A growing herd of wild goats roaming free in residential and business areas on the western outskirts of Ennis "are procreating like there is no tomorrow" and castrating the male goats in the herd should be considered.

Gardaí in Clare are searching for an armed raider who held up a shop in Ennis this evening.

A 71-year-old former hurling coach has been returned to prison following a finding by the Court of Appeal that his two-year prison sentence for indecently assaulting two boys in the 1980s was too lenient.

The operator of the network of Twist soup kitchens has avoided the threat of jail by shutting down his Ennis operation.

A local authority has told the operator of a network of soup kitchens that he could face a six-month prison term or a large fine if convicted of operating an unauthorised soup kitchen in Ennis.