*The crash occurred in November 2014. A 36-year old convicted burglar who has served time in prison for targeting an 80 year old priest’s parochial home has been awarded €5,750 in personal injuries arising from ’very slight injuries’ he suffered in a Garda van crash.
*Judge Francis Comerford suspended the sentence in full. AN INSURANCE broker business worker who forged documentation in a fraudulent €9,000 insurance claim from a genuine road traffic accident has narrowly avoided being sent to jail.
*Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE teenager said that she reported the neglect of her mother so that her young sister wouldn’t have the young life she has had.
*The case was heard before Ennis Circuit Court. A JUDGE has jailed a mother of a two year old boy for 18 months after telling her that she can’t use her children as a shield from the consequences of her money laundering.
*A 64 month long-prison term was imposed. A JUDGE HAS imposed a five-year four month prison term for money laundering on a convicted drug dealer who used to make his living selling whipped ice-cream to children from his ice-cream van.
*The sitting of Ennis Circuit Court was on Wednesday. A 39-year old Ennistymon man has pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of Stephanie Fitzpatrick on the main road leading to the seaside resort of Lahinch last year.
*St Anthony. A 69-year old retired school Child Protection Officer admitted to Gardai that he sexually assaulted his then 13 year old grand-daughter after St Anthony told him to tell the truth, a court has heard.
*The incident from five years ago was heard at the Ennis Circuit Court. A TEN year old Shannon school girl is in line for a court approved compensation pay-out of €32,500 after “a bad ol’ day at the bouncy castle”, a court has heard.
*Scott Donegan. A DUBLIN MAN with a history of violence against women and who changed his identity when moving to West Clare before “terrorising’ his fourth female victim has been jailed for seven years and 10 months.
*Scott Donegan. A DUBLIN man with a history of violence against women and who changed his identity when moving to West Clare inflicted “a reign of terror” on his fourth female victim, a court has heard.
