Ennis teenager Quinn charged with affray over machete attack
*Trevor Quinn. AN Ennis teenager charged in connection with an alleged broad daylight machete attack that left a man “3mm from death” was charged with affray in relation to the incident.
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Legal aid secured by man arrested at Gardaí when attending family funeral charged with alleged indecent assault
*The case was before the District and Circuit Courts in Ennis. A 55-year old working man in debt from a very expensive divorce has secured legal aid to face six charges connected to the alleged indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago.
Clare parents of shy schoolboy warned they will face jail over poor attendance
*Photograph: Gary Collins A JUDGE has warned the parents of a Co Clare school-shy boy that they face jail after commenting that their son “has been missing from school for most of his life”.
Gardaí drop charges against Kilrush man charged in connection with machete attack on neighbour’s dog
*Two charges against O’Callaghan were withdrawn. GARDAÍ have dropped charges against a man charged in connection with a machete attack on a neighbour’s dog during a disturbance in a Kilrush estate last September.
Gardaí swoop on man home in Clare for family funeral and charge him for indecent assault of sister 40 years ago
GARDAÍ swooped on a 55 year old man while home in Ireland for a family funeral and charged him with the indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago, a court heard.
Leaving Cert student pleads guilty to assaulting man at protest against rumoured new accommodation for asylum seekers in Corofin
*A protest held in Scool, Corofin. Photograph: John Mangan A 19-year old Leaving Cert student has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a man in his sixties at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Co Clare last year.
Irish & history teacher escapes conviction over Gaza war protest at Shannon Airport
*Daithi Mac An Bhaird (extreme left) with a number of supporters outside Ennis courthouse after he escaped a conviction arising from a protest he attended against the war in Gaza at Shannon airport last November. A 46-year old Irish and history teacher protesting at Shannon Airport over the war in Gaza has escaped a conviction.
Limerick man charged with 24 burglaries including one at Wolfe Tones GAA club
A 30-year-old Limerick man has appeared in court charged with 24 burglaries at premises across Clare, Limerick, and Galway last year.
Two charged in connection with €1.28m drugs Shannon seizure to seek bail in the High Court
*Cannabis which was seized in Shannon. A MOTHER and daughter accused of possessing €1.28m worth of cannabis at Shannon Airport two days before Christmas Day are to seek bail in the High Court, a court has heard.
Judge tells ‘immersion’ couple that they are ‘arguing over silly things’
*The warring couple have been before the Family Law Court on numerous occasions. A JUDGE has stated that a couple are “arguing over silly things” after being told that a wife has allegedly breached sworn undertakings given to court in relation to the use of an immersion switch in the €400,000 family home.