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A Clare lifeboat station is warning "the sea is in no mood for visitors" this weekend. The Irish Coast Guard, Water Safety Ireland, and the RNLI have issued a joint statement urging people to exercise caution near the water this Easter Bank Holiday Weekend. It comes as a Status Yellow wind warning comes into effect at 2 o'clock this afternoon and expires at 11 tonight. Kilrush RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer Charlie Glynn is advising people to stay way from areas where there's a risk of falling into the water.

A number of East Clare residents are reportedly experiencing difficulty accessing their homes due to damage on their roads caused by the Killaloe Bypass project. Unveiled last May, the €88 million development saw the construction of a new bridge connecting Killaloe and Ballina as well as a two-kilometre single carriageway bypass. Follwing complaints of parts of nearby roads having sunk due to wear and tear caused by construction vehicles, Killaloe Municipal District has pledged to seek restoration works funding from the Department of Transport. Fianna Fáil Councillor Tony O'Brien, who raised the issue at the latest Killaloe MD meeting, says at the very least, the roads should be restored to the condition they were in before the project began.

A housing charity fears a new Government proposal could bring the "wild west of renting" to Clare. The planned extension of the rent-a-room scheme to modular cabins has been met with criticism by many including leading members of the opposition. Threshold and Age Action have issued a joint statement claiming those who rent garden homes could be "incorrectly treated as licensees", meaning they'd have "little to no tenancy protections". Threshold Campaigns Officer Cat Clark says it's likely there'd be little security for these renters.