*Aidan Park. 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 to face further charges, a court has heard.
*The woman was seeking a barring order and safety order against her husband. A woman has told a court that her husband’s attitude is that it is her duty to have sex with him.
*Gort Courthouse. A JUDGE has requested Gardaí to address court security issues at Gort courthouse ahead of the case where a local farmer is accused of throwing a bag of cow dung in the direction of Minister for State, Anne Rabbitte (FF).
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has told a banned driver and mother who has to do a six mile round walk with her three young children to their local school every day that her driving days are over.
*The case was heard before the Family Law Court. A JUDGE has directed that an Atheist father present his son “in good order and not upset” at 9am at the home of his mother on the morning of the boy’s First Holy Communion.
*The case has been adjourned until July to allow the paternity test to take place. A JUDGE has told a businessman that “you might have to look at your diary” from late 2019 to help determine if he is the father of a four year old boy.
*Chief Supt Colm O’Sullivan expressed concerns on the expert report on the applicant. A ‘well got’ man who live-streamed on social media threatening to kill himself and put a ligature around his neck has obtained a taxi licence despite Garda concerns.
*The case took place at the Family Law Court. A Clare woman, who often goes days without food, has secured a domestic violence Protection Order against her ‘controlling’ terminally ill husband.
*The case was heard at Ennis District Court. A MIDDLE aged father who described himself in court as the ‘responsible adult’ at a teenagers’ house party sexual assaulted a female friend of his son’s on the night.
*The man agreed to make the payment after spending time in the cells. A CLARE BUSINESSMAN has paid out €1,500 in child maintenance arrears to avoid being sent to prison but only after a judge sent him to the courthouse cells for 30 minutes “to allow the man reflect”.