A judge yesterday adjourned sentencing of a ‘neighbour from hell’ after hearing an anonymous letter containing specific threats has recently been sent to his victim, Raymond Crowley.

An 80-year-old former principal has appealed his conviction for indecently assaulting 11 women while they were pupils of his in Moyasta National School, west Clare, over three decades.

A well-known traditional singer who claimed that the cover of a book written by historian Diarmuid Ferriter had depicted him as an alcoholic has settled his claim for damages.

An 18-year-old Ennis youth who struck former Clare hurler Alan Markham with a beer glass in an unprovoked attack yesterday walked free from court.

A jury last night found a 67-year-old Co Clare man guilty of threatening to kill his neighbour.

A priest who described daily Mass-going paedophile, Patrick Barry as a “spiritual man” said yesterday his court testimonial “was not a defence of” the convicted man.

A judge said yesterday a retired 80-year-old school principal had “stolen the youth” of his victims and robbed them of their childhood during sex abuse over a 21-year period.

A victim of paedophile school principal Patrick Barry yesterday described the 80-year-old abuser as a "vicious wolf lying in wait" to abuse the children that came to his school.

Two men yesterday pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by a son of Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara.

A man has told a court that his neighbours say that they can’t help to pay a €63,000 bill he is facing from an ill-fated court case seeking to prevent a Traveller family moving into their area.

Past school friends wept and embraced in court after a jury found a former school principal guilty of 59 indecent assaults over a 21-year period.

A judge yesterday sentenced a well-known GAA figure to two years in jail for the sexual abuse of two sisters over a five-year period.

A lawyer representing the liquidator of Doonbeg golf club has told a court there are no funds available for unsecured creditors in the liquidation.

A judge has said four men "behaved like a lynch mob from the days of the wild west" when they terrorised a Shannon family in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2012.

Billionaire Donald Trump has not come to the rescue of a widow and other luxury suite owners at Doonbeg Golf Club who were left out of pocket by the collapse of the company.

A former member of Doonbeg Golf Club has secured judgment of $39,500 (€28,608) against Doonbeg Golf Club concerning a refundable joining fee of $45,000 the firm had refused to return to him.

A jury has found a man guilty of threatening to kill an Ennis dentist.

A state counsel yesterday criticised a cleric for coming into court to give character evidence on behalf of a homeless campaigner convicted of stealing €26,852 from an 88-year-old care home patient.

A woman has pleaded guilty to two charges in connection with the multiple stabbing of another woman on school grounds earlier this year.

A judge has said that until a sufficient number of properly resourced facilities for drug addicts are put in place, more deaths like that suffered by James Sherlock will occur.

A man charged with sending a pig’s head to the home of a Garda remains at large.

The body of a homeless double leg amputee has been recovered from the grounds of a golf club.

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a 45-year-old man charged in connection with sending a pig’s head to the home of a garda.

One garda was used as a “human shield” from a hatchet-wielding 16-year-old while gardaí were powerless to prevent another man slashing his victim 11 times across the face and back with a Stanley knife in broad daylight.

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.

The Olympic dream of a record-holding Irish weightlifter lies in the balance following his guilty pleas to firearm and drug offences.

A mother of five was cleared by a jury for her role in an internet scam relating to counterfeit cheques totalling €27,000.

Two brothers have received three-year sentences for a vicious assault on a man beaten into submission over an alleged money debt.

A farmer who ran over a 76-year-old German tourist with his 1980-registered tractor at one of the country’s best known tourist spots yesterday escaped with a €1,250 fine.

A judge has congratulated all sides in resolving a legal row over an alleged “dud” €14,400 pony.

A traditional singer is suing historian Diarmuid Ferriter, claiming the cover of the academic’s book on the pioneers depicts the singer as an alcoholic.

A Nigerian taxi driver has avoided a jail sentence over assaulting a passenger with a sweeping brush and a toy trailer, breaking the man’s collar bone.

Judges with the Mahon Tribunal have been made millionaires during their time presiding over the planning corruption probe, figures reveal.

A tribunal judge has clashed with Bertie Ahern during his evidence at the Mahon Tribunal today.

FUNDS raised for the Fianna Fáil party were diverted into an account administered by businessman Tim Collins — the only signatory until earlier this year when two joint treasurers were appointed, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

THE widow of TD Liam Lawlor is to ask the High Court to determine what effect his death has had on legal proceedings in which the Mahon planning tribunal is seeking orders relating to the couple’s home and lands in Lucan, Co Dublin, to satisfy debts of €575,000 in legal costs.

IN hurricane season, you track the storm as it moves on. The place that was devastated yesterday is becalmed today. Some place further up the line is now bearing the brunt of its fury.

HOUSEBUILDER Joe Moran yesterday disclosed to the Mahon planning tribunal how he paid €20,000 in 2002 to Fine Gael county councillor Anne Devitt, who helped him get public road access to his lands.