A 73-year old west Clare farmer credits his fitness and his time in the boxing ring on how he survived being caught up in a “raging bull fight” at Kilrush mart seven years ago.
*The late Michael Fogarty. Clare’s County Coroner is to write to the State’s national roads agency to highlight concerns over a motorway exit where a Crusheen publican and Glanbia milkman lost his life four years ago.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 71-year old west Clare man has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a brother in law in a dispute concerning an animal.
A judge has rejected an application that he throw out a €60,000 personal injury action by a Co Clare mother before evidence is heard in the case.
The mother of Estlin Wall (3) said today that learning that the man whose careless driving caused her daughter’s death is looking to get back driving before his ban is served “is another dagger in the heart”. Amy Dutil-Wall was today speaking concerning an application lodged with Ennis Circuit Court office on behalf of Senan …
*Clara Chapman. A Co Clare woman posing as an Escort and armed with an imitation semi-automatic revolver robbed a ‘terrified’ man of €300 after the two arranged to meet for paid sex, a court has heard.
*Photograph: John Mangan A convicted killer who was at the centre of a political controversy more than a decade ago has escaped jail for a drugs offence.
A Garda alert for an ambulance driver suspected of drink driving was based on “a criminal complaint” by a senior HSE nurse manager that “was wholly without foundation”.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed against the sentence imposed on a truck driver for the careless driving causing the death of Estlin Wall (3) and serious bodily harm to her father, Vincent three years ago.
