DROMORE WOOD LOOP, COUNTY CLARE

Drinking water restrictions which affected 3,300 customers in Co Clare have been lifted.

Up to 1,800 people in Corofin town, Co Clare, and its environs in Ruan village will be unable to drink tap water over the weekend.

Water tankers are being brought in for around 1,800 customers of a public water supply in Co Clare.

Ireland heroes Andrew Trimble, Rory Best and Chris Henry will rest up this week when Ulster travel to Murrayfield to face Edinburgh in RaboDirect PRo12 clash on Friday night.

Hundreds of mourners yesterday turned out to celebrate the life of hurling great, Jimmy Smyth in his home Clare village of Ruan.

The death has taken place of Seamus Coughlan, a member of Cork’s All-Ireland winning senior football team of 1973.

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When you have given as much to the Ulster cause as Andrew Trimble, common perceptions about the province begin to grate a little and the desire to change them burns deep.

WHAT’S described as a quality limestone farm near Ruan, Co Clare is being offered for sale by auction through Costelloe Estate Agents.

TIM McNULTY and co-driver Paul Kiely (Subaru WRC) won their sixth event in the Dunlop National Rally Championship with victory in the Auburn Lodge Hotel Clare Rally to clinch the national series.

PLANS for a “unique tourism product” on the Burren has been thrown out by An Bord Pleanála.

PLANS for a unique tourism product on the eastern edge of the Burren that has the potential to generate €3 million per annum and create up to 18 jobs have been thrown into doubt.

A LOCAL authority has been directed to reduce its residentially-zoned land banks.

Thousands of households around the country are without water today as crews battle to repair leaks, restore supplies and replenish reservoir levels.

A SORT of bring-and-buy, or buy-and-sell is on offer at this Addroon, Ruan, Ennis home — it’s packed to the gunwales with collectibles.

THE company behind plans to extract 4.5 million tonnes of material from a site in Co Clare has failed to secure planning permission for the proposal.

Water will be shut off in Tulla and Broadford in Co Clare today from 11am to 4pm and again tonight from 8pm to 8am.

A 30-year-old man has died in a crash in Co Clare.

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.

AS EXPECTED, Niall Maguire, driving his S10 Subaru WRC coasted to victory in the Ennis-based Auburn Lodge Clare Rally. Leading from the start and co-driven by Enda Sherry, he finished two minutes and 14 seconds ahead of the Ford Escort of Mike Quinn/Grainne McEnery with Ed O’Callaghan/Ger Clancy, also in a Ford Escort, a further 10 seconds behind in third.

A man in his 50s has died following an accident on a farm in Co Clare yesterday evening.

A 54-year-old Clare man already serving a life sentence for the murder of a hackney driver has been given six five-year jail terms for other offences related to the murder.

A 54-year-old man has been jailed for life for the murder of a Clare taxi driver in February 2005.

The 54-year-old man who hacked-to-death a taxi driver in Clare faked his own kidnapping in the US to extort money from his uncle, a jury in the Central Criminal Court was told today.

A man accused of murdering a Clare taxi driver told gardaí he felt he was "possessed" when he killed him, a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A Co Kerry man has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of a Co Clare taxi driver.

IRISH RAIL has ruled out the reopening of the Crusheen railway station, within the planned Western Rail Corridor, as the population of the area does not support such a move.

Recent violence in Clare shows that large urban centres do not hold the franchise on crime and violence, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe.

Four deaths on roads over the weekend has brought the 2005 toll to 239, it emerged today.

A 53-year-old man is due to appear in court in Co Kerry later today charged with murdering Ennis taxi driver Liam Moloney.

Two people remain in garda custody this morning after they were arrested for questioning yesterday in connection with the murder of Ennis taxi driver Liam Moloney.

Detectives investigating the murder of Clare taxi driver Liam Moloney today arrested a 53-year-old man.

AN INVESTIGATION into the murder of a hackney driver in Co Clare centred last night on a man seen acting suspiciously near the apartment block where the victim lived.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Ennis taxi driver Liam Moloney have confirmed they have recovered a knife believed to have been used in the killing.

NEW information about the vicious murder of the Clare hackney driver came to light yesterday as the victim, Liam Moloney, was buried in Ennis.

A PATHOLOGIST'S report has indicated there was more than one killer involved in the murder of Ennis hackney driver Liam Moloney.

A HUGE forensic examination of murdered hackney driver Liam Moloney’s car was underway at garda headquarters in Dublin last night.

A KEEN sports fan, friends of murdered hackneyman Liam Moloney were surprised when he failed to show up for the Ireland rugby match on Saturday.