A Clare man was forced to leave the country for England due to the attention from his infatuated former lover, a court has been told.

A senior Garda yesterday said he finds it “nothing short of astonishing” that a former air hostess infatuated with her former lover could allegedly be breaking her bail conditions concerning contact with the man.

A surgeon has been cleared by a Medical Council inquiry into the treatment of a woman who died following three operations at Ennis General Hospital.