*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”.
*The sitting took place at Kilrush District Court. A judge has told a man that his ex-partner “is not your property’ and “no means no” after finding that the man punched and head-butted her after she refused to have sex with him on different dates.
A 60-year old woman has appeared in court charged in connection with a seizure of cannabis with an estimated street value of €480,000 at Shannon Airport last Sunday.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A 25-year old Shannon man who survived a murder attempt on his life has escaped jail after he told a judge that he was carrying around a stanley knife in his local town for his own protection.
*Pet rabbits have been used as a means to provoke the man, the Court heard. A JUDGE has granted a Protection Order under the Domestic Violence Act to a man against his ‘rabbit throwing’ wife.
*The man handed in €500,000 in bets. A 23 year old man who turned over an estimated €500,000 in bets on his smart-phone arising from his ‘chronic gambling addiction’ is set to escape a conviction for a ‘money mule’ offence.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 40-year old Clare man sent a lewd image of himself to a female “public figure”, a court has heard.
*A protection order was granted. A JUDGE has granted a five-year Safety Order under the Domestic Violence Act to a woman after hearing that her then partner brandished a loaded shotgun in her direction during a row and also hit her when she was pregnant.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 39-year old Clare woman was sent forward for trial charged in connection with wilfully ill-treating and neglecting three children in her custody in charges spanning a six year period.
*The matter was before the Family Law Court. A BUSINESSMAN urinated on his wife, spat into her face when drunk and punched a pony in the head, it has been alleged in court.