*The matter came before Ennis Circuit Court this week. A JUDGE has tripled the prison time to three months on an intruder who bit the right buttocks of a married woman during the course of a late-night assault at her family home.
*Niall Gilligan. A JUDGE has directed that a pre-trial ‘ground rules’ hearing is to take place next month concerning the upcoming assault trial of former All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan due to the age of the complainant in the case.
*Trevor Quinn. AN ENNIS teenager charged in connection with an alleged broad daylight machete attack that left a man “3mm from death” has been returned for trial.
*Gort Courthouse. A JUDGE has jailed an ‘uncontrollable’ 30 year old man for two months for an assault on a Garda Inspector during a civil court sitting at Gort courthouse.
*Joseph Baldwin. A GORT farmer who threw a bag on cow dung in the direction of then Junior Minister, Anne Rabbitte (FF) at a public meeting has escaped a jail term for the assault.
*Trevor Quinn. THERE is more chance of an Ennis teenager charged in connection with a broad daylight machete attack seeing Santa Claus before Christmas than there is seeing a psychiatrist in prison before then.
*Niall Gilligan in action for Sixmilebridge in the 2017 Clare SHC final. A JUDGE has stated that he anticipates setting a trial date next March for the assault trial of former All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan.
*Trevor Quinn at Ennis Courthouse. An 18-year old charged in connection with an alleged ‘random’ broad daylight machete attack on a busy Ennis street two weeks ago is sleeping on a mattress on a floor at Limerick prison while on remand, a court has heard.
*Noelle Walsh. A WEST CLARE woman covered her boyfriend “head to toe” in paint and also damaged his car and his sister’s car with the same beige paint on Christmas morning in a row sparked by repeated egg throwing incidents at the woman’s home.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: Joe Buckley THE STATE is seeking priority in the fixing of a trial date for the assault trial of former All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan, a court has heard.
