*Photograph: John Mangan AN IRON SLUDGE discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce Éireann was the cause of an ‘ecological tragedy’ that wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court has heard.
*The comments were made in the Family Law Court. A JUDGE has stated that he is “terrified” that a 17-year old boy in State care “who can barely boil an egg” will end up in emergency accommodation in a hotel on reaching his 18th birthday next month.
*A three year safety order had been granted in April 2022. A MAN who breached a safety order obtained by his ex wife when addressing post to the couple’s dog at the woman’s home after their break-up has escaped a jail term.
*The man has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court. A 38-year old Co Clare man has appeared in court charged with inciting two other males to rape a woman.
*Registered letters sent to the couple are bouncing back. A new-born baby boy effectively abandoned last month when his mother discharged herself from a regional maternity hospital is ’thriving’ in his foster placement, a court has heard.
*Kilrush Courthouse A judge has rejected a claim made by the partner of independent Clare TD, Violet Anne Wynne that he has yet to receive an email from the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) inviting him to sit his driving test more than three years after he applied for the test. At Kilrush …
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has further adjourned imposing sentence on the partner of Clare TD, Violet Anne Wynne (IND) for driving offences after being told that John Mountaine is “in a holding pattern” in his efforts to secure a driving test.
*The woman was on her way to a check-up when the assault occurred. A WOMAN who is over four months pregnant has told a court how she was assaulted from behind by the expectant father as she walked to a medical check-up.
*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.
*The fish kill in North Clare. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is prosecuting Uisce Éireann in connection with a fish kill that occurred in North Clare in May of this year.
