A 37-year man found by Gardai unsteady on his feet and with slurred speech 150 feet away from his crashed car on a motorway has escaped a drink-driving ban on appeal. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford found that Setanta Helferty’s proximity to his car was not sufficient proof beyond reasonable doubt to …
PLANS are to be lodged in the coming days with An Bord Pleanala for a ‘land-mark’ 450 MW wind-farm with 30 turbines over 1,000 ft high in the Atlantic Ocean off the Co Clare and Co Galway coast. The 30 turbine Sceirde Rocks Offshore Wind Farm by Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta is to be located 5km …
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An Ennis teenager charged in connection with a broad daylight machete attack cannot currently take up High Court bail as a Dublin local authority has said that he can’t stay at a Council owned property, a court has heard. In the case, Trevor Quinn (18) has been on remand at Limerick prison since November 21st after being …
CLARE COUNTY Council has given the green light to US President Donald Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg for new upgrade works. In a decision issued on Wednesday, the Council has granted planning permission to TIGL Ireland Enterprises after concluding that the works would not seriously injure the amenities of the property in the vicinity. The …
PLANS to construct a 67 unit housing scheme on the site of the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in the tourism hot-spot of Bunratty in Co Clare “would be a huge blow to tourism in the region”. In December, Limerick based company, Crescent House Ltd lodged plans with Clare Co Council for the housing scheme along …
30-year-old Limerick man has appeared in court charged with 24 burglaries at premises across Clare, Limerick and Galway last year. In one of the charges against Eddie Carey, he is charged with burglary at Wolfe Tones GAA Club in Shannon – the club of Clare All-Ireland winning senior hurling manager and double All Ireland winner …
A judge has directed that the owner of a Shannon based Halal meat plant operator, Asba Meats attend court in relation to an unpaid debt of €16,931 to another meat firm. At Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett made the order that the owner of Asba Meats Ltd attend, commenting that the court has been “led a merry dance” by the company …
Gardai swooped on a 55 year old man while home in Ireland for a family funeral and charged him with the indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago, a court heard today. At Ennis District Court today, the man appeared in connection with the six counts of alleged indecent assault of the female …
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Plans are to be lodged in the coming days with An Bord Pleanala for a ‘landmark’ 450 MW wind-farm with 30 turbines over 1,000 ft high in the Atlantic Ocean off the Co Clare and Co Galway coast. The 30 turbine Sceirde Rocks Offshore Wind Farm by Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta is to be located …
A judge today further remanded in custody a mother and daughter accused of possessing €1.28m worth of cannabis at Shannon airport two days before Christmas Day. At their third court appearance, Judge Alec Gabbett further remanded in custody, Dovil Reifonaite, (40), and Migle Kurieniute, (20), both with an address at Newlands, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, for two weeks. The …
