A man has been arrested in Co Clare after an Irish Water meter installer was threatened with a gun.

The trial of man who admits killing a Polish man in Co Clare last year but denies murdering him has heard the accused "would be known to drink a lot".

A man left his pregnant partner in a crashed car and fled across fields after losing control of the car while being pursued by gardaí.

A 75-year-old grandmother has died in a freak accident in Clare, while her two young grandchildren are being treated in hospital for shock.

A man in his thirties remains in Garda custody, following the discovery of a cannabis growhouse in Co Clare.

A post mortem examination has taken place on the body of a homeless man found dead in Ennis over the weekend.

A CLARE man told gardaí “I killed the devil” after being charged yesterday with the murder of 21-year-old law student Eoin Ryan.

A young man's body has been found in Ennis, Co Clare in open ground.

A 26-year-old man appeared in court today in connection with the death of a man in Co. Clare last Sunday.

THE schoolgirl who died in a road accident at the weekend was one of seven teenagers packed into a tiny Volkswagen Polo, gardaí confirmed yesterday.

THREE armed criminals arrested near Newmarket on Fergus yesterday were on their way to carry out a major robbery in the Ennis area, gardaí believe.

A three-man gang was being questioned by gardaí today after guns and ammunition were seized by detectives.

Gardaí in Co Clare are treating as suspicious the death of a man whose body was found in a field six miles from Ennis this afternoon.

Gardai in Co Clare are questioning a man in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman in Ennis last week.