*The North Clare motorcyclist was killed outside Ballyvaughan. A 41-year old French tourist has appeared in court charged in connection with the road death of a motorcyclist in his 70s outside the village of Ballyvaughan.
*Photograph: John Mangan A TULLA MAN has pleaded guilty to a farm-yard assault on his younger brother where the victim was left with a “large piece” of his ear missing.
*The incident was described as “very unusual”. AN ALLEGED intruder trespassed onto a woman’s property and bit her on the buttocks during the course of a late night assault on her.
*The woman also secured a Protection Order. A JUDGE has granted a man a domestic violence Protection Order against his wife after he lifted his top in court to show a two inch mark on his chest from a knife.
*A special session will be required for the case. A JUDGE has described a case where a County Galway farmer is accused of assaulting his neighbouring farmer with an iron bar as “an epic district court case”.
*Cathal Crowe. Photograph: Natasha Barton AN EAST Clare man has appeared in court today in connection with sending alleged ‘harassment messages’ for the purpose of causing needless anxiety to Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF).
*Photograph: John Mangan A 27-year old man has appeared in court charged with the dangerous driving causing the death of married father of two and GAA coach, Gerard Gunning.
*The public order offence occurred last April. A JUDGE has turned down a proposal from a ‘theatrical’ part-time farm hand and self-described poet that he pay his court penalty by way of a poem.
*The woman is awaiting a bed at the Central Mental Hospital. The 46-year old mother accused of attempting to murder her eight year daughter has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
*Ennis Courthouse. A JUDGE HAS jailed a woman for seven days after she told victims of a firebombing attack on their home during a courtroom outburst that they were ‘f**k*n rats”.