*The incident from five years ago was heard at the Ennis Circuit Court. A TEN year old Shannon school girl is in line for a court approved compensation pay-out of €32,500 after “a bad ol’ day at the bouncy castle”, a court has heard.
*TUSLA’s waiting list was among the concerns voiced by the Judge. THE PARENTS of an ‘out of control’ young teen “had no choice” but to hand him over to the Gardaí resulting in the boy being taken into State care.
*”Physical” incidents were reported in the family home. A JUDGE has granted an Emergency Care Order (ECO) for an ‘out of control’ young teen after his parents ‘surrendered’ him to Gardaí at their local Garda station.
*Scott Donegan. A DUBLIN MAN with a history of violence against women and who changed his identity when moving to West Clare before “terrorising’ his fourth female victim has been jailed for seven years and 10 months.
*The incident occurred on Abbey Street in February last year. A JUDGE has given a serving Garda charged with drink driving and careless driving an early trial date after being told the suspended officer faces “huge financial consequences”.
*A probation report led to the adjournment of the case. A TEACHER has appeared in court charged with sending grossly offensive communication in two letters alleging that a male teaching colleague was viewing sexually inappropriate content on his phone while in the classroom.
*St Flannan’s College. AN BORD Pleanála has rejected a request by teachers and staff and the Board of Management at St Flannan’s College in Ennis for an oral hearing to be held into contentious plans for a €25m HSE community hospital to be built on Church-owned green space at the college.
*Photograph: Gary Collins PLANS HAVE been lodged by the State for a new interpretative centre for the Burren National Park in the village of Corofin.
*TUSLA. TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency (CFA) is recommending that a mother lose custody of her daughter after concluding that the woman has made unfounded allegations against the girl’s father concerning their daughter, a court has heard.
*Both individuals are still living together. A 71-year old landlord has appeared in court charged with the sexual assault of his tenant at an Ennis apartment last year.