‘Significant neglect of animals’ on Ennis farm
*Compliances have not been undertaken at the farm. “SIGNIFICANT neglect of animals” occurred on the land of an Ennis farmer, a solicitor has told a court.
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Ex Clare TD Wynne says she can’t pay €6.5k debt as she has no income
*Violet-Anne Wynne. EX CLARE TD, Violet Anne Wynne (IND) has told a court that she currently has no income to pay off a €6,500 debt from a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) award against her.
West Clare carer (28) facing ‘significant period in custody’ after being caught with €300k of cocaine & cannabis
*Gardaí made the drugs swoops in July and August 2023. A 28-year old West Clare man on a carer’s allowance to look after his mother “is facing a significant period in custody” after being caught with just under €300,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis.
Teenager jailed for ‘outrageous’ broad daylight machete attack on busy Ennis street
*Trevor Quinn. A JUDGE has jailed a teenage ‘Born Again Christian’ for 14 months for an ‘outrageous’ broad daylight machete attack on a busy Ennis street that left his victim requiring 40 stitches to a facial wound.
Cooraclare man declared hostile witness after refusal to give evidence against neighbour in drink driving case
*Cooraclare. Photograph: Shane Lorigan. A GARDA inspector declared a Cooraclare man a hostile witness in a case where his ‘over the drink-driving limit’ neighbour wrote off his car in a late night road traffic accident.
Ennis teen pleads guilty to ‘extraordinarily damaging’ machete assault
*Trevor Quinn. AN ENNIS teenager pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with a broad daylight machete attack that left his victim ‘3mm from death’ in the town.
Judge triples prison time for Scariff bottom biter
*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.
Pre-trial ‘ground-rules’ hearing to take place in assault case against ex Clare hurler Niall Glligan due to age of complainant
*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.
Ennis teenager returned for trial for alleged daylight machete attack
*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.
Man given two month prison sentence for assaulting Garda in Gort Courthouse
*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.
