Three pensioners were seriously injured after they were struck by a car being pursued by gardaí in Parteen, Co Clare.

Ireland’s farming community is in mourning this week for former IFA president Paddy Lane, whose funeral took place yesterday in his native Parteen, Co Clare.

A murder hunt began tonight for the killer of a small-time Limerick criminal in Parteen, Co Clare.

AS a Limerick man, I could never understand why the late great Richard Harris wasn’t granted the freedom of his native city.