High Court dismisses challenge to Co Clare wind farm plan
Opposition group had sought quashing of permission for Fahybeg wind farm
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Five of the best family friendly hiking trails around Ireland: From easy to demanding
Boost your endorphins and awaken your senses with a hike on these picturesque family-friendly routes, from Antrim to Kerry
Nurse who died running Edinburgh half marathon left ‘an indelible mark’
Olivia Tuohy (24) from Ennis ‘bubby and kind-hearted’, funeral hears
Boy (12) who fell from Cliffs of Moher had ‘instantaneous’ death, says coroner
French tourist tells inquest she saw Zhihan Zhao slip in a puddle and fall over the edge
Man pleads guilty to headbutting father over ‘a football at local school’
Judge Alec Gabbett said man ‘sees red and takes off - that is the problem’
Tributes to two Irish women who died after competing in separate marathon events
Olivia Touhy and Ellen Cassidy (both 24) died at the Edinburgh and Cork city half marathons
Davy Fitzgerald’s son given suspended sentence for stealing €35,000 from employer to fund gambling addiction
Judge imposes fully suspended 12-month sentence for ‘significant breach of trust’
Former Clare minor football captain jailed for sexual assault of woman
Conor Gavin (32) denied the charge but was found guilty by a jury in February
Summer 2025: 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland
Some of the best restaurants in Dublin, Cork, Galway and around Ireland from brand new places to classic favourites
Niall Williams’s Time of the Child wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award
Clare-based author wins €20,000 prize ahead of July release of film adaptation of his debut novel
‘Fabulous’ mother among four women killed in weekend road incidents
Two pedestrians, including Theresa Morgan (63), and a cyclist were among the fatalities
‘It’s gone absolutely loony’: As Ireland’s campervan culture explodes, problems arise
Amid a record boom in campervan ownership since Covid, complaints include a lack of infrastructure, ‘backlash’ from some councils and poor behaviour from a minority
Decades of ‘daily frustration’ over traffic end as Killaloe-Ballina bridge opens
Brian Ború bridge, part of a 6.2km bypass scheme, spans the Shannon to link Co Clare and Co Tipperary tourist towns
What do changing rainfall patterns mean for the world’s nourishing grasslands?
Breakfast porridge, our daily bread and rice sustaining more than half of the world’s population are all bred from natural grasses
Escape from the city to a rural refuge in the magical, mystical Burren
Aoibheann McNamara has transformed a 1930s Land Commission cottage on a high plateau in the Burren into a 21st century self-catering retreat
Blue flags: Record number of Irish beaches and marinas win award for 2025
Kerry has most blue flags with 15, while Cork has most green coast awards with 14
Record green fees tee-up operating surplus at Lahinch Golf Club
While annual subscriptions increased, US golfers make up sizeable chunk Co Clare club’s income
Boutique Killaloe Hotel & Spa for sale with guide price of €3.5m
Successful 35-bedroom Co Clare venue offers buyer scope for expansion of accommodation
Fire crews fight gorse and forest blaze in north Clare
Clare Civil Defence deploys drone team to scene to carry out aerial survey of fire near Lisdoonvarna
Garden centre thief caught by trail of compost is jailed for six months
Man’s defence solicitor described offence as ‘cartoonish’
Call to reinstate Shannon Airport stopover ‘bizarre’, warns DAA chief
Fianna Fáil TD for Clare Cathal Crowe has sought law compelling flights to land at midwestern airport
Final report into ‘Grace’ abuse allegations due to be published on Tuesday
Darragh O’Brien to bring forward delayed climate action plan for this year including retrofitting allocation of almost €550m
Limerick man suspected of string of burglaries and vehicle thefts across midwest, court told
Gardaí investigating 92 alleged offences including commercial and residential burglaries
Garda and Roscommon GAA player pleads guilty to late-night assault
Caoileann Fitzmaurice (31), who is stationed at Pearse Street Garda station in Dublin, was ‘exceptionally intoxicated’ when he assaulted a hotel porter, court told
Garden centre burglar left trail of compost for gardaí to follow
Eamon Quinn (38) admitted via his solicitor to ‘cartoonish’ theft
Police forces worldwide asked to share information on Emer O’Loughlin murder suspect
Interpol Blue Notice issued for Galway man John Griffin in relation to murder of student artist (23) in caravan in Co Clare in 2005
Gardaí renew appeal 20 years after murder of Emer O’Loughlin
Detectives believe a man they want to speak to in connection with the killing is alive
Where David Beckham meets GAA: Irish fashion brand Pellador FC
Founder Greg Hall says he ‘was always into the whole culture and style’ around sport
How do you resurrect a graveyard? Simply stop mowing the grass
Given a chance, dormant seeds will sprout, and with them, butterflies, bees, bats, birds and small mammals
Note saying ‘check upstairs and out the back’ found in home of Co Clare couple, inquest hears
Jury returned an open verdict regarding the death of Claire Collins (50) and a verdict of death by suicide in respect of her husband
Clare County Council accused of ‘intimidation’ over future of Cliffs of Moher walking trail
Attempts to compulsorily purchase land from local farmers for trail will be resisted, says IFA
The Uninsurables: One in 20 Irish houses struggles to get flood insurance
We’ve been lucky so far but ‘only a matter of time before a 3m storm surge’ hits Ireland
Cliffs of Moher trail unlikely to fully reopen for three years
Trail that attracts some 400,000 visitors annually closed last August over safety concerns
Lands near Shannon Airport zoned for logistics guiding €3.25m
Co Clare commercial development site: 10.61-acre holding sits adjacent to Shannon Campus West and East Zone
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