State employing top barrister to lead case in Clare’s first coercive control trial
THE STATE is employing one of the country’s best known criminal barristers to lead the prosecution case in Clare’s first ever coercive control trial.
Ennis Circuit Court
Mother tells judge all her children want in Santa letters is for Daddy to be home for Christmas
A MOTHER has told a court that all her children’s letters to Santa want this year are for their Daddy to be home for Christmas.
Girl sexually abused by uncle over five years accused of being a liar by her cousins
A CLARE WOMAN sexually abused by her uncle ‘numerous times’ has told a court that her cousins confronted her brothers in social settings “where they had accused me of compromising the family name through my lies”.
Sexual offender abused his niece for the final time on his wedding day
A CLARE MAN sexually abused his niece for the final time on his wedding day 41 years ago, a court has heard.
Judge says father abandoning two school children was ‘calculated criminal act’
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has described a father who abandoned his two school-going children to travel to Singapore to a woman he met online as ‘callous’ and ‘cowardly’.
Viral Jerusalema challenge DJ tells court he is guilty of harassing Clare hotelier
*The case was heard at Ennis Circuit Court on Friday. IRISH DJ, DJ ‘Frankie Beats’ credited with getting Gardai involved in the online viral dance challenge Jerusalema has told a court that he is guilty of harassing a Clare hotelier three years ago.
Father to plead guilty to assaulting and ill-treating 3 year old son
*The sitting took place at Kilrush District Court on Tuesday. A 38-year old father of four has told the State that he is to plead guilty to wilfully assaulting and ill-treating his three year old son in an incident last year.
West Clare man to plead guilty to hatchet assault
*The assault occurred in Kilkee in June 2019. A West Clare man is to plead guilty to a ‘hatchet’ assault on another man in the seaside resort town of Kilkee two years ago.
Farmer to ‘fully contest’ charges from alleged incident at Ennis Mart
*The incident took place at Ennis Mart last August. A FARMER son of Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara is to “fully contest” assault and breach of the peace charges arising from an alleged incident at Ennis Mart in August of last year.
79 year old charged with indecent assault of four boys in Cratloe & Holy Island granted legal aid
*Holy Island is among the locations where the counts of indecent assault are alleged to have occurred. A 79 year old man charged with the indecent assault of four boys over a five year period at locations in Clare and Limerick told a judge that his hearing is not poor.