He’s building a ballroom at the White House, and now Donald Trump has been given the green light for another at his Co. Clare hotel – but he must protect a tiny endangered snail first. Clare County ...

Donald Trump’s plans to build a ballroom at his Doonbeg golf resort in west Clare are moving at a snail’s pace – thanks to an objector who lives nearly 200km away. Liam Madden from Longford has lodged ...

The narrow-mouthed whorl snail, also known as the Vertigo angustior, is a near-threatened species almost invisible to the human eye. They’re often found in undisturbed marshy grasslands and have ...