Offender put on kick boxing course to challenge drug barons

A judge has pleaded ignorance to the existence of the multibillion-euro green ogre Shrek after hearing that a taunt related to the character sparked a pub row between extended family members.

A GAA spectator was yesterday returned for trial concerning an alleged on-pitch assault that resulted in a footballer losing three teeth and being rendered unconscious.

Renegade bishop Michael Cox charged a teenage couple — one of them underage — €100 for a ‘sham’ marriage.

Shaneomania is sweeping the country.

An “extensive file” is being prepared by gardaí in a case where a man is charged with producing a slash hook at a primary school last month.

A “BONE detective” is being drafted in to help gardaí identify the remains of a man that were recovered off the Cliffs of Moher over one year ago.

A 32-YEAR-OLD Austrian librarian is due to appear in court today charged in connection with three alleged air-rage offences that forced a flight to divert to Shannon airport on Saturday.

A SENIOR garda said yesterday that the circumstances surrounding the grim discovery of the remains of missing man, Frank Hassett are “very unusual and baffling”.

AN Ennis man lost a finger after being set upon by men with machetes while he was attending a funeral on Saturday afternoon, a senior garda told a court yesterday.

A SENIOR Garda has told a court that a 10-month-old boy sustained “very, very serious injuries” during an assault by an 18-year-old man on the baby’s mother.