A JUDGE has postponed to July the sentencing of a gambling addict who stole an estimated €84,000 of laptops from his Shannon based employer as his daughter is sitting her Leaving Cert in June.
*Claire & Joe Collins. CO CLARE mother of two, Claire Collins was smothered to death with a pillow by a third party an inquest heard today.
*The matter came before Ennis Circuit Court this week. A JUDGE has tripled the prison time to three months on an intruder who bit the right buttocks of a married woman during the course of a late-night assault at her family home.
*Harry Dinan. A CONVICTED killer of a Clare school teacher has pleaded guilty to drug dealing cannabis valued in excess of €13,000.
*An artist’s impression of the three-storey Penneys outlet. PENNEYS’ operator has stated that its planned new flagship waterfront outlet In Ennis will generate estimated revenues of €14.26m per annum.
*Niall Gilligan. A JUDGE has directed that a pre-trial ‘ground rules’ hearing is to take place next month concerning the upcoming assault trial of former All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan due to the age of the complainant in the case.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN ‘innocent looking’ 16-year old boy and an 18 year old teen have appeared in court in connection with a spate of alleged burglaries in Sixmilebridge.
*Ailwee Burren Experience. CLARE COUNTY Council has granted planning permission to one of the best known tourist attractions in the west of Ireland, the Aillwee Burren Experience in North Clare to construct “much needed” staff accommodation.
*An artist’s impression of the Ennis Data Centre. THE HIGH Court has ruled that a report error concerning a bat located in a barn outside Ennis is not sufficient to halt contentious plans for a new 200MW €1.2bn data centre campus.
*Photograph: John Mangan A ‘typical country lad’ who acted as a local drugs courier in West Clare is facing a ‘stiff’ sentence for a drugs offence, a court has heard.
