The discovery was made by two fishermen early today while a search was ongoing for a 59-year-old man reported missing from Sixmilebridge in Clare.

Selector Eoin Murphy suggested last night that the former hurler of the year will be recovered from back and ankle issues in time for the county’s Munster Championship opener, against Clare at Cusack Park, on May 27.

The chief executive of the Shannon Group has said that policy in Ireland is leading towards the country having only a single airport, in Dublin.

Funeral arrangements are being prepared for devoted teenage sweethearts Gary Kelly and Delia Keary after they both lost their lives following a head-on road collision, last Friday.

A man has been arrested in Co. Clare in connection with an armed robbery at a retail outlet in Bunratty.

Christmas came early for Crystal Swing star Derek Burke, after he enlisted the help of Santa Claus to propose to his long-term girlfriend.

A judge said yesterday that the behaviour of a 50-year-old man who followed a frightened teacher for 16km to her home at night in a “road rage” incident was “absolutely and utterly outrageous”.

A body has been recovered in Co Clare where a massive search had been taking place for a missing man since Saturday.

The Department of Justice has been accused of adding “insult to injury” over its failure to update a Clare family on the progress of a review into the death of a family member.

University of Limerick graduates are the most sought after of any Irish college, the president of UL has said.

The thatcher who reroofed one of the two Adare cottages destroyed in a fire at the weekend spoke yesterday of his sadness and shock at the destruction of his handiwork.

A new Game of Thrones-style Celtic adventure park could be built on lands adjacent to the Bunratty Folk Park — in an effort to help revitalise the “stale” tourism amenity.

A judge yesterday overturned a driving ban on a speeding and foul-mouthed cleric but told him “even God would tell you slow down on that particular road”.

Banish the winter blues with some classical music or opera. Cathy Desmond selects the best events of the months ahead.

Radio warnings were broadcast and motorists had to take evasive action to avoid colliding with a man driving his car the wrong way down motorway lanes linking Limerick to Ennis.

Dramatic video footage of the moment a car sped past unsuspecting motorists on the wrong side of a busy dual-carriageway earlier this month has appeared online.

It’s going to be an exciting night for Wendy Dwyer, Kay Lynch and Deirdre Masterson when they appear at Musgrave Park on Saturday as support act to international superstars Il Divo. Ballincollig woman Wendy Dwyer can hardly wait. "We’ve never met them so this is going to be quite an evening."

A good restaurant does not go unnoticed for long, and the best featured in the Munster regional final of the Irish Restaurant Awards.

Two Cork teenagers yesterday celebrated their work and friendship which earned one a gold medal as being among the country’s top young volunteers.

Many parts of the country is bracing itself for further flooding today as yet another Atlantic storm looks set to hit.

Gardaí, fire personnel and the Army Bomb Disposal Team have taken part in an operation in Shannon, Co Clare this morning which saw a quantity of chemicals destroyed.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country

The uncle of Limerick teenager Chloe Kinsella, whose body was recovered from the River Shannon yesterday, made an emotional appeal after the discovery.

A total of 90 new jobs have been announced by firms in Dublin, Cork, Clare and Galway this morning.

Calls have been made for three dolphins which have taken up residence in a Co Clare river to be left alone so they can return to the Shannon Estuary.

A Limerick man narrowly escaped death when shots were fired through his sitting room window on Wednesday night.

Painted in 1434 The Arnolfini Portrait still influences contemporary painters and writers. Peter Murray on a new history of the masterpiece

Munster GAA chairman Sean Walsh has signed off on his term of office by reiterating his view that the GAA must introduce an Australian Rules-tackle into Gaelic football.

Forty jobs are set to be created by an indigenous food firm after it secured planning permission for a commercial development in the tourist village of Bunratty.

One of the country’s best known pubs, Durty Nellys at Bunratty, is opposing plans for a commercial development in the village.

THE number of older people developing osteoporosis in Ireland is on the increase.

Looking for something creatively creepy to do this Halloween? Pól Ó Conghaile scours the country for a round-up of mid-term’s most macabre events...

Two men arrested in Cork last weekend and questioned about an early morning murder in Bunratty, Co Clare, were yesterday released without charge.

A funeral took the place of birthday celebrations for murdered Robert Sheehan, who would have turned 22 yesterday.

Two men in their twenties remain in Garda custody this morning, in connection with the murder of Robert Sheehan in Co. Clare.

Gardaí investigating the shooting of a man in Co Clare have arrested two men for questioning.

Gardaí are continuing to search for two men who shot a man a number of times in Co Clare overnight, as their victim fights for his life in hospital.

An age-old skill being perfected by James Lee is ensuring the imposing Co Limerick village of Adare maintains its picture-postcard image.

The US withdrawal of troops from Iraq is hitting revenues and profits at a Shannon Airport-based in-flight catering firm.

Plans to develop a multimillion-euro themed adventure park adjacent to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park are generating a lot of interest, according to the chief executive of Shannon Development.