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    Every year the school attracts thousands of music lovers from all over the world to learn music or to enjoy the festival

    Willie Clancy Summer School archive to go online

    A special collection of archival material associated with the Willie Clancy Summer School of traditional music and dance is to be made available online this summer.

    Ireland • 12 Jun 20
    Martin Guinan feeds Rocky and Ivy

    Faithful farmers forge unlikely friendships with foxes

    Some unusual friendships have developed between a number of Co Offaly farmers and wild foxes, largely due to restrictions associated with Covid-19.

    Leinster • 28 May 20
    The truck carrying over ten tonnes of equipment left Ennistymon today

    Clare-based charity sends PPE to Belarus orphanages

    Over €50,000 worth of personal protective equipment and other healthcare items have been sent by the Co Clare-based Burren Chernobyl Project to Belarus in response to the outbreak of Covid-19 in a number of orphanages there.

    Munster • 06 May 20
    Pat O'Dea guides students through the online classes

    Set dancing classes get Parkinson's sufferers moving

    Therapy classes involving Irish music and set dancing are being provided online for the first time in Ireland to those living with Parkinson's disease.

    Ireland • 01 May 20
    ICA president Josephine Helly prepares a tunic at her home

    ICA members sewing scrubs during Covid-19 crisis

    With the shortage of personal protective equipment and medical scrubs during the Covid-19 emergency, private businesses and voluntary groups are stepping up to provide what they can for front-line workers.

    Coronavirus • 27 Apr 20
    The seafood sector is worth over €1 billion to the Irish economy

    Fishing industry calls for Covid-19 'tie-up' scheme

    Irish fishing industry representatives have called on the Government to provide a temporary fishing cessation tie-up scheme for vessels to support the industry through the turmoil created in the markets by Covid-19.

    Ireland • 22 Apr 20
    Lake Baikal in Russia is the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world

    Irish men travel 800km across frozen Siberian lake

    Two Irish men have been part of a successful world record attempt of traveling the entire length of the largest frozen lake in the world.

    News Lens • 12 Mar 20
    Barry O'Brien Lynch prepares to lay out the carpet in front of his 1940 Massey Ferguson

    Vintage tractor helps Irish pair win skijoring event

    A Co Meath man who, along with his friend, became the first Irish team to take part in and win a major skijoring event has returned home.

    Leinster • 07 Mar 20
    Seal Rescue Ireland is currently liaising with experts in Alaska and Holland for a care plan for Cloudberry

    Young seal native to Arctic areas rescued in Co Clare

    A seal that is normally native to the Arctic area has been rescued in Co Clare.

    News Lens • 15 Jan 20
    The incidence of bovine TB is higher than this time last year

    Farmers want new strategy to stop spread of bovine TB

    Farmers whose farms have been affected by occurrences of bovine TB have called for a new strategy to be rolled out urgently to tackle the spread of the disease.

    Ireland • 13 Dec 19
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