A 39-YEAR old Dublin man has been unable for a third time to enter a guilty plea to the harassment of an ex-Clare senior inter-county hurler, Páidí Fitzpatrick due to the solicitors’ dispute over flat rate criminal aid payments. In the case, Damien Lee of Locklane, Clonburris, Dublin 22 is charged with the harassment of …
A FORMER Ryanair pilot facing charges in connection with a Garda seizure of an alleged estimated €10m worth of drugs contends the seizure comprised agricultural goods only. At Ennis District Court on Wednesday, Judge Adrian Harris further adjourned the prosecution against Brendan O’Mara (63) pending a ruling in Mr O’Mara’s High Court challenge against his prosecution. In the case, Mr O’Mara of An Tulach, …
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A 25-YEAR old Shannon man has been brought before a Co Clare court charged with an alleged organised crime offence after his extradition from the United Kingdom this week. At Ennis District Court, Jake Hannam of Purcell Park, Shannon appeared in connection with being charged with the alleged participation in the attempted murder of Daniel …
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*Ennis Courthouse A JUDGE has jailed a 45 year old father of two for three years and four months after Gardai swooped on a property in east Clare to find over €200,000 worth of cocaine in the boot of a 20 year old BMW car. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford has imposed a …
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A jury today found a 46-year old Ennis carpenter who inflicted “a horrendous beating” with a claw hammer on a ‘key-board warrior’ guilty of assault causing harm and aggravated burglary. At Ennis Circuit Court, the jury delivered a unanimous verdict to find Alan Mounsey guilty of the assault causing harm of Aaron Moloney in front …
A judge has approved, despite Garda objections, an Ennis woman to provide an independent surety for her father who is charged in connection with two alleged unlawful discharges of a shotgun close to an Ennis housing estate and primary school. At Ennis District Court, Judge Adrian Harris has approved Kathleen Keenan as an independent surety for her …
A judge has described the impact of the criminal legal aid row as a “mess’ after being forced to adjourn two sex abuse trials where one accused had flown in from the US and a second where two complainants had travelled from Canada. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford made his comment after adjourning …
A 22-year old west Clare man has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a then 13-year old girl at Vandeleur Woods on the outskirts of the west Clare town of Kilrush three years ago. At Ennis Circuit Court, the man has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of the teenager at Vandeuler Woods, Feagarroge, …
A father has admitted in court that he was wrong to ‘flash’ an intimate photo of his ex-wife to their teenage daughter. At a Family Law Court, the man said that he has not shown the images he took off his wife’s smart phone without her permission to anyone else. After hearing that the man …
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A birthday party organised by an Ennis granny for her one year grand-son “had got out of control” by the time Gardai called to the family home close to midnight, a court has heard. At Ennis District Court, Insp David Finnerty told Judge Alec Gabbett that around 40 people were in attendance at Kathleen McDonagh’s …