*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.
*The assault took place in February. A 45-year old Ennis carpenter has appeared in court charged in connection with a claw-hammer assault on a man at his home in front of the alleged victim’s two children, aged 12 and 10.
*The barring order followed a seven-day interim barring order. A MOTHER found smoking crack cocaine in her bedroom with her three-year-old boy present in the house has been barred from the family home for one year.
*A significant Garda investigation has compiled a report of 200 pages with 180 witness statements. A SENIOR Garda has told a court that an estimated €1m in value in property has been allegedly stolen or damaged in a spate of burglaries across Limerick, Clare and Galway.
*The matter was before Ennis District Court. A DAUGHTER in law seeking a civil restraining order against her in-laws has prompted a judge to say “let’s not destroy an entire family. We have to try to defuse the grenade here”.
*The case has been adjourned to Thursday. A JUDGE has granted an Interim Barring Order (IBO) to a man to have his wife, and mother of their children, removed from the family home after the man found her smoking crack cocaine with a pipe in their bedroom with their three year old boy present in …
*Both farmers are to attend court this Wednesday. A JUDGE has ordered that two Clare farmers not go within 200 metres of a couple’s home in the county after hearing that the couple have been subject to alleged ‘bully-boy tactics’.
*The recipient of the card said she is terrified. A JUDGE has stated that he is surprised that Irish Prison Service censors permitted two letters, including a Valentine’s Day Card to be sent out by an inmate to an ex-partner.
