THE route is all left turns, easily followed from the map. As we proceed north, and then west, we have views of the forested slopes of the Ballyhoura Range, Caroline Mountain, Knockduv, Carron and Seefin.

A Burren expert has said he does not see the landscape being put forward by the Government to be included on Unesco’s World Heritage Site List “any time soon”.

A government minister has endorsed the concept of farmers in the Burren being paid to create pristine conditions to allow rare and wild flowers grow in the area.

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PLANS are being drawn up to create a visitor centre in West Cork dedicated to one of the GAA’s most noted figures, Sam Maguire.

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

THE Irish Red Cross has raised over €300,000 for its flood relief operations.

THE worsening flood situation in the environs of Limerick city upstream to Parteen Weir will not hit critical levels for another five days, it has emerged.

Flood response efforts continue across County Clare with local authority staff, Clare County Fire and Rescue, the Army and Gardaí providing 24-hour cover to the flooding crisis.

MUNSTER Council chiefs predict their provincial hurling final will buck the trend of poor attendances and expect over 45,000 at Semple Stadium on Sunday.

MUNSTER Council chairman Jimmy O’Gorman has admitted that the attendance for last Sunday’s Munster SHC between Clare and Tipperary fell below pre-match expectations.

THE relationship between the heritage of the Burren in Co Clare and the agricultural traditions that shaped and sustained it has never been fully acknowledged, it was claimed yesterday.

VICTORY in the Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally has strengthened the national championship bid of Cork crew, John McCarthy/Dan Maguire.

IDENTIFYING each other as their principal rival, Dermot Kelly and John McCarthy have justified the decision of the organisers to seed them in the top two positions for Sunday’s Mitchelstown-based Sean Conlon Memorial Tipperary Forest Rally — the second round of the KBB Doors National Forest Rally Championship.