Scouting Ireland declines to comment on Limerick scouting organisation not informing GardaÍ of abuse in 1981
*Jim Harmon. SCOUTING Ireland has apologised to the five victims of ‘prolific paedophile’ and former scout leader, Jim Harmon (80).
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80 year old former Scout Leader jailed for 16 months for molesting five boys
*Jim Harmon. A JUDGE has jailed an 80-year old former Scout Leader to six years and eight months in prison for molesting five young boys, all scouts in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Confirmation row sees judge direct children to have dinner with mother & dessert with father in separate rooms of hotel
*Making orders in the case “is not ideal in any way,” the judge remarked. A JUDGE has ruled in a Confirmation celebration row between estranged parents that their children have their main course with their mother and then have their dessert with their father in post Confirmation celebration meals in different rooms at a hotel.
Judge jails balaclava covered knife wielding robber
*Boylesports in Roslevan. A judge has imposed a two year prison term on a balaclava-covered knife wielding robber after he made away with €265 in cash from a BoyleSports outlet on the eastern outskirts of Ennis.
Shannon worker and qualified fitness instructor escapes jail for drug dealing
*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.
Clare man who coercively controlled wife faces ‘significant custodial sentence’
*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.
Ennistymon man ‘drank all day’ before fatal crash that killed his girlfriend Stephanie Fitzpatrick
*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.
80 year old man pleads guilty to indecent assault of five boys
*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.
Tulla ‘model citizen’ who bit off top part of brother’s ear in land row receives suspended 17 month prison term
*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.
Judge jails Donovan for 20 months only days after getting married
*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.