Families living in a housing development in Co Clare have pledged to remain in their homes despite being given just days by receivers to leave the properties on health and safety grounds.

A TRAINING programme was rolled out this week to the farmers in The Burren in County Clare who are participating in the BFCP (Burren Farming for Conservation Programme) scheme.

TRIBUTE upon tribute have been heaped on the man who trained nearly one-third of the current serving gardaí, as he retired from the force after 40 years of service.

A LOCAL authority has been directed to reduce its residentially-zoned land banks.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has made changes in senior ranks of the force in the southern region.

A six-year-old boy is in a critical condition after a two-car crash in Co Clare this morning.

Recent violence in Clare shows that large urban centres do not hold the franchise on crime and violence, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe.

A man of 52 has been charged with murdering an elderly farmer in Co Clare.

A man of 52 was tonight charged with murdering an elderly farmer in Co Clare.