*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: John Mangan FORMER All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan allegedly repeatedly struck a 12 year boy with a stick causing a series of injuries, a court has heard.
*The teenager has been remanded on bail until September. A JUDGE has told a ’baby faced’ 16-year old Limerick city teenager that he might end up dead in a ditch if gets into a stolen car driven by one of his friends who can’t drive this weekend.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: Joe Buckley ALL-IRELAND winning Clare hurler, Niall Gilligan has appeared in court charged with the assault causing harm of a 12 year old boy.
*The protestors in Shannon Airport. SHANNON AIRPORT had to be closed for 35 minutes to air traffic on March 30th as a result of an alleged incursion into the runway area by three anti-war activists, a court has heard.
*Both men were released on bail. A GARDA has appeared in court charged with the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on fourteen individuals to a co-accused charged with a drug trafficking offence.
*The incident occurred in February 2023. A JUDGE has stated that a 45-year old Dublin man carrying out a solo sex act in view of others in the men’s changing rooms at the Inn at Dromoland hotel in Co Clare in February of last year was “an aberration of sorts”.
*A protection order was granted. A WOMAN sporting a black-eye in court has told a judge that the man, her partner, who gave her the black eye needs help.
*Bail was rejected for the man. A GARDA has told a court that he is to recommend that a 26 year old Ennis man be charged with kidnapping a young child.
*Photograph: John Mangan A SHANNON man accused of a ‘very serious’ assault on his then girlfriend on St Patrick’s Day that allegedly left her with a broken eye socket, broken ribs and a collapsed lung is now also charged with her false imprisonment.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has imposed a driving ban on the partner of Clare TD, Violet Anne Wynne (IND) after commenting that John Mountaine “continues to drive in breach of the law”.