From a hotel harnessing all its electricity needs through hydropower to an artisan producer embracing sustainable farming practices, 70 members of the Burren Ecotourism Network have now signed up for the Geopark Code of Practice for Sustainable Tourism.
County Clare is among the counties that registered the highest number of new car registrations and the top county for new electric vehicles in 2023, figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show.
A former head of the Irish Coast Guard has said he believes staffing cuts by the section’s parent department compromised safety and were contributory factors in the deaths of Caitríona Lucas and the four Rescue 116 helicopter crew.
That is according to Independent Clare TD, Michael McNamara, who made his comment at a Clare Joint Policing Committee (JPC) where he asked “was anything other…