Counties Cork and Down have both secured six listings in the 2015 Michelin ‘Eating Out In Pubs’ guide.

Manchán Magan signed up for a mountain skills course and explored the Burren with his new appreciation of map reading.

Clare County Council has revised upwards its flood repair bill by 55% to €36.8m as a result of further damage brought about by the recent storms.

The Government is facing bills of over €46m from Clare and Kerry councils for the damage caused by the storms that ravaged the counties.

The days of having to put up with dodgy pub food are at an end, as more pubs have earned the right to be named as some of the best places to eat.

Two men will appear before Dungarvan District Court this morning, charged in connection with the murder of Anthony Fallon in Tipperary last week.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Anthony Fallon in Co Tipperary last week.

The investigation into the death of a man in Clonmel, County Tipperary, has been upgraded to murder.

A POSTMORTEM on the body of a man found in a Clonmel apartment block was expected to reveal he was assaulted before his death.

Gardaí have confirmed they are treating the death of a man in Clonmel, County Tipperary, as suspicious.

An investigation is underway after a man was found dead in County Tipperary this morning.

GARDAÍ are appealing for information on two armed raiders who took a large quantity diamond rings and bracelets from a jeweller’s and escaped in a stolen car.

Gardaí are today hunting for two men after an armed raid at a jewellers in Co Tipperary.

A WHIZZKID who got seven As in his Leaving Cert last year is offering a free one-day revision course of the entire maths syllabus.

AN TAISCE was accused of being anti-rural and anti-development after the planning watchdog lodged appeals against four one-off homes across Clare.

ONE of this year’s most successful Leaving Certificate students is this morning almost €3,000 richer after anxious school-goers rushed to buy the secret to his success.

An enterprising Galway student is looking to get a fiscal return on the time he spent studying for his Leaving Cert.

A LEAVING Certificate student from Co Clare who was the recipient of seven A grades has decided to share the wealth of his knowledge — by selling it to the highest bidder.

IT’S AN ill wind that doesn’t blow someone some good. Even the volcanic ash has benefited some people – the mâitre d’hotel at Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow was beaming from ear to ear when I was there recently.

There has been a dramatic rescue in Galway this afternoon.

A man in his 30s is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, early this morning.