*Prison sentence will be issued on Thursday. A JUDGE granted a request by a convicted cocaine delivery man and “decent family man” to defer his imprisonment to allow him attend his child’s First Holy Communion last Saturday.
*The bouncy castle incident occurred on the grounds of St Conaire’s NS in Shannon. A JUDGE has recommended the rejection of a compensation pay-out of €32,500 for a 10 year old Shannon girl from “a bad ol day at the bouncy castle” after deeming the offer not high enough.
*Jim Harmon. SCOUTING Ireland has apologised to the five victims of ‘prolific paedophile’ and former scout leader, Jim Harmon (80).
*Jim Harmon. A JUDGE has jailed an 80-year old former Scout Leader to six years and eight months in prison for molesting five young boys, all scouts in the 1970s and early 1980s.
*Making orders in the case “is not ideal in any way,” the judge remarked. A JUDGE has ruled in a Confirmation celebration row between estranged parents that their children have their main course with their mother and then have their dessert with their father in post Confirmation celebration meals in different rooms at a hotel.
*Boylesports in Roslevan. A judge has imposed a two year prison term on a balaclava-covered knife wielding robber after he made away with €265 in cash from a BoyleSports outlet on the eastern outskirts of Ennis.
*It is four years since the incident occurred. A QUALIFIED fitness instructor who previously escaped jail after paying out €40,000 compensation to his victim for an ear-bite has once more avoided prison, this time for drug dealing.
*Photograph: John Mangan A JUDGE has told a 49 year old Co Clare man that he faces “a significant custodial sentence” after hearing details of the coercive control and multiple sexual assaults the man carried out on his then wife.
*The late Stephanie Fitzpatrick. A NORTH CLARE man admitted to ‘drinking all day’ at a Christening celebration before crashing his car into a tree that claimed the life of his girlfriend on the main road leading out of the seaside resort of Lahinch two years ago.
*One of the assaults took place on Holy Island. AN 80-year old man has pleaded guilty to the indecent assault of five boys over a six year period at locations in Clare and Limerick.
