Rural Life
Putting old farming photographs in the frame
Historian and author Colm Liddy has amassed a vast collection of old photographs from Co. Clare, many of which depict...
Clare
Machinery Focus
Machinery: A rare MF Quattrino ends up in Co. Clare
The Massey Ferguson Quattrino 4120 is not a model that even many fans of the marque are familiar with, which...
Rural Life
Court: Farmer charged with dangerous driving of tractor
By Gordon Deegan A Co. Clare farmer has appeared in court charged with drink driving and dangerous driving while driving...
Rural Life
Status Orange wind warning for two counties tomorrow
Met Éireann has this afternoon (Tuesday, April 11) issued a Status Orange warning for wind for two counties for tomorrow....
Agri-Business
Electric fence manufacturer acquires Boundary Blade
Co. Clare-based electric fence manufacturer Forcefield Active Technology has recently completed the acquisition of Boundary Blade Ltd. Founded in 2020...
Rural Life
Clare farmer avoids jail for animal neglect
By Gordon Deegan A farmer in the Burren in Co. Clare whose cattle herd suffered 63 fatalities over a winter...
Rural Life
Clare farmer admits health and safety breach after farm death
By Gordon Deegan A west Clare man has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach concerning a fatal farm...
Rural Life
Clare farmer wins court battle to get his gun back
By Gordon Deegan A Burren farmer who is in dispute with a neighbour has won a court battle to get...
Rural Life
Man pleads guilty to safety breaches regarding farm fatality
By Gordon Deegan A west Clare man has pleaded guilty to two health and safety breaches concerning a fatal farm accident which...
Machinery Focus
Focus: Conor engineering takes tankers to a new level
It was back in the 1980s that Enda O’Connor of Tubber, Co Clare, took to repairing and manufacturing farm equipment,...
Machinery News
Conor Engineering ships Ireland's largest tankers to NZ
At 30m³, or 6,600 gallons, Barry O’Connor, of Conor Engineering, Co. Clare, believes that the latest two tankers produced by...
Rural Life
Limerick gang jailed for burglary on isolated Clare farmhouse
By Gordon Deegan A judge has jailed four members of a Limerick burglary gang for a cumulative 14 years for...
Rural Life
Court: Driving ban for man involved in garda chase on quad bike
By Gordon Deegan An east Clare man reached speeds of 100km/h on his quad bike in a high speed chase...
Rural Life
Judge asked to dismiss Ennis mart assault charge
By Gordon Deegan A judge was asked today (Tuesday, October 25) to dismiss a mart assault charge against farmer son...
Rural Life
Farmer to contest mart assault and 'breach of peace' charges
By Gordon Deegan A farmer son of Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara is to “fully contest” assault and ‘breach of the peace’ charges...
Rural Life
Teenager airlifted to hospital after tractor collision in Clare
A teenager was airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a tractor in Co. Clare yesterday (Wednesday, August 10). The...
Rural Life
Road concerns to be raised with TII following death of Glanbia milkman
By Gordon Deegan Clare County Coroner is to write to the state’s national roads agency to highlight road concerns over...
Rural Life
Clare man pleads guilty to assault in dispute over animal
By Gordon Deegan A 71-year old west Clare man has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a brother-in-law...
