Ennis teenager Quinn charged with affray over machete attack
*Trevor Quinn. AN Ennis teenager charged in connection with an alleged broad daylight machete attack that left a man “3mm from death” was charged with affray in relation to the incident.
Legal aid secured by man arrested at Gardaí when attending family funeral charged with alleged indecent assault
*The case was before the District and Circuit Courts in Ennis. A 55-year old working man in debt from a very expensive divorce has secured legal aid to face six charges connected to the alleged indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago.
Clare parents of shy schoolboy warned they will face jail over poor attendance
*Photograph: Gary Collins A JUDGE has warned the parents of a Co Clare school-shy boy that they face jail after commenting that their son “has been missing from school for most of his life”.
Man given two month prison sentence for assaulting Garda in Gort Courthouse
*Gort Courthouse. A JUDGE has jailed an ‘uncontrollable’ 30 year old man for two months for an assault on a Garda Inspector during a civil court sitting at Gort courthouse.
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.
Number of IDA visits to Clare in 2024 almost cut in half
*Clare Technology Park. THE NUMBER of IDA hosted visits by would be foreign direct investors (FDIs) last year almost halved in Clare to 21.
Gardaí drop charges against Kilrush man charged in connection with machete attack on neighbour’s dog
*Two charges against O’Callaghan were withdrawn. GARDAÍ have dropped charges against a man charged in connection with a machete attack on a neighbour’s dog during a disturbance in a Kilrush estate last September.
Gardaí swoop on man home in Clare for family funeral and charge him for indecent assault of sister 40 years ago
GARDAÍ swooped on a 55 year old man while home in Ireland for a family funeral and charged him with the indecent assault of a sister 40 years ago, a court heard.
Ghana native jailed for rape of teenager pleads guilty to three money laundering offences
*A date for sentencing hearing will be set next month. A 28-year old Ennis man convicted last July of the rape of a teenage girl he had befriended online, has pleaded guilty to three money laundering offences.
Ennis man pleads guilty to threatening ‘light up’ hitch hiker
*The threat was made in August. A 30-year old Ennis man has pleaded guilty to threatening a hitch-hiker that he would set him alight after pulling out a plastic bottle full of petrol if he did not pay money for his lift.
