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Patrick Nugent: What happened that night, do gardaí know something new and why are they exhuming a body?

Chef William Ryan was acquitted in 1985 of Mr Nugent’s manslaughter and dangerous driving causing death

Patrick Nugent death: Gardaí interviewing guests and staff at Bunratty party 40 years ago

The cold case investigation involves the ‘sensitive operation’ of exhuming Patrick Nugent’s remains from his grave on Tuesday

Remains of Co Clare man killed in 1984 to be exhumed

Patrick Nugent was aged 23 when he died while working at a wedding anniversary party in Bunratty Castle

Clare medical student returns home to death threats after a summer dodging Russian drones and glide bombs in Ukraine

Student befriended 20-year-old Dubliner Alex Ryzhuk who was fighting with the Ukrainians and is now presumed dead

What will €165,000 buy in France, the US, Croatia, Norway and Co Clare?

One price, home and away: A cut-stone house on the Cotes-d-Armor, hideaway cabins and more

Intel’s research and development facility at Shannon to close next year

Base for those currently working in Co Clare operation to be moved to Leixlip or abroad but no additional redundancies expected

Lahinch Golf Club’s €6m redevelopment in full swing amid healthy finances

Club believes it important to enhance its clubhouse experience to that of a world top 50 golf course

Ireland’s refugee hotels: ‘We have more Ukrainians than Irish people in Ballyvaughan now’

How Irish villages are handling the influx of Ukrainians and the closure of hotels to the public

Great restaurants around Ireland to try for a special occasion

For special occasions, restaurants that are places to savour in themselves

Dublin, Mayo and Clare beaches closed to swimmers due to Storm Lilian water pollution

Restrictions at 20 beaches in Mayo will remain in place for up to six days with further six locations affected in Clare

Edna O’Brien talked about a book-burning of The Country Girls in rural Clare. But did it actually happen?

Plus: Dave Grohl’s Kerry drive in 1994; rhododendron set for ban; and some interesting local government ethics declarations

Trump’s Doonbeg resort raking in the revenue, according to US election filing

Republican candidate declared more than €22m from Co Clare hotel and golf links

Sixty years ago, the clerics denounced Edna O’Brien. On Saturday she was welcomed home

A flotilla of lake boats carried mourners to Holy Island, where the ‘brilliant, wild, soaring and indomitable’ Irish writer was laid to rest

Aer Lingus to close Shannon cargo facility

IAG Cargo set to begin consultation with affected staff in the coming weeks

Infighting and division in Doolin Coast Guard prompts husband of Caitríona Lucas to set up independent rescue service

The current Coast Guard unit does not have enough experienced members to operate a climbing team, a critical part of the rescue and recovery service at the Cliffs of Moher

Mammy and Daddy Collison are moving up in the world, to Ailesbury Road to be exact

Plus: the seller of Tathony House in Dublin 8 got his sums right, Caitríona Balfe’s healthy finances, and the rising price of a Brittas Bay mobile home

Seven great classic restaurants to visit around Ireland

Innovation and attention to detail define these first-class dining establishments

My sister Valerie French Kilroy was our warrior princess. Change the law to protect her children

When her husband was charged and convicted of her murder, his guardianship rights were not affected

‘The best place to see Edna O’Brien was at Mass’: the banned and burned author’s complex relationship with Ireland

‘You have to be dead in Ireland to be a hero. History has shown us that; there are no living martyrs’ - O’Brien’s nephew

Inside the US biomedical behemoth ‘down a boreen in east Clare’

Irish man Kevin O’Reilly is global president of the medical diagnostics company Beckman Coulter

Man who beat up his girlfriend during ‘horrendous’ vodka-fuelled assault escapes jail sentence

Judge Francis Comerford imposed a suspended sentence on Colin Curtis, of Crusheen, Co Clare, at Ennis District Court due to mitigating features in the case

‘I don’t find them to be credible’: Judge dismisses ‘outrageous’ €60,000 injury claims taken by two women

Anne Keenan (66) and Catherine McCarthy (66), both from Ennis, alleged taxi struck van during 2016 trip to Heuston Station in Dublin

Irish author Edna O’Brien has died aged 93

President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to ‘fearless teller of truths’ who died peacefully on Saturday after long illness

Body recovered from sea off Co Clare confirmed to be boy who went missing at Cliffs of Moher

Body seen in water by occupants of pleasure craft at about 10am

Drones deployed by Coast Guard to help in search for 12-year-old boy who fell at Cliffs of Moher

Boy became separated from his family on Tuesday and is believed to have fallen from cliffs

Cliffs of Moher search for boy (12) continues

The operation is due to resume from around 11am, the Irish Coast Guard confirmed

Cliffs of Moher: Search for missing boy follows two recent tragedies at world famous site

Keeping the walking trail safe is becoming more challenging

Cliffs of Moher search for boy (12) continues as ‘recovery operation’

It is understood the missing child became separated from his family on Tuesday afternoon

Search for young boy reported missing at Cliffs of Moher on Tuesday

Boy became separated from his family, who are holidaying in area, while visiting cliffs

Former Clare hurler Niall Gilligan allegedly fractured hand of 12-year-old boy with stick

Farmer and auctioneer allegedly assaulted boy in disused hostel he owns

‘The players now are immortal’: Clare welcomes hurling champions home

Clare fans celebrate as the Liam MacCarthy cup is brought to the county for only the fifth time

Diagnostics firm Beckman Coulter to invest €10m in Clare facility

Company currently employs 550 on site at O'Callaghan's Mills

Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival pubs are refused 2.30am closing time

Publicans argued ‘serious work’ for singles only gets going at 1:30am in local pubs

Six great food stalls around Ireland to look out for this summer

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‘Wrongdoers’ in mica defective block scandal have not been pursued, says Doherty

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman claims effort ‘at the very heart of Government’ to limit support for homeowners in redress scheme

Restaurant review: Gregans Castle is a dead cert to win Ireland’s next Michelin star

There is technique and skill neatly woven through every dish in this beautiful dining room with stunning views over the Burren

Clare TD fails to secure planning permission for home after he disclosed he owns another house in the area

Bord Pleanála refused permission to Cathal Crowe after finding his need to live in the local area ‘can be met by property and land in his ownership’

Former Clare hurler Niall Gilligan charged with assault causing harm to 12-year-old boy

All-Ireland winner (47) allegedly produced wooden stick during dispute at Jamaica Inn Hostel in Sixmilebridge last October

Private toll operator urged to lift barriers for Cork and Clare GAA fans travelling to All Ireland hurling final

Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard says repeat of long delays experienced by Cork and Limerick fans on Sunday must be avoided

Des Lynam: ‘I had a problem with fast women and slow horses but that’s well in the past’

The former Grandstand and Match of the Day presenter has written a pair of books about animals, Now Who’s Talking 1 and 2, with illustrations by Bryony Hill

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