Thousands of people are expected to hit the roads across Clare as the Bank Holiday exodus begins this afternoon.
It's a traditionally busy period with a number of events happening in the county from the Waterways Ireland Scarriff Harbour Festival, to Kildysart Show and Kilmihil's Festival of Fun.
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Gardaí say they'll be out in force and are aiming for a safe couple of days on the roads – in a year when four have been killed in crashes in Clare.
Meanwhile, it's also set to be a busy weekend in the skies above County Clare, with Shannon Airport expecting 42,000 passengers to pass through its doors this Bank Holiday weekend.
The figure is 20% is higher than this time last year and is one of the highest of any weekend of the year there.
