A High Court action opposing free GP care for under-sixes has been withdrawn for “tactical” reasons.

FORMER Clare GP Paschal Carmody told a jury that he never promised 15-year-old Conor O’Sullivan a cure for his cancer.

THE Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is set to hold a national raffle for a €200,000 home after the property failed to attract a single bid at auction yesterday.

THE country’s endangered cats and dogs are set to receive a €200,000 windfall after a late Clare GP bequeathed her home and surgery to the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA).

A JUDGE yesterday ordered a halt to the retrial of former Clare GP Paschal Carmody on charges of defrauding terminally ill patients pending the outcome of a High Court challenge.