The Clinic

It's Ed's birthday and the day starts off with him catching a junkie breaking into the surgery. Mrs Fleming is rattled by the burglary as the boy gained access through her flat.

Today is the anniversary of the day Cathy gave birth to a stillborn baby. Cathy and Ed's grief is private so much so they can't even talk to each other about it. Very few people at the Clinic know about the stillbirth.

Keelin has to face up to the news about her mother's cancer. She realises that her family cannot cope and she has to give up her single lifestyle and move back home to care for Mary, a difficult woman whom Keelin has never got on with at the best of times. Fiona goes further off the rails, and Cathy is forced to dismiss her.

Dan returns to Dublin and looks to make up with Susie, but soon discovers she has gone to Thailand. Cathy prescribes penicillin to a patient, not knowing the serious effect the drug will have on them.

Clodagh, the new GP, has a bad start to her day when she knocks Ed over. Her day goes from bad to worse when she suspects a patient has an ectopic pregnancy, but is overruled by Cathy's father, Mr O'Callaghan.

Brendan takes his grandmother home from hospital after she confesses that she knows she is dying, but wants to do so in her own bed.

Fiona is deeply missing Ed and thinks that The Clinic is falling apart without him. In her attempts to save The Clinic she only manages to make matters worse. Cathy too is feeling the aftermath of Ed's departure and is unable to cope with the daily business.

Brendan's inheritance of his Nan's house worth 2.75 million euro has just become official. The other staff in The Clinic question Brendan on what he would like to do with this money. Brendan is happy with his life and has no intention of selling his beloved Nan's house. Everybody has an ambition except for him and he tries to live his ambition through Clodagh.

Patrick is lonely and everything around him is further illustrating how alone he is. Through a chance encounter with an old acquaintance, he learns that his ex-wife Lisa is in town. They arrange to meet. Lisa hasn't seen him sober in a long time and is surprised by this new man. They get on great, the sparks are flying and their relationship takes a new turn.

Cathy is confident that she'll finally be able to oust her manipulative business partner and ex-lover, Dan. But her plan backfires when she discovers that her late father bequeathed his stake in the clinic to his secret partner of five years, Dr. Julia Brady.

Aine finds it increasingly difficult to cope with her son Tommy and reacts in a shocking and distressing way. Meanwhile, Cathy deliberately keeps Julia waiting in reception for their meeting. This backfires on Cathy when Dan invites Julia to dinner and sweet-talks her into taking a more permanent position in the Clinic.

The clinic's new nurse, Liam Smith, has a disastrous first day - and worst of all, he gets Dan's back up when he talks one of his patients out of getting rhinoplasty.

Dan is back with a second chance after surgery but his life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers Cathy is pregnant. It's a tumultuous start for the couple but they finally come together as one and look forward to their future. Cathy is now monitoring Clodagh's every step after her potentially life-threatening diagnosis and this causes tension for Clodagh. Daisy moves in with Conor and starts a relationship with Adam.

Liam's son Ian wants the morning after pill for a girl he had unprotected sex with but, when Liam calls her parents, he is stunned to hear that she claims Ian raped her. Meanwhile, Keelin returns to The Clinic from the U.S. a married woman. Julia's ex Harry arrives back on the scene and Ed changes his mind about selling his half of the building to Cathy and puts it on the market.

Julia is tempted by her ex-husband Harry's overtures to win her back - until she discovers that he has cancer. Dr. Lorcan O'Brien buys Ed's half of the practice and building which annoys Dan. Dan finally goes back to work at the Vico and repairs a knife wound scar on Keith Reid.

Cathy continues to lie in a coma after being run over by Niall Boylan unaware that she lost her cherished baby girl - Rachel - in the accident. Liam's son Ian is in trouble yet again and gets expelled from school and Liam has no choice but to put him into a fee paying school. Daisy returns home with Conor to be at Cathy's bedside and is there when Cathy suffers a brain haemorrhage and dies.

Dan's grief over Cathy's death is overshadowed by hearing that Niall Boylan will escape relatively free from a serious conviction. Dan's solicitor warns Dan to stay away from Niall. Meanwhile, new locum Dr Grace Sefate makes an impact on her first day when her belongings turn up before her. This unusual entrance immediately gives Grace an air of intrigue but she immediately asserts herself as a capable and dedicated doctor. Lorcan starts to struggle with his illness, now that he is on a harsh course of anti-retroviral medication for his HIV and this sees him becoming ...

St. Matthew's Hospital Director Michael Kinsella is keen for Julia to take over the job but she declines and tells him she is happy at the Clarence Street Clinic but will she regret her decision when long standing patient of hers Elayne Sheridan discovers she is pregnant for the fourth time and places Julia in an unenviable dilemma. Meanwhiile, Dan continues his thirst for revenge on Niall Boylan through his wife, Aideen and discovers her love of art. Clodagh agrees to help out on the night clinic and the methadone bus and is moved by Lorcan's dedication to his ...

Dan is questioned by the Gardai over Niall Boylan's death but is eventually released only to incur the wrath of Daisy about his involvement in supplying cosmetic surgery products at inflated prices. Lorcan supports Dan which Daisy doesn't understand but Dan is holding a trump card - Lorcan's HIV status. Elsewhere, Lorcan's daughter Madison moves in with him.

Daisy starts monitoring the Clinic's cash-flow and is less than happy with her findings. Dan takes on the complicated surgery of a young African boy with a deformity that could kill him. Ruairí's dad Franny goes to see Patrick and he encourages him to enjoy his last few months by drawing up a 'bucket list'. Meanwhile, Cara forges a prescription for a long-standing patient but is found out leaving Daisy with no option but to give her a verbal warning. Elsewhere, Dave blackmails Lorcan to giving him cash in return for him staying silent on his HIV status.

Dan is up against the Medical Council for his hearing. Alice is upset when she finds Dan has turned to Daisy for support on the day of his hearing. Dan blackmails Lorcan to be on his side when he is called to testify but will Lorcan comply? Meanwhile, Ruairi helps his dad Franny build a sun-deck for Grace but Franny's condition gets progressively worse but does not tell Ruairi.