*Saoirse Lillis McMahon. A 33-year old Kilkee woman pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of ‘inspirational’ school teacher, Michael Lorigan (70).
*Amy & Estlin Wall. THE STATE is to oppose a court bid by the driver whose careless driving caused the death of Estlin Wall (3) to have his driving licence restored early.
THE STATE is employing one of the country’s best known criminal barristers to lead the prosecution case in Clare’s first ever coercive control trial.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has described a father who abandoned his two school-going children to travel to Singapore to a woman he met online as ‘callous’ and ‘cowardly’.