*The late-night ‘bite assault’ took place at The Kilmaley Inn. A CLARE MAN (29) has been jailed for 14 months for a late night ‘bite assault’ on a farmer in a Kilmaley pub last May.
*The attack targeted a house at Pearse Avenue in Cloughleigh. A JUDGE has jailed an Ennis man for four years and ten months for a firebomb attack “on a house full of children” in 2021.
*Damien Carmody. A WEST CLARE man has pleaded guilty to two health and safety breaches concerning a fatal farm accident which claimed the life of a farmer two years ago.
Amy and Vincent Wall with Estlin. THE PARENTS of Estlin Wall (3) endured anguish as a judge restored early the driving licence for the driver whose careless driving caused the death of Estlin six years ago.
*Amy & Estlin Wall. THE STATE is to oppose a court bid by the driver whose careless driving caused the death of Estlin Wall (3) to have his driving licence restored early.
*Caroline Sherlock. AN OUTSPOKEN NORTH CLARE parish priest has made an undisclosed payout arising from a court action taken by a traveller woman concerning a First Holy Communion flashpoint eight years ago.
THE STATE is employing one of the country’s best known criminal barristers to lead the prosecution case in Clare’s first ever coercive control trial.
A ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ who abused his niece for the last time on the day of his wedding 41 years ago is to be sentenced next year.
A MOTHER has told a court that all her children’s letters to Santa want this year are for their Daddy to be home for Christmas.
*Judge Comerford said the man benefited from good policing on the scene. A 65 YEAR OLD Limerick man who was found by Gardai in his car late at night in a secluded location with a ’vulnerable’ 15 year old girl and a box of viagra tablets has been jailed for 11 months.
