A Clare man was forced to leave the country for England due to the attention from his infatuated former lover, a court has been told.

A senior Garda yesterday said he finds it “nothing short of astonishing” that a former air hostess infatuated with her former lover could allegedly be breaking her bail conditions concerning contact with the man.

A verdict of death by misadventure has been returned in an inquest into the death of Graham Parish, who died of acute alcohol intoxication in 2008.

IN a landmark decision, a court ruled that a man who died from acute alcohol poisoning, was responsible for his own drinking and bar staff who served him could not be blamed.

A jury in the trial of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father’s house after celebrating her 19th birthday has heard that he denied the allegation during Garda interview.