*Ennis Courthouse. A JUDGE has ruled that a 33-year old Co Clare man who has pleaded guilty to two separate counts of the unlawful possession of child pornography can’t be identified, for now.
*Gardaí made the drugs swoops in July and August 2023. A 28-year old West Clare man on a carer’s allowance to look after his mother “is facing a significant period in custody” after being caught with just under €300,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis.
*Photograph: John Mangan. A JUDGE has jailed a 49 year old man to four years and eight months in prison for the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of his ex-partner during a ’terrifying ordeal’ at her home in West Clare last September.
*Colin Curtis outside Ennis Circuit Court. A 38 year old man who held down his then girlfriend telling her ‘you are not leaving this house bitch until you are dead’ during a vodka-fuelled assault has escaped jail.
*Parnell Street, Ennis. A 38-year old man described in court character references as ‘friendly, polite and compassionate’ held down his girlfriend and told her ‘you are not leaving this house bitch until you are dead’ during a vodka-fuelled assault, a court has heard.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 45 year old ‘family man’ has walked free from court after receiving a suspended sixteen month prison term for the possession of child pornography.
*The late Gerard Gunning. A TWENTY eight year old Ennis man has pleaded guilty to the careless driving causing the death of married father of two and GAA coach, Gerard Gunning.
*Photograph: John Mangan ANTI-VACCINE activist, Antonio Mureddu has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Clare based Garda and dangerous driving.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 27 year old man told his mother, “I am going to kill Benson” before repeatedly stabbing the woman’s “beloved” ten year old Pug dog with a knife.
*A four year prison term was imposed on the attacker. A 75-year old farmer and retired school teacher has branded a man who subjected him to “a horrific assault” as “a coward, a bully and a disgrace to his family”.