*It is four years since the incident occurred. A QUALIFIED fitness instructor who previously escaped jail after paying out €40,000 compensation to his victim for an ear-bite has once more avoided prison, this time for drug dealing.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has told a 49 year old Co Clare man that he faces “a significant custodial sentence” after hearing details of the coercive control and multiple sexual assaults the man carried out on his then wife.
*The late Stephanie Fitzpatrick. A NORTH CLARE man admitted to ‘drinking all day’ at a Christening celebration before crashing his car into a tree that claimed the life of his girlfriend on the main road leading out of the seaside resort of Lahinch two years ago.
*One of the assaults took place on Holy Island. AN 80-year old man has pleaded guilty to the indecent assault of five boys over a six year period at locations in Clare and Limerick.
*Conor & Daniel O’Halloran. A TULLA medical professional who bit off the top part of his brother’s left ear in a farmyard row “around land, monies and a shed” has escaped jail for the offence.
*Johnny Donovan (second from right) on his wedding day. A JUDGE has jailed a Co Clare man for 20 months for threatening to kill a Garda only days after the man was married last weekend.
*The case came before the Ennis Circuit Court. A FATHER of three school going children has pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of an M16 machine gun used in war zones, 179 rounds of ammunition and a 30 round capacity magazine in a forested area at Shannon last September.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 49-year old man pleaded guilty on Friday to the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of his ex-partner during a ‘horrifying ordeal’ at her home in West Clare last September.
*The crash occurred in August 2021. A FORMER world handball champion has told a court that he feared for his life and thought ‘that’s it’ after his car struck a loose cow on the M18 motorway in south Clare.
*Lahinch playground. AN ELEVEN year old boy who looked “like a shark” after suffering multiple injuries across a number of teeth when playing with his older brother on a ‘Wind-Surfer Rocker’ at Lahinch playground has been awarded €18,850.
