A man's died today after losing control of his car and crashing into a road sign in Co Clare.

AN application by two builders aimed at requiring Clare County Council to grant them default permission to develop two houses on a site in Lahinch has been rejected.

THERE were four people killed on Irish roads in the republic over the bank holiday weekend, compared with three over the same period last year and five in 2006.

Five people have been killed on Irish roads this bank holiday weekend.

A 19-year-old woman has been killed in a crash in Co Clare, in a two-car collision.