Carrigaholt post office trio to learn fate in November
*Carrigaholt Post Office. Photograph: Tom Micks THREE Clare men who have pleaded guilty to the robbery of a post office in the Carrigaholt are to learn their court fate in November.
Ennis Circuit Court
Cratloe man jailed over sickening child abuse material
Vaughn Bezuidenhout at Ennis Court Warning: The following article contains material some readers may find distressing A JUDGE has jailed a retired industrial engineer for one year for the possession of child abuse images that included two short videos of two babies being sexually abused by an adult male.
Judge jails 19-year old for two random offences against females and both “had a sexual element”
A JUDGE has jailed a 19-year old for carrying out a random sexual assault on a female gym-goer who thought she was going to be raped by the adult teenager on a footbridge in Shannon. At Ennis Circuit Court on Tuesday, Judge Francis Comerford has imposed a two year, three month prison term with the …
Dublin man (39) pleading guilty to harassment of ex Clare hurler Fitzpatrick
*Páidí Fitzpatrick in action for Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A 39-year old Dublin man is to plead guilty to the harassment of an ex-Clare senior inter-county hurler, Páidí Fitzpatrick.
Two sex abuse trials adjourned due to legal aid dispute
*Photograph: John Mangan Two separate trials in Ennis involving one accused who had flown in from the United States and a second where two complainants had travelled from Canada had to be adjourned on Tuesday due to the solicitors’ dispute concerning the new flat rate fee for District Court work.
Former HSE hospital porter receives 45 month prison term for sexual assault of child
A JUDGE has imposed a three year and nine month prison term on a 65-year old Co Clare man for two sexual assaults carried out on a 12-year old girl 19 years ago.
Lisdoonvarna retailer jailed for two years & seven months for sexual assault of schoolboy in 1980s
*Noel Jordan. Photograph: Press 22. A JUDGE has jailed a Lisdoonvarna retailer for two years and seven months for the sexual abuse of a then primary school-boy in the 1980s.
A man in his 90s set to be taken to trial for sexual assault
Pictured: Ennis Circuit Court. A judge has set a trial date for a man aged in his 90s who is charged with the alleged indecent assaults on a child over a two year period at an Ennis address almost half a century ago. The accused will be aged 96 on June 30th when the trial is due to commence …
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Lisdoonvarna sex offender remanded in custody for sexual abuse of primary school boy when he was a teenager
*Noel Jordan. Photograph: Press 22 A JUDGE has remanded in custody a Lisdoonvarna retailer pending sentence for the sexual abuse of a primary school-boy in the 1980s.
Co-accused of Flanagan pleads guilty to seven offences in unauthorised breach from Garda database
*Shane Flanagan. ONLY one of the 14 victims of an ex Ennis Garda’s unauthorised PULSE data disclosures has provided a victim impact statement in the case.