TIME was leading tourist towns like Westport, Co Mayo, and Killarney, Co Kerry, were criticised for not being attractive in themselves, despite their exquisite surrounds.

A hero fireman who jumped from a bridge into the River Shannon to save a woman from drowning has praised others involved in the dramatic river rescue.

The operator of a soup kitchen network claimed he was warned not to set up in Ennis, Co Clare, as a woman there allegedly warned him that “she didn’t want any blacks, winos, or Travellers” in the town.

The body of a 22-year-old man, who was reported missing from his home in Ennis, Co Clare last weekend - has been found.

JOSEF PAVELKA died last week, a celebrity and a ‘nobody’.

Hopes of a major revival in the property market might seem somewhat premature after more than a quarter of lots at a major public auction in Dublin yesterday were either withdrawn or failed to sell.

The system must ensure that sentences for convicted rapists reflect the crime, writes Dan Buckley

Four houses built as part of a Traveller accommodation programme, which were already refurbished following previous arson and vandalism attacks, have been targeted again.

On a day when safety appeals were made to coincide with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, two more Irish people lost their lives in car crashes.

A sun-drenched day in Ballindenisk, Co Cork that fell into the halcyon category, yet Sarah Ennis was “not happy”.

“She’s rough and ready. She’s not shampooed.”

The country's largest workers union, SIPTU, has threatened industrial action to preserve pension schemes.

A GARDA was injured as he attempted to stop a car acting suspiciously in Ennis, Co Clare.

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

A PROJECT helping to restore local pride in a landmark urban lake has earned a group of Cork pupils a top prize in a national environment competition.

The body of a woman has been recovered from a river in Ennis, Co Clare.

Jack Keane is the new President of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland.

Public sector unions were today urged to remain united and not fall victim to internal rancour and distrust over proposed public-sector pay and reform.

Last week’s brave Cheltenham runner-up Becauseicouldntsee is likely to miss the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National due to his preference for left-handed circuits.

THE prospects of a “people’s memorial” for the victims of industrial schools and clerical sex abuse being erected in Ennis, Co Clare, received a blow yesterday.

A 32-year-old man was arrested last night in connection with the stabbing of a hotel worker in Ennis, Co Clare.

ALL across the country revellers were singing about the perils of forgetting old acquaintances but they were barely into the first verse when the first of the new acquaintances made his presence felt.

An estimated 15,000 people have joined a demonstration in Nenagh, Co Tipperary to protest against the proposals contained in the Hanley Report on health reform.

Six people facing charges in connection with anti-war protests at Shannon airport were remanded on continuing bail in court at nearby Ennis, Co Clare today.

ABINGDON Lodge, in the heart of Ennis, Co Clare, is hardly recognisable from the property which was originally built in the 1930’s.

Fifty-two workers are to lose their jobs with the closure of the Pacific Scientific facility in Ennis, Co Clare.

The Mid-Western Health Board has said it will take action to remove a convoy of travellers from the grounds of Our Lady's Psychiatric Hospital in Ennis, Co Clare.