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Bob Boilen will retire from NPR on Oct. 2, and he decided to spend one of his final episodes hosting All Songs Considered with NPR Music's resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, for a mix of pop punk, meticulously cut-up banjo drone, worlds-collapsing free jazz and fingerstyle guitar. Featured Songs And Artists: 1. MxPx: "What I Tell Myself" from Find a Way Home 2. Slant: "Criminal" from Demo 2023 3. Daniel Bachman: "Summer's fingers sweetly linger (Everywhere on every...

Clare County Council has been urged not to “kick the responsibility up the line to government” when it comes to tackling road safety. Minister of State Jack Chambers has announced this week that speed limits are to be reduced, with local and rural roads to drop from 80km/h to 60km/h. With five fatalities on this […]

A North Clare Councillor believes a new apprenticeship programme for paramedics will serve to significantly improve the county’s emergency response times. The Public Sector Apprenticeship Plan, launched this week, will aim to achieve 750 registrations per annum by 2025 across a wide range of disciplines including healthcare assistant and paramedic roles. Last year, 34% of […]

New proposals would affect popular destinations including Lahinch, Kilkee, Doolin and Spanish Point

Signs discouraging people from swimming off Doolin Pier should be taken down and the entire area designated for swimming, a local councillor has said. 

There is frustration over plans for visitors to the Cliffs of Moher and for Doolin Bay.

HANCOCK — Art, music, local produce and a sheep took up the town common this past Thursday evening as the Hancock Farmers and Artisans Market drew in a few hundred

Artists with ties to the High Country will return to Boone, North Carolina, this summer for the second annual Boonerang Music & Arts Festival from Thursday through Saturday, June 15-17.

Calls have been made for a swimming area and lifeguard station to be opened in Doolin. Councillor Liam Grant has proposed the designated swimming area, citing the popularity of water activities in West Clare in the likes of Lahinch and Spanish Point. The Lahinch native has called on the West Clare Municipal District to “engage […]

Lewiston native and musical luminary Buck Curran will present an afternoon of music hosted by L/A Arts from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 7, at the LA Arts gallery in Lewiston. Curran will be joined by Liam Grant and special guests Shanti Deschaine (Arborea) and Hiroya Miura. Curran is an American guitarist-singer-songwriter. Since 2005, Buck […]