*The Ukrainian man received State benefits for seven months while he lived in Scotland. A 29-year old Ukrainian man who fled to Co Clare from the war in Ukraine in 2022 took advantage of the warm welcome he received from the State when illegally claiming Jobseeker’s allowance while couch-surfing in Scotland for seven months.
*Corofin. A COROFIN man presented a stolen €15 bag of coal at his local Garda Station after phoning a Garda beforehand to say that he was going to carry out the theft, it has been alleged in court.
*C&C Executive Travel. A CLARE BUS company has pleaded guilty for unauthorised use of lands at Tiermaclance for the storage of buses.
*He will be back before Ennis District Court next month. A CLARE man has appeared in court charged with the alleged unlawful possession of 947 videos and 1,725 images of child pornography at an Ennis address on different dates over a two year period.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 20-year old East Clare man charged in connection with the rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and non-fatal strangulation of a female in July 2024 has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
*The matter was before Ennis District Court this week. A CLARE woman has been granted a Protection Order against her brother who lives with her in their family home.
*Church St in Scariff. EXTERN have been appointed to monitor an Ennis teenager while he is on bail for a spate of car thefts in Scariff and Gort.
*The matter was before Ennis District Court. A WARRING couple going through the throes of separation both remain in the family home with their children and communicate only via email, a court has heard.
*Michael McMahon. ONE of the four men charged in connection with the alleged robbery of Carrigaholt Post Office last month has secured a conditional consent to bail in the High Court, a court has heard.
*One of the vehicles was stolen from Scariff. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. A 14-year old Ennis boy has appeared in court in connection with a spate of alleged car thefts in east Clare and South Galway last Wednesday.