Former Ryanair pilot charged with €10m Meelick drug seizure
A FORMER Ryanair pilot, charged in connection with the possession of more than €10m worth of drugs, is not a suitable case for legal aid, a court was told.
Teenager jailed for ‘outrageous’ broad daylight machete attack on busy Ennis street
*Trevor Quinn. A JUDGE has jailed a teenage ‘Born Again Christian’ for 14 months for an ‘outrageous’ broad daylight machete attack on a busy Ennis street that left his victim requiring 40 stitches to a facial wound.
Prisoner ‘goes up in puff of smoke’ & absconds while on permitted cigarette break at Ennis Garda Station
*Ennis Garda Station. A PRISONER ‘went up in a puff of smoke’ and absconded from Garda custody at Ennis Garda Station during a cigarette break, a court has heard.
Record green fee income of €3.3m helps Lahinch Golf Club make operating surplus of €1.72m
*Lahinch Golf Club. RECORD GREEN fee income of €3.3m at Lahinch Golf Club last year contributed to the club making an operating surplus of €1.72m.
North Clare couple blocked from moving into new home due to self-styled ‘God’s Enforcer’
*The matter came before Ennis District Court. A COUPLE have been unable to move into their new home near the Clare village of Inagh due to the actions of a neighbouring farmer and self-styled ‘God’s Enforcer’ in blocking the roadway to their home, a court has heard.
Father lost control when head-butting GAA coach at U10s training session in Killaloe
*The incident occurred last May. A FATHER lost control when head-butting a GAA coach in front of young children playing hurling at an under-10s training session in Killaloe in May of last year, a court has heard.
Three-year jail sentence for Ennis man who threatened to ‘light up’ Lahinch bound hitch-hiker
*The sentencing took place on Tuesday at Ennis Circuit Court. A judge has jailed a 31 year old Ennis man for three years and five months for threatening a hitch-hiker that he would set him alight after pulling out a plastic bottle full of petrol.
Lisdoonvarna Direct Provision firm ordered to pay €7k to Romanian worker racially abused in workplace
*King Thomond Hotel. A LISDOONVARNA based Direct Provision firm which has received millions of euro in State payments for housing International Protection (IP) applicants has been ordered to pay €7,000 compensation to a Romanian worker who was racially abused by a colleague.
75 year old Lissycasey man accused of trying to smuggle 22 year old woman into State returned for trial
*Roger Bishop. A 75-year old Lissycasey man accused of providing a fraudulent French ID card to a 22-year old woman he met online in order to assist her to gain illegal entry into Ireland last year has been returned for trial.
Cooraclare man declared hostile witness after refusal to give evidence against neighbour in drink driving case
*Cooraclare. Photograph: Shane Lorigan. A GARDA inspector declared a Cooraclare man a hostile witness in a case where his ‘over the drink-driving limit’ neighbour wrote off his car in a late night road traffic accident.
