*The woman said she was assaulted with a hockey stick. A WOMAN has said she will never forgive her “monster” uncle who sexually assaulted her and locked her in a room for a week after assaulting her with a hockey stick and electric heater.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*The late Damien Carmody. A WEST CLARE woman has told of her devastation at losing her recently married husband in a farm-yard accident more than two and a half years ago.
*The incident occurred in April 2019. A 34-year old man has escaped jail for his one-punch assault at an acute psychiatric unit on “a frail and vulnerable” 81 year old patient that left his victim with a brain injury.
*The late-night ‘bite assault’ took place at The Kilmaley Inn. A CLARE MAN (29) has been jailed for 14 months for a late night ‘bite assault’ on a farmer in a Kilmaley pub last May.
