Clare County Council is urging holiday home owners in West Clare to refrain from using public bins at coastal locations to dispose of their domestic refuse.

THE heatwave may be over but with temperatures set to stay in the 20s for the coming weeks, people are being urged to be safe and not to swim in unguarded areas.

Kildysart Agricultural Show is gearing up for a day to top all others on Saturday, August 3. A huge range of events have been put together for show day 2013 and organisers are confident patrons will be very impressed.

The McNamara family garden in Scariff will be full of comings and goings on Sunday August 4, as the whole clan gather for a novelty fundraiser to help children in the Mukuru Slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

KILMALEY man Eamonn Meehan has been appointed as the new executive director of Trócaire, the overseas Catholic development agency. He succeeds Justin Kilcullen who is due to retire in October.

WITH Kate Middleton celebrating the birth of her first child and future king of England this week, it has emerged she could, potentially, be taking part in the celebrations for another royal relation in Clare next year.

FROM this Friday, opening times at Loop Head Lighthouse are being extended by two hours, to accommodate the surge in visitor numbers to the West Clare landmark.

A WOMAN was removed by ambulance to hospital with abdominal injuries last Sunday after being struck by a bottle-nose dolphin while swimming off the pier in Doolin.