The wife of a serving Garda told a court yesterday that she was “afraid, disgusted, and horrified” when a box containing a severed pig’s head was delivered to her home.

A 47-year-old Co Clare woman lost her life last Christmas Eve after a night drinking on the couch in front of the TV with her boyfriend.

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.

West Clare man Jim Scanlan said it is “devastating” for the village of Kilmihil to be losing its Garda station.

Two elderly sisters who were terrorised and robbed for €100 last weekend were expected to return to their country cottage last night after being cared for in a nursing home for several days.

A parent of two school children has been found guilty of assaulting a school principal at a Clare primary school.

GARDAÍ are investigating the disappearance of 27 of 30 signs erected as part of a €50,000 local authority improvement programme to the scenic cliff walk at the west Clare resort of Kilkee.

Gardaí in Clare are appealing for witnesses to an armed bank robbery in which more than €8,000 was stolen.