*The Armada Hotel in Spanish Point. THE SPANISH POINT hotel business operated by Mount Everest conqueror John Burke reached new heights last year when it enjoyed record revenues of €14.19m.
*St Peter and Paul Cathedral. A 42 year old Ennis man has been jailed for six months arising from an incident where he ‘destroyed the floor’ of a Catholic Cathedral building in Ennis by defecating on it.
*Brendan O’Mara. THERE IS a High Court challenge in the case where a former Ryanair pilot is facing charges in connection with a Garda seizure of an estimated €10m worth of drugs, a court has heard.
*Bail conditions were relaxed for the trio. AN EXTENSIVE Garda file is to be prepared concerning three 23-year old pro-Palestinian activists charged with the criminal damage of a US military plane at Shannon Airport in November.
*Initial Garda tests found a white substance to be cocaine. A 30-year old Kilrush man spent five weeks on remand in prison due to an incorrect initial Garda test which wrongly determined that the white substance found at his home was cocaine.
*FILE PIC. A JUDGE has expressed concern that if a deterrent is not put in place on a County Clare farmer, “we could be back here in three months with ten more cattle dead and carcasses all over his farm”.
*Daragh Hassett. A JUDGE has said a witness crossed a line when allegedly threatening a solicitor in court.
*Saoirse Lillis McMahon. A 33-year old Kilkee woman pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of ‘inspirational’ school teacher, Michael Lorigan (70).
*Danny Harty. A 26 year old Shannon man goaded Gardaí on social media with a ‘catch me if you can’ type message as officers were searching for him concerning alleged assaults committed by the man, a court has heard.
PLANS to build a €25m HSE community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis have been refused.