*Junior Minister, Anne Rabbitte (FF) TD. A JUNIOR Government Minister has stated that “a line was crossed” the night a Gort farmer threw a sealed bag of cow dung towards her at a public meeting.
*The matter came before Kilrush District Court. A JUDGE has told a 63-year old West Clare woman that “the game is up” for her selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Victoria Secrets designer goods for knock-down prices.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon AN BORD Pleanála has granted the green light to the ESB to convert the 900MW Moneypoint coal-burning power station in West Clare to Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO).
*Kilrush Courthouse. AN EXPERT medical witness has told a court that a 27 year old West Clare man was undergoing a sleep disorder episode when he was drink-driving and his car veered off the road into a ditch last year.
*The case came before Kilrush District Court. A JUDGE has told a man who punched and head-butted his then partner after she refused to have sex him on different dates that he is very concerned for the man’s future partners.
*Ennis Garda Station. A GARDA charged with the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on 14 individuals to a co-accused charged with a drug trafficking offence has been sent forward for trial.
*Licence fee income received by RTÉ last year was down €17.3m A CLARE pharma worker has stood up in court to tell a judge that he will not paying his TV licence or any fines for not doing so because of “the corruption in RTÉ”.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: John Mangan FORMER All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan was today sent forward for trial concerning an alleged “stick assault” on a 12 year old boy.
*An Aer Lingus flight taking off from Shannon Airport. A JUDGE has asked Aer Lingus to provide the costs of having to return a transatlantic aircraft to Shannon due to the presence of an alleged unruly passenger on board.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 38-year old Clare man has appeared in court charged with the unlawful possession of 36 videos and 77 images of child pornography.
