A JUDGE has refused a 47 year old man’s application to withdraw his guilty plea that he sexually assaulted a female at an apartment in Meelick three years ago.
*The sentence was reduced. A JUDGE has jailed a 27 year old Ennis man for asking a mother on Snapchat could he have sex with her two year old daughter.
*Martin Molloy. TWO Ennis brothers carried out a firebomb attack on a home where their 22 month old niece was present at the time arising from a family row sparked by an engagement ring, a court has heard.
*Niall Gilligan. A JURY has found All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan not guilty of assaulting a then 12 year old boy with a stick almost two years ago.
*Deliberations from the jury continue on Wednesday. THE JURY of seven men and five women in the assault trial of former Clare hurler, Niall Gilligan are to continue their deliberations on Wednesday.
*The incident took place in the Jamaica Inn in October 2023. ALL-IRELAND winning Clare hurler, Niall Gilligan “lost it” when he hit a then 12 year old child “multiple times” with a stick.
*The trial continues at Ennis Circuit Court. THE State has concluded its case against former All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan where the 48 year is accused of assaulting a then 12 year old boy with a stick in October 2023.
*Niall Gilligan. SIXMILEBRIDGE’S Niall Giligan told Gardaí that he acted in a reasonable manner to protect himself from injury and assault from others at the Jamaica Inn hostel on October 5th 2023.
*Niall Gilligan. Photograph: John Mangan FORMER All Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan today pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the assault causing harm of a boy with a stick in October 2023.
*Harry Dinan THE convicted killer of a Lissycasey school teacher has been jailed for five years and two months for drug dealing.