*An artist’s impression of the Ennis Data Centre. THE HIGH Court has ruled that a report error concerning a bat located in a barn outside Ennis is not sufficient to halt contentious plans for a new 200MW €1.2bn data centre campus.
*Photograph: John Mangan A ‘typical country lad’ who acted as a local drugs courier in West Clare is facing a ‘stiff’ sentence for a drugs offence, a court has heard.
*Gardaí at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has convicted prominent anti-immigrant activist, Philip Dwyer of trespass at a then new direct provision centre for International Protection (IP) applicants at Magowna House at Inch in May 2023.
*McDonald’s in Ennis. REVENUES at McDonald’s franchise operator, Aarval which operates two outlets in Clare, increased by 16 percent from €40.27m to a record €46.93m in 2023.
*Trevor Quinn. AN ENNIS teenager charged in connection with an alleged broad daylight machete attack that left a man “3mm from death” has been returned for trial.
*The matter was before Ennis District Court. A 75-year old Clare man provided a fraudulent French ID card to a 22 year old woman he met online in order to assist her to gain illegal entry into Ireland last year, it has been alleged in court.
*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.
*The offices of Pepper in Shannon. A GAMBLING ADDICT hooked on sports betting on his smartphone was able to steal an estimated €84,000 of laptops from his Shannon based employer due to ‘very lax’ stock supervision procedures in place, a court has heard.
*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.
*The harassment took place in June 2020. A JUDGE has imposed a prison term of 22 months on a West Clare man for carrying out an eight day “campaign of harassment” via Facebook against a serving Garda.
