*Photograph: John Mangan A French national has pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of a 71-year old motorcyclist outside the Burren village of Ballyvaughan in North Clare last July.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: John Mangan FORMER All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan allegedly repeatedly struck a 12 year boy with a stick causing a series of injuries, a court has heard.
*John Mountaine and his partner, Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND). Photograph: John Mangan THE partner of Clare TD, Violet Anne Wynne (IND) has blamed her upsetting “a lot of people” as the reason he hasn’t been able to get an appointment for a driving test in almost four years.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has jailed for 18 months a 28 year old man who told his mother “I am going to kill Benson” before repeatedly stabbing the woman’s “beloved” 10 year old Pug dog with a knife.
*The teenager has been remanded on bail until September. A JUDGE has told a ’baby faced’ 16-year old Limerick city teenager that he might end up dead in a ditch if gets into a stolen car driven by one of his friends who can’t drive this weekend.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 45 year old ‘family man’ has walked free from court after receiving a suspended sixteen month prison term for the possession of child pornography.
*The late Gerard Gunning. A TWENTY eight year old Ennis man has pleaded guilty to the careless driving causing the death of married father of two and GAA coach, Gerard Gunning.
*The vicious assault occurred in the Oakwood Hotel in Shannon. A JUDGE has jailed a 23-year old Connemara man for the ‘vicious’ hotel room assault in Shannon on his then girlfriend that resulted in her losing two front teeth.
*The late Wassiou Ayawe Moran. A 19-year old promising soccer player drowned in a jet ski accident after giving his life jacket to a teenage female passenger before she got on the jet-ski.
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John O’Neill A CLARE TD has failed in his bid to secure planning permission for a family home after he disclosed to An Bord Pleanála that he owns another house in the area.
