*Dromoland Castle. FIVE STAR luxury Dromoland Castle Resort has received the green light for an additional 25 guest rooms that will add millions or euro in annual revenues to the resort when operational.
*Clarecastle THE TRIAL of a Clarecastle man charged with a serious drug dealing offence and careless driving causing serious bodily harm has been adjourned.
*The driver told the court it was an inconvenience for her to be at Ennis Circuit Court. A total of 52 Fixed Charge Penalty Notices (FCPNs) have been issued in the post to a Clare motorist for alleged driving offences and has no penalty points, before now, a court has heard.
*Darragh Pender. A SOLICITOR for one of the four Clare men accused of robbery of Carrigaholt Post Office has asked for prison support for his client stating that the man is in the same clothes as he was four or five weeks ago.
*An artist’s impression of the proposed ballroom. CLARE COUNTY Council has given the green light for a new ballroom at the US President Donald Trump-owned Trump Doonbeg golf resort.
*He will be back before Ennis District Court next month. A CLARE man has appeared in court charged with the alleged unlawful possession of 947 videos and 1,725 images of child pornography at an Ennis address on different dates over a two year period.
*The theft took place in August 2025. A JUDGE has jailed a bicycle robber who told his victim that he could have his €100 mountain bike back “for a tenner or a fag”.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 20-year old East Clare man charged in connection with the rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and non-fatal strangulation of a female in July 2024 has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
*The matter was before Ennis District Court this week. A CLARE woman has been granted a Protection Order against her brother who lives with her in their family home.
*Church St in Scariff. EXTERN have been appointed to monitor an Ennis teenager while he is on bail for a spate of car thefts in Scariff and Gort.