Man pleads guilty to false imprisonment of Clare woman
*Photograph: John Mangan A MAN accused of holding a Clare woman against her will for four hours has pleaded guilty to her false imprisonment.
Bishop remains ‘tight-lipped’ in holy row over €25m hospital plan for college grounds
*Bishop Fintan Monahan. Photograph: John O’Neill THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Fintan Monahan is remaining tight-lipped on the intervention of a school Board of Management in the ‘holy row’ over diocesan plans to sell off school green space for a €25m HSE community hospital.
Council suffers setback in legal row over €10m Cliffs of Moher visitor attraction
Clare Council Council has suffered a setback in its ongoing legal row with a private firm over its €10 million per annum Cliffs of Moher visitor centre business.
Mother charged with attempting to murder eight year old daughter
A 46 YEAR old mother has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of her eight year old daughter in Clare last September.
Planning refused for Cahermurphy wind farm & best-selling author Williams among successful objectors
*Niall Williams. Photograph: John Kelly THE IMPACT on the protected bird, the Hen Harrier, has helped put pay to plans for a contentious 10 turbine wind farm for West Clare.
63 year old mother of six escapes conviction for golf club attack on ex-husband’s tractor
*Photograph: David Crimmins A 63 year old mother of six who broke the windows of her estranged husband’s tractor with a golf club in a row over an unpaid €200,000 martial debt has escaped a conviction.
‘Holy Row’ over €25m community hospital for St Flannan’s College intensifies
*Bishop Fintan Monahan and Fr Ignatius McCormack. Photograph: John O’Neill The ‘holy row’ between a Catholic diocese and St Flannan’s College in Ennis over plans by the diocese to sell off green space at the secondary school for a €25m HSE community hospital has intensified.
Bouncer who carried out unprovoked head-butt assault escapes jail
A LICENSED bouncer who carried out a ‘vicious’ and ‘unprovoked’ assault on a night-club patron celebrating his birthday has escaped jail.
Victim of serial West Clare sex abuser urges others to come forward
Patrick Larkin outside Ennis Courthouse. Photograph: Liam Burke / Press 22 A VICTIM of jailed West Clare serial sex-abuser, Patrick Larkin (68) has urged others to come forward if they have been sexually abused by the former Clare County Council worker.
Kilkee man caught with cannabis plants of €18,400 walks free
*John O’Regan at Ennis Courthouse. A ‘legalise cannabis’ activist who was caught by Gardai cultivating cannabis plants at his home with a combined street value of €18,400 on different dates has walked free from court.