Patient review showed good results, Carmody trial toldA PROFESSOR of medicine has told a court that a review of a group of cancer patients treated by Paschal Carmody showed very good…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
'Serious decisions' to be made where State agencies overlapTÁNAISTE AND Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said yesterday where there was overlap in State agencies…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Laser cancer treatment unproven - expertA CANCER expert told a jury yesterday that patients must be protected from people experimenting on them.Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Judge and jury visit Killaloe clinic in cancer doctor trialTHE JUDGE and jury in the trial of a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception yesterday visited the…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Planning for one-off house in Burren refusedA MOVE by members of Clare County Council to force through a contentious planning permission for an Ennis businessman for a one…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Man denies giving false hope to cancer patients with PDT treatmentTHE MAN on trial for obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by deception told gardaí that at no…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Deception trial doctor 'would never promise anyone a cure for cancer'COUNSEL FOR a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception told a jury yesterday that his client had never…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Widow recalls 'miracle' cure talePASCHAL CARMODY told a terminally-ill cancer patient that it was his mission in life to find a cure for cancer for the people…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Doctor in cancer case has left countryTHE DOCTOR who administered the photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment to terminally ill cancer patients at the East Clinic in …Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Boy told treatment would 'at worst' keep him aliveTHE MOTHER of a terminally ill 15-year-old boy told a jury yesterday that Paschal Carmody told her son that he would cure him…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Street protests over new Ennis schoolMORE THAN 1,000 people took to the streets of Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday in protest at the failure of the Department of Education…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Former doctor on trial for deceptionThe mother of a terminally ill 15-year old boy told a jury today that a former doctor told her son that he would cure him of …Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
School buildings delay 'unacceptable'THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh said it is “unacceptable” that the provision of permanent accommodation for Ennis schools…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Council flushed with success as 'loo with a view' sells for €400kA DERELICT “loo with a view” at the seaside resort of Lahinch yesterday scooped €400,000 for Clare County Council at a public…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
€35,000 award for drowning tragedyA CIRCUIT court judge has approved the payment of €35,000 in compensation to a Co Clare family arising from a tragedy three years…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Ex-doctor denies he falsely claimed cancer cureA FORMER doctor yesterday pleaded not guilty to obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by falsely…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
€750,000 paid by council for parcel of land in rail upgradeCLARE COUNTY Council has spent €750,000 acquiring a parcel of land for the upgrading of a railway projectFri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
Lahinch toilet block site to fetch up to €300,000CLARE COUNTY Council is set to net up to €300,000 for a site containing a dilapidated toilet block with "uninterrupted sea views…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
18 charges against former doctor droppedTHE STATE yesterday withdrew 18 larceny charges against former doctor Paschal Carmody in a case in which he is accused of receiving…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Council denies cover-up over contamination of Ennis waterTHE ENNIS town engineer has denied that Clare County Council concealed information from the public in relation to the level of…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Three gardaí face sworn inquiryTHREE CLARE gardaí are to appear today at a sworn Garda disciplinary inquiry in relation to alleged breaches of duty during an…Tue May 13 2008 - 01:00
One firm caters for 20% of all asylum seekersONE PRIVATE company accommodates over 20 per cent of the 6,850 asylum seekers located in 63 privately-run "direct provision" …Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
Judge agrees to hear larceny case against doctor in JuneA JUDGE was told yesterday that it is now urgent that a case against a doctor charged with receiving more than €50,000 after …Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Ministers write to Hanafin over school applicationTAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern and four senior Fianna Fáil Ministers, including Brian Cowen, made representations to Minister for Education…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Steiner school plan meets 52 objectionsTHE SCALE of opposition by established schools in the Co Clare region against plans for a new Steiner school emerged yesterday…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Contentious €25m Lahinch housing plan gets green lightCLARE COUNTY Council has disregarded the objections of the Sisters of Mercy and other Lahinch residents and given permission …Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Tributes: 'one of our greatest Claremen'The mayor of Clare, Cllr Patricia McCarthy, told Clare County Council's April meeting yesterday that Dr Hillery "gave so much…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Extra €518,000 paid to workers due to Clare council errorAN "ADMINISTRATIVE error" by Clare County Council has cost the taxpayer €518,000 in overpayments to council road workers.Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
Nearly 67,000 US troops passed through Shannon in January-MarchTHE NUMBER of US troops going through Shannon airport in the first quarter of this year increased by almost 150 per cent on the…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Clare council passes €10m explosives plant beside ShannonCLARE COUNTY Council has granted planning permission for a contentious plan to construct a €10 million explosives plant along…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Planning permission sought for €200m housing scheme in EnnisPLANS HAVE been lodged for what would be the largest residential housing scheme in Co Clare with a €200 million proposal aiming…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Decrease in passengers expected in 2008 as Shannon stopover endsTHE CHAIRMAN of the Shannon Airport Authority, Pat Shanahan, expects a 10 per cent drop in passenger numbers on US routes into…Mon Mar 31 2008 - 01:00
HSE denies plan to divert critically ill from Ennis hospital is downgradeA CONTROVERSIAL plan to discontinue the treatment of critically ill patients at Ennis General Hospital is not a downgrading of…Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Clare council asked to report on unfinished bypassCLARE COUNTY Council was yesterday called on to provide a full report in relation to the €200 million Ennis bypass scheme, where…Tue Mar 25 2008 - 00:00
Former doctor remanded on bailA FORMER Co Clare doctor was yesterday returned for trial in relation to 44 separate charges of larceny, deception and getting…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Literary devotees to descend on Ennis for annual book club festivalHUNDREDS OF literary enthusiasts will visit Ennis, Co Clare, this weekend to celebrate the second annual book club festival.Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Planning refused for visitor centre at Clare caveCLARE COUNTY Council has refused planning permission for a visitor centre to serve the Pól an Ionáin cave near Doolin.Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Major rise in Clare charges plannedHomebuyers across Co Clare face major rises in house prices because of planned new local authority charges.Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
'Victory' claim on council accessA Green Party councillor was last night claiming victory in his move to have TDs banned from the non-public sections of Clare…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Ennis householders told to boil waterThe discovery of E.coli in the Ennis public water supply yesterday forced local councils to warn thousands of householders not…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Hurler seeks damages over commercial use of his imageAn inter-county GAA star is taking a case against a newspaper over the alleged unauthorised use of his image in promotional material…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Conservation officer says claim ludicrousClare's conservation officer has come under fire after a councillor claimed his intervention cost the Catholic Church an additional…Wed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
Ennis council offices open todayEnnis County Council's new €27 million headquarters will open to the public today - almost a decade after the proposal was first…Wed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
Ex-doctor faces further larceny chargesA former Co Clare doctor appeared in court yesterday charged with receiving €35,436 through falsely pretending to three cancer…Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
Woman 'stable' after snow plough accidentA woman from Co Clare last night remained in a "serious but stable condition" after being struck by a snow-plough in California…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Shannon-Heathrow passengers up 10,000 in 2007Passenger numbers on the abandoned Aer Lingus Shannon-London Heathrow service increased by more than 10,000 last year.Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
Plan to return red deer to Burren criticisedA proposal to reintroduce red deer into the Burren in a bid to halt the spread of scrub was yesterday dismissed by the chairman…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Shannon airport traffic growth stallsPassenger growth at Shannon airport has stalled following several years of double-digit growth.Thu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
Artists oppose building of €10m wind farmA group of east Clare-based artists, including film-maker and Aosdána member Joe Comerford, have added their opposition to plans…Wed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
Cliffs of Moher centre attracts one million visitorsAlmost one million visitors were recorded at the Cliffs of Moher last year in the first year of the operation of the new €31.…Wed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
