*Photograph: John Mangan A SHANNON man accused of a ‘very serious’ assault on his then girlfriend on St Patrick’s Day that allegedly left her with a broken eye socket, broken ribs and a collapsed lung is now also charged with her false imprisonment.
*Both cases will go before the Circuit Court. A CLARE woman sustained a broken eye socket, stitches to her face, staples to her head, a collapsed lung that required to be drained, bruises to her body and broken ribs arising from an alleged assault on St Patrick’s Day by her then boyfriend.
*The case was heard at Ennis District Court. A MIDDLE aged father who described himself in court as the ‘responsible adult’ at a teenagers’ house party sexual assaulted a female friend of his son’s on the night.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 40-year old Clare man sent a lewd image of himself to a female “public figure”, a court has heard.
*Photograph: John Mangan A 39-year old Clare woman was sent forward for trial charged in connection with wilfully ill-treating and neglecting three children in her custody in charges spanning a six year period.
*The accused had been at large since June 2022. AN anti-vaccine activist, Antonio Mureddu is to face trial at the circuit court where he is charged with the assault of a Clare Garda after being ‘at large’ for the last 21 months concerning the case.
*Photograph: John Mangan A MALE wheelchair user sustained dental injuries and a possible fractured eye socket when allegedly “trampled” on by three males in pursuit of another man during a day-light alleged ‘affray’ incident in Ennis town centre last month, a court has heard.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN IRON SLUDGE discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce Éireann was the cause of an ‘ecological tragedy’ that wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court has heard.
*The man has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court. A 38-year old Co Clare man has appeared in court charged with inciting two other males to rape a woman.
*The drink driving offences occurred in November 2022. A 55-year old South-East Clare woman has received two separate driving bans adding to a cumulative nine years after being detected drink driving at two separate locations in Shannon within a four hour period on the same night, a court has heard.
