Former Ryanair pilot charged with €10m Meelick drug seizure
A FORMER Ryanair pilot, charged in connection with the possession of more than €10m worth of drugs, is not a suitable case for legal aid, a court was told.
Tara Godfrey
Prisoner ‘goes up in puff of smoke’ & absconds while on permitted cigarette break at Ennis Garda Station
*Ennis Garda Station. A PRISONER ‘went up in a puff of smoke’ and absconded from Garda custody at Ennis Garda Station during a cigarette break, a court has heard.
North Clare couple blocked from moving into new home due to self-styled ‘God’s Enforcer’
*The matter came before Ennis District Court. A COUPLE have been unable to move into their new home near the Clare village of Inagh due to the actions of a neighbouring farmer and self-styled ‘God’s Enforcer’ in blocking the roadway to their home, a court has heard.
Father lost control when head-butting GAA coach at U10s training session in Killaloe
*The incident occurred last May. A FATHER lost control when head-butting a GAA coach in front of young children playing hurling at an under-10s training session in Killaloe in May of last year, a court has heard.
Ennis garden centre burglar who left of trail of compost to his door jailed for six months
*The burglary took place at Vaughan’s Garden Centre in February. A BURGLAR who fled an Ennis garden centre with a trolley full of stolen shrubs and flowers and left a trail of compost behind him to lead Gardaí to the man’s home nearby has been jailed for six months.
Ennis garden centre burglar led Gardaí to his home with trail of compost on footpath
*Vaughan’s Garden Centre. AN unwitting burglar who fled a garden centre with a trolley full of stolen shrubs and flowers left a trail of compost behind him to lead Gardaí to the man’s home nearby, a court has heard.
‘Innocent looking’ teenage boys charged with Sixmilebridge burglaries
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN ‘innocent looking’ 16-year old boy and an 18 year old teen have appeared in court in connection with a spate of alleged burglaries in Sixmilebridge.
Ennis father of five released from custody after Clancy Park illegal encampment removed
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE released an Ennis father of five young children from custody after an illegal Traveller encampment was removed from a ‘completely destroyed’ green area of Ennis.
Clancy Park ‘completely destroyed’ by presence of three caravans on green area
*Photograph: John Mangan A FAMILY moved a second caravan onto a green area in Ennis after Storm Éowyn damage and the presence of a rat had made their existing caravan uninhabitable, a court has heard.
Ukrainian (61) pleads guilty to assault causing harm at Lisdoonvarna Direct Provision centre
*The Burren Hostel. A 61-year old Ukrainian national who has four sons fighting in the war against the Russians, has pleaded guilty to an assault causing harm offence at a Direct Provision centre in North Clare.