Taoiseach Enda Kenny will next month visit the Co Clare lighthouse where his grandfather was keeper in the 1920s and 30s.

THE decision to open Loop Head Lighthouse to members of the public has led to a boost for the tourism sector in West Clare, it emerged yesterday.

THE doors of the Loop Head lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic in west Clare were opened to the public yesterday for the first time — 341 years after the first lighthouse was built.