No arrests following Church Drive altercation in Clarecastle
NO ARRESTS have been made following a violent altercation in Clarecastle in the past fortnight.
An Garda Síochána
Social activity drug use by middle class fuelling Clare’s criminal network – Dooley
*Senator Timmy Dooley (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A CLARE SENATOR has hit out at “middle class people” helping to support the criminal drug network through their use of recreational drugs on a social basis.
€11k of suspected cannabis seized in Lisdoonvarna
€11,000 OF SUSPECTED CANNABIS herb was seized in Lisdoonvarna.
Ask for Angela campaign revived & making Ennis ‘a safe place for blind dates’
Front row (l-r): Cllr Mary Howard; Cllr John Crowe, Chair of Clare Joint Policing Committee (JPC); and Charlie O’Meara, Chair of the Clare branch of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland; with members of the Clare Garda Division, members of Clare JPC and Clare County Council staff. Photograph: Eamon Ward A CODE-WORD CAMPAIGN AIMED at making …
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L plate motorcyclist gets two year driving ban for hitting speeds in excess of 180kmph near Newmarket-on-Fergus
*The offence occurred in April. A JUDGE has imposed a two year driving ban on an ‘L plate’ motorcyclist after he was detected speeding in excess of 180kmph near Newmarket-on-Fergus on the motorway linking Limerick to Galway.
Ennis ‘turf war’ continues to escalate with hit & run at Knockanean
*Graves were firebombed in Drumcliffe as part of the ongoing feud. AN INCREASING GARDA PRESENCE is visible in the county town with rising tensions as part of an ongoing serious dispute between families prompting “deep concern with the escalation of a turf war”.
East Clare farmers sleeping with ‘loaded shotgun under the bed’ as Gardaí warned public will take law into their hands
FARMERS IN EAST CLARE are going to sleep with shotguns “loaded under the bed at night” ready to take the law into their own hands with one representative fearing a repeat of the Padraig Nally case while an Ennis superintendent has voiced his opposition to arming Gardaí.
Gardaí have reports of no injuries after firearm discharged in Cloughleigh
*Concerns have been voiced on the rising violence in Cloughleigh. NO INJURIES have been reported in an incident which saw a firearm discharged in Ennis on Wednesday evening.
Bodies recovered from water in Ennis & Newmarket-on-Fergus
*Rescue 116 had been involved in the Ennis search. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TWO BODIES have been recovered the water in different parts of Co Clare today.
‘Stoners tormenting Shannon residents with flower pots thrown through house window’
*Cllr Donna McGettigan & Sergeant Seamus Mulligan have walked Shannon Town Park in recent weeks. Photograph: Joe Buckley HOMEOWNERS in Shannon were “scared out of their wits” when flower pots were thrown through their windows by “people stoned out of their minds,” a local representative has said.
