*The sitting took place at Kilrush District Court. A judge has told a man that his ex-partner “is not your property’ and “no means no” after finding that the man punched and head-butted her after she refused to have sex with him on different dates.
A 60-year old woman has appeared in court charged in connection with a seizure of cannabis with an estimated street value of €480,000 at Shannon Airport last Sunday.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A 25-year old Shannon man who survived a murder attempt on his life has escaped jail after he told a judge that he was carrying around a stanley knife in his local town for his own protection.
*Martin Hannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley A SHANNON man charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to two men via social media is to face two additional charges, a court has heard.
*Boylesports in Roslevan. A judge has imposed a two year prison term on a balaclava-covered knife wielding robber after he made away with €265 in cash from a BoyleSports outlet on the eastern outskirts of Ennis.
*Helga Himmeslbach campaigning for improved road measures in August. Photograph: John Mangan A FRENCH tourist appeared in court on Wednesday, March 20th and was charged with the dangerous driving causing the death of a 71 year old motorcyclist outside the Burren village of Ballyvaughan in north Clare last July.
*It is four years since the incident occurred. A QUALIFIED fitness instructor who previously escaped jail after paying out €40,000 compensation to his victim for an ear-bite has once more avoided prison, this time for drug dealing.
*Pet rabbits have been used as a means to provoke the man, the Court heard. A JUDGE has granted a Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act to a man against his ‘rabbit throwing’ wife.
*The man handed in €500,000 in bets. A 23 year old man who turned over an estimated €500,000 in bets on his smart-phone arising from his ‘chronic gambling addiction’ is set to escape a conviction for a ‘money mule’ offence.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 40-year old Clare man sent a lewd image of himself to a female “public figure”, a court has heard.