*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography “HATCHET trumps hurley,” commented a judge after hearing that a 22 year old man who went to confront another male at his home armed with a hurley was met by the man armed with a hatchet.
*The trial continues on Tuesday. THERE IS NO evidence that a West Clare man accused of harassing a Garda through anonymous posts on Facebook had any grudges against the Gardaí.
*Kilmihil. A KILMIHIL man accused of harassing a Garda through anonymous posts on Facebook repeatedly denied to Gardaí at interview that he had made the posts, a court has heard.
*Messages from the anonymous account were first sent in June 2020. A PRIMARY school teacher and wife of a ‘good Guard’ has told a jury how she was left ‘nervous and scared’ over “nasty” comments made about her husband from an anonymous Facebook account.
