THE number of patients on trolleys at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital Ennis has doubled over the past year, it has been claimed.

A MAN in his 30s was brought before a sitting of Ennis District Court this Thursday morning, charged with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy in North Clare last week.

DISABLED people in the Shannon area have to pay substantial taxi fares because of a problem in using public transport.

A NATIONAL Roads Authority (NRA) report, which was conducted over a two-year period, has identified a number of dangerous secondary roads in Clare, where several fatal accidents have taken place.

FIVE hundred and thirty-nine motorists have fallen foul of speed cameras on Clare roads since the Go-Safe mobile safety cameras wheeled into operation in the county last November.

AN Ennis businessman has denied giving “two fingers” to creditors after his company went out of business, saying he has lost more money than anyone from the venture.

A West Clare GP has asked three Clare deputies to outline what action they had taken to highlight the difficulties caused by the removal of emergency services from Ennis and Nenagh hospitals.