The Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN) is working with the Kilkeedy Community Group to collect and share their local history and heritage online.

Kilkeedy Community Group will launch a new website on Thursday, the 4th of April, in Tubber Hall from 7pm to 9pm.

To tell us more, Alan Morrissey was joined in studio by Eoin Ruane, a member of the Kilkeedy Historical Society.

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A Clare Doctor believes a new patient pathway to be rolled out at University Hospital Limerick will not have a meaningful impact on overcrowding. Under the primary care pathway , patients presenting to ED without a referral will be screened by a GP before a decision on admittance is made. The measure will be operational seven days a week between the hours of 12pm and 10pm. Lahinch GP and Clare Member of the IMO's GP Committee Dr Michael Kelleher insists the only real solutions to the problem are increasing bed capacity at UHL , step down care options and the number of community GPs.

A Clare TD has lambasted the HSE over mounting waiting lists for needs assessments in the MidWest region. It comes as new figures released by the Department of Health show 501 children in Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary are waiting for such an appointment. In order to address the backlog, the HSE has committed to recruiting four more personnel on the Midwest Assessment of Needs pathway team, but to date just two of these positions have been filled. Kilrush Independent Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne says the situation is having an adverse impact on the development of vulnerable children.

Clare Minor Football Manager Dermot Coughlan On 2024 Season

A Clare Credit Union manager expects people in this county to become more free-spending in the near future.

The Credit Union Consumer Sentiment Index for March, which measures consumers' financial confidence, is up from where it was this time last year at 69.5% but down from last month.

37% of consumers have spent "significant" money on home improvements in the last two years with 45% of these relying on savings to do so.

Manager of St. Francis Credit Union in Ennis, Louis Fay believes as inflation evens out, people will become more emboldened in terms of their finances.

Clare's New IFA Chair is calling for enhanced compensation for farmers operating on and maintaining Natura designated sites.

Figures from the Department of Agriculture show there are currently 1,935 herds grazing on the protected ecological sites in this county.

It's the sixth-highest rate nationwide and farmers impacted, are generally obligated to invest in environmental measures and restrict intensive farming practices.

Feakle farmer Stephen Walsh insists a two-pronged solution is needed.

The Chair of the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum is happy to report he's hearing plenty of American accents as the tourism season begins.

433,300 people visited Ireland from a foreign country last week with 46% coming from the UK and 11% travelling from the United States.

Visitors stayed a total of 2 million, six-hundred and sixty-nine thousand nights in February, and their overall estimated expenditure was three hundred and seventy four point four million euro.

Owner of Hotel Woodstock in Ennis Sean Lally says US tourists in particular are an appreciated aspect of tourist traffic as they typically spend a long time here and contribute generously to the local economy.

On this week's episode of Atlantic Tales, Pat Flynn meets some people who put their lives on the line to save others. They are members of the RNLI which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.

It's claimed a grant for one-off housing is urgently needed to combat the acute supply crisis in Clare and the MidWest.

It comes as new figures show the number of homes available for sale in Munster has now reached a seventeen-year low, with less than 2,850 properties on the market.

According to the Real Estate Alliance, the average three-bed property in Clare is now selling for €63,000 above its listed price as a result.

Former Managing Director of the East Clare Construction Company and Mayor of Clare Joe Cooney insists a special subvention is needed for this county.

Fr Brendan Quinlivan leads our Sunday Prayer for today Sunday 31st March 2024, Easter Day. Bishop Fintan Monahan also provides an Easter Day Reflection.