In part four of our special on rural Ireland. Caroline O’Doherty visits O’Gonnelloe in Co. Clare.

People will have to travel further and wait longer for an appointment with a GP in rural areas, as more practices are abandoned, a doctors’ group has warned.

A post mortem is to be carried out on the body of a child who died following a quad bike accident in Co Clare.

The recent bad weather means there will be a host or rearranged games taking place this weekend in the leagues and cups.

Batten down the hatches — another storm is bearing down on Ireland.

The clash of the ash reverberated out from a North Cork village and onto the world stage as 916 people aged from four to 88 years took part in an extraordinary game of hurling.

For the McGrath family of New Inn, Galway, it was a weekend quite like no other.

Underground hunting rings are believed to be behind the reintroduction of herds of wild boar into rural County Clare.

An all-Ireland fiddle champion several times over, Martin Hayes is artistic director of the Masters of Tradition Festival, which runs in Bantry until Sunday.

Another fast and furious day on the An Post Rás saw a new rider in the yellow jersey yesterday as Swiss professional Pirmin Lang of the Atlas Personal Jackroo team outsprinted a seven-man lead group to take victory on stage two into Gort.

Going into the final two games of the Munster Junior League many issues could be finalised this weekend.

Just 120 homes were still without electricity today after storm-force winds battered the country.

A FORMER Clare student has landed a major coup by recording the first known video of an African golden cat as part of her work to protect the rare species.

A SENIOR tourism figure yesterday welcomed the launch of a new website aimed at boosting Clare’s visitor numbers — but said more needs to be done to boost numbers in the west.

THE extraction of underground natural resources could put major visitor attractions such as Doolin and Ailwee Caves in Clare at risk of collapse, an environmentalist has claimed.

CHAMPIONS Crusheen had to settle for a draw in their opening game of the 2011 Clare senior hurling championship against Kilmaley at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday.

A UNION representing workers who are set to lose their jobs at a chipboard factory in Co Clare has accused the company of endangering the remaining jobs at the plant by refusing to attend a Labour Court hearing tomorrow.

THERE were several eye-catching performances in the opening round of the Munster Junior League with several of the title contenders impressing.

NOVELIST Edna O’Brien has revealed her first husband was so jealous of her writing ability he said he would never forgive her.

A PRISON officer, said by a judge to have been responsible for a “colossal breach of trust” for smuggling drugs and other contraband into Limerick prison was yesterday jailed for five years at Limerick Circuit Court.

The vast majority of services around the country are operating as normal with some delays, Bus Éireann has reported.

Following weather conditions yesterday, there is expected to be disruption to bus services in Limerick, Cork and Kerry this morning, according to Bus Eireann.

The An Post Sean Kelly Team is back on home soil for the first time this year ahead of this weekend’s FBD Rás, which gets underway in Kilcullen, Co. Wicklow on Sunday.

A 51-YEAR-OLD prison officer was remanded at Limerick District Court on four charges alleging the possession of drugs last Monday.

A NATIVE Irish apple tree will be planted tomorrow on the banks of the Scariff river by Belfast author and former hostage Brian Keenan.

This Co Clare grazing farm includes a renovated property, extended farmhouse and some traditional outbuildings.

Damien Enright recommends events for Biodiversity Week.

Donal Hickey on the future of the Shannon cruises

Gardaí in County Clare have arrested three men in connection with last night's fatal hit and run in the county.

A YOUNG trapeze artist fell to his death before a packed audience at last night’s performance of the Russian Royal Circus in Co Clare.

The woman who died at in a fire at her home has been identified as Suzanne Moroney.

A trial to deliver fast Internet access to businesses in remote and rural areas is being conducted in Co Clare.

THERE were mixed fortunes for two Galway schools in the All-Ireland junior colleges camogie semi-finals played on Saturday.

A DRAW was the fairest result in this Munster Colleges Junior A camogie decider at Feenagh on Saturday.

THE biggest surprise about yesterday’s featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Novice ’Chase at Cork wasn’t that Golden Row scored in a canter, but rather the fact the layers offered him at 4-7.

THE dot.com implosion may have thinned the ranks of dapper young internet execs out for a fast buck, but e-Ireland isn't dead and gone.

Bomb disposal experts have made safe a hand grenade and assorted ammunition that was found in a house in Scarriff in Co Cork earlier today.