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The International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients for 2021 were announced by the Education Unit of An Taisce today. The number (93) of Blue Flags awarded this season set a new record for the Republic of Ireland.

The County Clare tourism sector will be showcased nationally this week when RTÉ’s popular daytime Today show broadcasts live from Ennis.

Cllr Mary Howard, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, today hosted Cllr Patrick O’Connor-Scarteen, Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, at Áras Contae an Chláir in a meeting of the Alliance of Mayors and Cathaoirligh to consider the decision by Aer Lingus to close its cabin crew base at Shannon Airport.

Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the African Union, which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 25th May, 1963.

Clare County Council, on the advice of the HSE, has placed a prohibition on swimming in Kilkee due to a malfunction of Irish Water sewage infrastructure.

Clare County Council has partnered with Limerick City and County Council, Tipperary County Council and the Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan to examine ways to fully realise the potential of the region when it come to the green digital economy.

While Clare Museum has been closed to the public or has operated under visitor restrictions during the applicable levels of Covid-19 restrictions, it has continued to collect the history of Clare.

Words of wisdom from older generations are being shared with children throughout Ireland and as far afield as the US, thanks to A Book of Hope, edited and illustrated by artist Ana Colomer.

Clare County Council has paused plans to erect an interpretive art piece in Ennistymon to enable a broader public engagement process to take place.