*Frances Street. A JUDGE has commented that a three year sentence would be a “very short sentence” for the “grave” offence where a teenager carried out a murderous knife attack on a 25 year old man in Kilrush last June.
*The alleged assaults took place between 1973 and 1975. A Book of Evidence has been served on a disabled 91-year old man charged with the indecent assault of two females more than half a century ago.
*Roger Bishop. A THREE-times married 76-year old man paid €6,000 for a fake French ID card to secure the unlawful entry into the State of a then 20-year old African woman he met on dating website lovehabibi.com, a court has heard.
*Shane Flanagan. A JUDGE has directed that the 14 victims of an ex-Garda’s unauthorised PULSE data disclosures be asked to provide victim impact statements to court.
*David Molloy. Photograph: Press 22 A LISSYCASEY SOFTWARE engineer and married father of three engaged in 18 online individual and group chats that involved incest, sexuality activity with children and bestiality, a court has heard.
*Clarecastle THE TRIAL of a Clarecastle man charged with a serious drug dealing offence and careless driving causing serious bodily harm has been adjourned.
*The driver told the court it was an inconvenience for her to be at Ennis Circuit Court. A total of 52 Fixed Charge Penalty Notices (FCPNs) have been issued in the post to a Clare motorist for alleged driving offences and has no penalty points, before now, a court has heard.
*The theft took place in August 2025. A JUDGE has jailed a bicycle robber who told his victim that he could have his €100 mountain bike back “for a tenner or a fag”.
*New fencing has been installed at Shannon Airport following the incursions. A JUDGE has adjourned the trial of three Pro-Palestinian activists concerning an alleged incursion at Shannon Airport until the Supreme Court rules on a “legal point of public importance” relevant to the defence in the case.
*Charges of burglary and arson at the grounds of Wolfe Tones were among the 82 charges faced by the men. TWO MEN have pleaded guilty to a total of 82 charges as part of a €1m plus crime spree across the Clare, Limerick and Galway in 2024 and early 2025.