Clare teenager who died from meningitis named locally

Close contacts are being contacted by public health doctors to be offered treatment. Person-to-person spread is rare

Meningitis is a serious illness involving inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, and can be caused by a variety of different germs, mainly bacteria and viruses.

A teenager has died with meningitis in Co Clare and the confirmed case is being investigated by Public Health Mid-West.

Close contacts are being identified by public health doctors and are being contacted to be offered treatment.