A judge said yesterday that ‘peace now reigns’ between two west Clare brothers who were before the court on charges arising from friction between the two.

A 45-year old mother-of-three sent a “vile” Christmas card to an 11-year old schoolgirl, writes Gordon Deegan.

A 45-year old mother-of-three sent a “vile” Christmas card to an 11-year old schoolgirl.

The children of a farmer who subjected a neighbour to a foul-mouthed and obscene ‘tractor rant’ have been chastised at their local school in the fallout from the incident.

A judge has said that a West Clare farmer who told another farmer in a “foul-mouthed rant” that he would fuck him under a tractor after a run-in on a country road “seems to be at this all the time”.

Large numbers of people are still being committed to jail for the non-payment of fines in spite of the new legislation aimed at dramatically reducing the numbers.

A judge who imposed fines on TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly has expressed frustration with those fined before him not paying the fines and ending up having “afternoon tea” with the governor at Limerick Prison.

A farmer, in a foul-mouthed and rambling rant, told another farmer he would throw him under a tractor after a “run-in” on a country road.

Fifteen motorists accused of drink driving, including one driver facing two separate drink-driving charges, had their cases dismissed by a district court judge yesterday.

A serial road traffic offender has clocked up another conviction — this time after crashing his bicycle into his parish priest’s car.

A 62-year-old West Clare farmer yesterday appeared in court in connection with the alleged dumping of 17 decomposing carcasses at a 90m-high cliff last year.

A judge has told a “devious, self-serving, duplicitous” mother that it is “unacceptable” she has not complied with a court order awarding shared custody to the father of their two children.

A Co Clare couple, whose dog attacked an 84-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries, have been fined €1,000 at Kilrush District Court.

A heroin dealer armed with a lump hammer, claw hammer, and pepper spray on his way to robbing an isolated home belonging to two elderly brothers, has been jailed for 16 months.

Gardaí are today escorting back to Ireland from Spain a man charged with sending a pig’s head to the home of a Garda.

A mother of seven and her eldest son could be spending Christmas behind bars after “complete mayhem” broke out at a district court yesterday.

A judge said that if Finance Minister Michael Noonan is offered money in cows and sheep, he should accept it.

A situation whereby speed-camera operators who come to court but fail to prosecute alleged speeding motorists for “one bad reason after another” has been described as “a complete waste of public money” by one judge.

A judge yesterday jailed a west Clare farmer for six months for the “appalling cruelty” to his cattle.

A judge described a 49-year-old Clare man as “the worst kind of publican” after hearing that the man sold below-strength vodka to his customers.

A man appeared in court yesterday on a child pornography offence, accused of having in his possession images of naked boys.

A man is due to appear before a special court sitting in Clare this morning on suspicion of offences linked to the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act.

A 33-year-old man has been arrested in Co Clare in connection with offences against the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act.

A man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda has been allowed leave the country to go on a Mediterranean sun holiday.

Mediation efforts between a Clare school principal and a parent who assaulted him have broken down after a Catholic bishop said he could not intervene.

A man will face charges tomorrow in connection with the death of a 23-year-old girl in west Clare.

Five youths were due in court today in connection with a brutal rape and attack in Co Clare.

Five youths were remanded in custody in Co Clare tonight after being charged with rape, false imprisonment and robbery.