Clare holidaymakers left high and dry

Clare people have had their holidays cancelled following the collapse of XL Leisure Ireland.

The tour operator closed because of financial difficulties due to rising fuel prices and the economic downturn. The collapse leaves 1,000 Irish holidaymakers stranded abroad, and a further 3,000 who were set to travel with XL in the coming weeks without a holiday.

Breakingnews.ie reports that two flights were due to leave Dublin today for the Greek Islands, but their departures are now cancelled.

Clare holidaymakers left high and dry

Clare people have had their holidays cancelled following the collapse of XL Leisure Ireland.

The tour operator closed because of financial difficulties due to rising fuel prices and the economic downturn. The collapse leaves 1,000 Irish holidaymakers stranded abroad, and a further 3,000 who were set to travel with XL in the coming weeks without a holiday.

Breakingnews.ie reports that two flights were due to leave Dublin today for the Greek Islands, but their departures are now cancelled.

No X-ray lookback at Ennis GH

The HSE has said that it had consulted outside experts before it ruled out a review of all X-rays read at Ennis General Hospital last year.

The call for a widescale review came from the family of Ann Moriarty (53), who died of breast cancer last April, just months after being told her chest X-rays taken at the Ennis hospital were normal, when this was not the case, according to the Irish Times.

The X-rays had been performed in June and August last year after the mother of one, who was in remission from breast cancer after having had a mastectomy at Dublin's St James's Hospital in 2005, presented feeling unwell.

Ballynacally Fine Gael TD Pat Breen backed his call for an independent inquiry. "Public confidence must be restored that other X-rays taken at Ennis have not also been misread," he said.

Ann Moriarty, aged 53, died on April 28, 2008, Cahercalla Community Hospital, Ennis, of metastatic breast cancer. In April 2007, she had been given the all clear.

Above Image: Ann Moriarty with her husband, Karl Henry