*Pearse Avenue. A 32 year old Ennis man has appeared in court in connection with the alleged assault of a 14-year old girl who was chaperoning younger children ‘trick or treating’ on Halloween night.
*Photograph: Sean Curtin / True Media A JUDGE has awarded a retired HSE multi-task hospital attendant €10,000 compensation for an injury sustained from a used COVID-19 vaccination needle stick to a middle finger.
*Bernard Kennedy died in November 2023. AN 82-year old man died of hypothermia when unable to get up from a fall outside his remote West Clare home on a Winter’s night after his 78 year old wife collapsed unconscious while trying to ring for help, an inquest has heard.
*John Burke. SPANISH POINT’s Armada Hotel enjoyed record revenues and profitability for owner John Burke.
*Asba Meats. A JUDGE has directed that the operator of a Halal meat plant in Shannon attend court in order “to protect the integrity of the meat industry here”.
*The incident occurred in August. A 30-year-old Ennis man who is accused of threatening a hitch-hiker that he would set him alight if he did not pay money for his lift now faces a ‘petrol bomb’ charge.
*Mark Rodgers signs the jersey of a young fan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s jersey for 2024 was O’Neill’s best selling replica jersey this year.
*The flight was in November 2023. A 57-year old Galway man charged with two counts of sexual assault of a 16-year old girl on board a transatlantic Aer Lingus flight has been returned for trial.
*Trevor Quinn at Ennis Courthouse. An 18-year old charged in connection with an alleged ‘random’ broad daylight machete attack on a busy Ennis street two weeks ago is sleeping on a mattress on a floor at Limerick prison while on remand, a court has heard.
*The incident occurred last month. ARMED Gardaí had to deploy pepper spray and tasers to get under control a 60-year old part-time farmer who was armed with a hatchet, a court has heard.
