*Junior Minister, Anne Rabbitte TD (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton A JUDGE has ruled that the Gort farmer accused of assaulting Junior Government Minister, Anne Rabbitte (FF) when throwing a bag of cow dung towards her at a public meeting “has a case to answer”.
*Ennis Garda Station. A GARDA charged with the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on 14 individuals to a co-accused charged with a drug trafficking offence has been sent forward for trial.
*Licence fee income received by RTÉ last year was down €17.3m A CLARE pharma worker has stood up in court to tell a judge that he will not paying his TV licence or any fines for not doing so because of “the corruption in RTÉ”.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: John Mangan FORMER All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan was today sent forward for trial concerning an alleged “stick assault” on a 12 year old boy.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 38-year old Clare man has appeared in court charged with the unlawful possession of 36 videos and 77 images of child pornography.
*Shannon Airport TWO ‘terrified’ Chinese nationals were effectively captives of the Irish people since they were found hiding in toilets at Shannon Airport.
*The Auburn Lodge. A THRASHED hotel room in Ennis by a “berserk” Limerick man “was like the Oasis family home after Christmas Day” a court has heard.
*Photograph: John Mangan A MAN accused of sexually assaulting a girl has obtained a restraining court order against the girl’s parents from stalking him.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 30-year old Ennis man threatened a hitch-hiker that he would set him alight after pulling out a plastic bottle full of petrol if he did not pay money for his lift, it has been alleged in court.
*Junior Minister, Anne Rabbitte. Photograph: Natasha Barton THE SOUTH Galway farmer accused of throwing a bag of cow dung in the direction of Minister for State, Anne Rabbitte (FF) has told a court that the case against him “is completely media hype pushed by higher powers over a smallish thing”.