*The matter came before the Family Law Court. A GRIEVING father has rejected a judge’s proposal that the ashes of his late young little child be split between himself and his estranged partner, the child’s mother.
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John Mangan CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has abandoned plans to build a family home at Heathmount, Cratloe after two failed attempts.
*Reporting restrictions have been imposed for the case. A 26-year old man has appeared in court charged with the rape of a female in West Clare more than a decade ago.
*Trevor Quinn. AN Ennis teenager charged in connection with an alleged broad daylight machete attack that left a man “3mm from death” was charged with affray in relation to the incident.
*The case was before the District and Circuit Courts in Ennis. A 55-year old working man in debt from a very expensive divorce has secured legal aid to face six charges connected to the alleged indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago.
*Photograph: Gary Collins A JUDGE has warned the parents of a Co Clare school-shy boy that they face jail after commenting that their son “has been missing from school for most of his life”.
*Gort Courthouse. A JUDGE has jailed an ‘uncontrollable’ 30 year old man for two months for an assault on a Garda Inspector during a civil court sitting at Gort courthouse.
*The Burren Hostel. A 61-year old Ukrainian national who has four sons fighting in the war against the Russians, has pleaded guilty to an assault causing harm offence at a Direct Provision centre in North Clare.
*Clare Technology Park. THE NUMBER of IDA hosted visits by would be foreign direct investors (FDIs) last year almost halved in Clare to 21.
*Two charges against O’Callaghan were withdrawn. GARDAÍ have dropped charges against a man charged in connection with a machete attack on a neighbour’s dog during a disturbance in a Kilrush estate last September.
