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.

A 56-YEAR-OLD Kerryman, who was fatally injured in a road accident while walking near Millstreet, Co Cork, early yesterday morning, was the 39th pedestrian to die on Irish roads this year.

The eleven people who were taken to hospital in Co Clare following two separate road traffic accidents yesterday evening, have all been released.

A man accused of possession heroin and 'ecstasy' worth €3.5m has told a jury that gardai fabricated interviews where he allegedly said he was to collect the drugs.

A man and a woman have been charged with possession of drugs with intent to supply following this week’s heroin and ecstasy haul in Dublin.