East Clare horse breeder to go to court in pony cataract row
*A December date for a full hearing has been set. TWO HORSE breeders are to clash in court in a pony ‘cataract row’.
Daragh Hassett
Garda contests drink driving and careless driving prosecution
*The Garda is currently suspended from the force. A SERVING member of An Garda Síochána appeared in court charged with drink-driving and careless driving in Ennis town centre last year.
Grandparents of 29 grand-children succeed in having 10pm to 7am curfew eased
*The grandparents reside in Ballymaley. TWO ENNIS grand-parents of 29 grand-children have succeeded in having their daily curfew bail conditions relaxed after complaining that the 10pm to 7am curfew placed them under house arrest in their own home.
Intruder bit woman on buttocks during late night assault at her home
*The incident was described as “very unusual”. AN ALLEGED intruder trespassed onto a woman’s property and bit her on the buttocks during the course of a late night assault on her.
Judge jails woman for courtroom outburst telling victims of brother’s firebomb attack that they were ‘f**k*n rats
*Ennis Courthouse. A JUDGE HAS jailed a woman for seven days after she told victims of a firebombing attack on their home during a courtroom outburst that they were ‘f**k*n rats”.
Three members of Doherty family from Ennis in court on organised crime charges
*Ennis Courthouse. Photograph: John Mangan THREE MEMBERS OF AN Ennis family appeared in court on Friday charged with organised crime offences.
Ennis man’s decision to break into cars in ‘Fort Knox’ like Ennis Garda Station ‘makes no sense’
*Ennis Garda Station. A 30-year old ENNIS man’s decision to try to break into cars at the “Fort Knox-like” Ennis Garda Station car-park “makes no sense”.
Silage contractor’s ‘won on a horse’ explanation ‘a first cousin of it was resting in my account’
*The first time offender was before Killaloe District Court. A 24 year old silage contractor told Gardaí that the €2,480 in cash, which was the proceeds of criminal conduct found in his car, was won on a horse.
Kilshanny farmer charged with drink driving and dangerous dangerous while driving tractor
A Clare farmer has appeared in court charged with drink driving and dangerous driving while driving his tractor.
Tuamgraney farmer who lost the plot made Steiner school kids cry after calling them ‘retards’
*Breda Maloney leaving Killaloe District Court. A FARMER who ‘lost the plot’ reduced Steiner primary school children on a St Brigid’s Day nature walk to tears after calling them ‘retards’, a court has heard.
