695 workers at ESB’s Powergen section are to have their pay cut by up to 17%.

The family of a man from Co Clare who was shot dead at his home a decade ago today remain hopeful those responsible will be caught.