*A two year barring order was granted to the woman. A JUDGE has granted a barring order to a woman against her ‘jealous’ husband who forced her to take a lie detector test due to his belief that she was with other men.
*The incident occurred in April 2019. A 34-year old man has escaped jail for his one-punch assault at an acute psychiatric unit on “a frail and vulnerable” 81 year old patient that left his victim with a brain injury.
*Photograph: John Mangan A TULLA MAN has pleaded guilty to a farm-yard assault on his younger brother where the victim was left with a “large piece” of his ear missing.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has discharged a jury in the first coercive control trial to come before the courts in Clare.
*The grandparents reside in Ballymaley. TWO ENNIS grand-parents of 29 grand-children have succeeded in having their daily curfew bail conditions relaxed after complaining that the 10pm to 7am curfew placed them under house arrest in their own home.
*The trial is expected to continue to the end of the week. A JURY has been told in a coercive control trial that audio recordings made by a mother and her daughter will make for “difficult listening” in the trial.
*The incident was described as “very unusual”. AN ALLEGED intruder trespassed onto a woman’s property and bit her on the buttocks during the course of a late night assault on her.
*The woman also secured a Protection Order. A JUDGE has granted a man a domestic violence Protection Order against his wife after he lifted his top in court to show a two inch mark on his chest from a knife.
*A special session will be required for the case. A JUDGE has described a case where a County Galway farmer is accused of assaulting his neighbouring farmer with an iron bar as “an epic district court case”.
*Cathal Crowe. Photograph: Natasha Barton AN EAST Clare man has appeared in court today in connection with sending alleged ‘harassment messages’ for the purpose of causing needless anxiety to Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF).
