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VULNERABLE elderly patients with serious medical conditions have been dealt a “double whammy” following a dramatic change in admission policy, a Mid-West leading consultant physician has claimed.

A GARDA alert has gone out following reports of attempts by telephone callers to get credit card information. This has happened most recently in the Mount Ivers area of Sixmilebridge and in the Ogonnelloe area, where people were duped into handing over small amounts of cash to fix alleged problems with their computers.

A SMARTPHONE application that uses GPS technology and Google Maps to guide tourists around the heritage trails of Ennis has gone live.

CLARE experienced the eighth sharpest fall in housing planning applications and commencement notices, according to the latest edition of the National Housing Construction Index.

THE destructive effect on post offices throughout the county if the Government proceeds with its policy to channel social welfare payments out of An Post to financial institutions has been presented to Social Protection Minister Joan Burton.

IN their report into the tragic drownings of Quilty fisherman Michael Galvin and Noel Dickinson last August, the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) found it is probable that the Lady Eileen encountered wind or wave action or a combination of both.

The Family Project is a new TV series that follows families working together to overcome educational issues that affect their lives, whether it’s Dad wanting to return to education, the kids finding maths difficult, or simply parents not finding time to help with homework.

THIS Thursday’s meeting of County Clare Vocational Education ­Committee will be its last after 83 years.It is being subsumed on July 1 into ­Limerick and Clare Education and ­Training Board (LCETB).