*The case was before the District and Circuit Courts in Ennis. A 55-year old working man in debt from a very expensive divorce has secured legal aid to face six charges connected to the alleged indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago.
*Colm Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SON of former All-Ireland winning Clare hurler and manager, Davy Fitzgerald, appeared in court today to affirm guilty pleas to thieving a total of €35,000 from a bank in his native Clare.
*Two charges against O’Callaghan were withdrawn. GARDAÍ have dropped charges against a man charged in connection with a machete attack on a neighbour’s dog during a disturbance in a Kilrush estate last September.
GARDAÍ swooped on a 55 year old man while home in Ireland for a family funeral and charged him with the indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago, a court heard.
*A protest held in Scool, Corofin. Photograph: John Mangan A 19-year old Leaving Cert student has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a man in his sixties at a protest against a rumoured new accommodation centre for asylum seekers in Co Clare last year.
*Cannabis which was seized in Shannon. A MOTHER and daughter accused of possessing €1.28m worth of cannabis at Shannon Airport two days before Christmas Day are to seek bail in the High Court, a court has heard.
*The warring couple have been before the Family Law Court on numerous occasions. A JUDGE has stated that a couple are “arguing over silly things” after being told that a wife has allegedly breached sworn undertakings given to court in relation to the use of an immersion switch in the €400,000 family home.
*Joseph Baldwin. A GORT farmer who threw a bag on cow dung in the direction of then Junior Minister, Anne Rabbitte (FF) at a public meeting has escaped a jail term for the assault.
*Trevor Quinn. THERE is more chance of an Ennis teenager charged in connection with a broad daylight machete attack seeing Santa Claus before Christmas than there is seeing a psychiatrist in prison before then.
*Asba Meats. A JUDGE has stated that it is hard enough being a farmer in Ireland today without getting paid.
