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Recently appointed Superintendent Colm O’Sullivan alongside Sergeants Joe Downey and Brian Howard gave the presentation on home security at the Ennistymon Daycare Centre on Monday.

A report in relation to care at Cappahard Lodge, Ennis of the late Gerard Finn has been published. Reporting By Dan Danaher. CLARE Mental Health Services (CMHS) has been requested to develop a new protocol for dealing with challenging behaviour expressed by families and complainants, with particular emphasis on training in mediation skills for designated staff in Cappahard Lodge, Ennis and other facilities.That’s one of the 37 recommendations made in the latest review of the care provided and complaints made in relation to Gerard Finn, Kilrush, while he was a patient at Cappahard Lodge.The review team commissioned by the HSE has also recommended the function of Cappahard Lodge should be addressed as a matter of urgency, to establish a clear vision and purpose for the unit, addressing issues such as case mix and whether it should only accommodate patients with dementia.It called for a review of the management in Cappahard Lodge as a matter of urgency, resulting in, ideally, one …

A CLARECASTLE family is considering legal action against the Health Services Executive arising from the death of Thomas Keenan, aged 53, in an ambulance outside Ennis hospital in the early hours of the morning of Wednesday, September 22.

Residents of a local authority house in Clare where a higher than acceptable level of cancer causing gas was recorded, refused to allow an extractor fan fitted by the council to be turned on, The Clare Champion can reveal.

Suicide rates are up, there are more homeless people on the streets and many people face financial stress, work worries and relationship breakdown. The challenges of this recession are impossible to avoid and the damage to mental health is now evident.

THE WEEK IN POLITICS We need a general election now like we need a hole in the head. A general election would certainly put an end to Fianna Fáil’s long years in power. It would almost certainly provide us with a new Fine Gael/Labour coalition and probably with Enda Kenny as Taoiseach.

The residents of Cappa Lodge in Sixmilebridge have created a sense of pride and cultivated greater community spirit through their efforts to improve their estate but their hard work has earned them the title of Clare’s best kept estate.

CONCERN Worldwide’s director of public affairs, Richard Dixon likes to consider himself a Clare man. He’s not from Clare. He belongs to that group of Clare exiles living in Dublin who believe in their hearts that they are from Clare.