Anti-vaccine activist pleads guilty to assaulting Clare Garda
*Photograph: John Mangan ANTI-VACCINE activist, Antonio Mureddu has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Clare based Garda and dangerous driving.
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Son tells mother “I am going to kill Benson” before stabbing ‘beloved’ Pug dog seven times
*Photograph: John Mangan A 27 year old man told his mother, “I am going to kill Benson” before repeatedly stabbing the woman’s “beloved” ten year old Pug dog with a knife.
Barefield farmer (75) brands attacker a ‘coward and a bully’
*A four year prison term was imposed on the attacker. A 75-year old farmer and retired school teacher has branded a man who subjected him to “a horrific assault” as “a coward, a bully and a disgrace to his family”.
Father & uncle of infant killed in Ennis road accident released from prison on compassionate grounds
*The late Hunter Molloy. The father of the late 18-month old baby boy, Hunter Molloy has been released from prison on compassionate grounds, a court heard.
80 year old former Scout Leader jailed for 16 months for molesting five boys
*Jim Harmon. A JUDGE has jailed an 80-year old former Scout Leader to six years and eight months in prison for molesting five young boys, all scouts in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Shannon worker and qualified fitness instructor escapes jail for drug dealing
*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.
Clare man who coercively controlled wife faces ‘significant custodial sentence’
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has told a 49 year old Co Clare man that he faces “a significant custodial sentence” after hearing details of the coercive control and multiple sexual assaults the man carried out on his then wife.
Ennistymon man ‘drank all day’ before fatal crash that killed his girlfriend Stephanie Fitzpatrick
*The late Stephanie Fitzpatrick. A NORTH CLARE man admitted to ‘drinking all day’ at a Christening celebration before crashing his car into a tree that claimed the life of his girlfriend on the main road leading out of the seaside resort of Lahinch two years ago.
Tulla ‘model citizen’ who bit off top part of brother’s ear in land row receives suspended 17 month prison term
*Conor & Daniel O’Halloran. A TULLA medical professional who bit off the top part of his brother’s left ear in a farmyard row “around land, monies and a shed” has escaped jail for the offence.
Judge says ‘it is last chance saloon’ for State in prosecution of Garda charged with drink driving
*The initial incident occurred on Abbey St in Ennis. A JUDGE has told the State that “it is last chance saloon” in its prosecution of a serving Garda who is charged with drink driving and careless driving.