A ‘lovesick’ east Clare man ‘dog-napped’ a little terrier called Red as part of a campaign of harassment that made a single mother’s life hell, a court has heard.

The victim of a night club glass attack carried out by the ex-partner of murderer, John Dundon, Ciara Killeen (aged 32) has said that the Limerick woman should have got jail for the attack.

A Limerick man has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a boy at a Kerry holiday home 36 years ago.

The trial opened in Limerick yesterday of a man accused of carrying out sexual acts on a neighbouring child during a three-year period.

Just because a woman engages in ‘sexting’, her credibility in making a complaint to gardaí should not be damaged, the jury in a trial of man charged with sexual assaulting a mother of two has been told.

A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by her partner agreed she had sent him explicit texts shortly before the alleged attacks saying she was his “naughty sex slave” who would be happy to be tied to a tree for the accused to slap her backside all he wanted, a court heard.

An elderly mother has told a court her 39-year-old heroin dealing son “is our rock”.

An unemployed 34-year old mechanic yesterday pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment and robbery of a prostitute at an Ennis hotel room last year.

A judge yesterday overturned a driving ban on a speeding and foul-mouthed cleric but told him “even God would tell you slow down on that particular road”.

A hapless cannabis growhouse operator, who learned to cultivate cannabis by watching the Discovery channel, yesterday escaped jail.

One man was jailed for five years while two men walked free yesterday after receiving suspended jail terms for the robbery of a 68-year-old, who abandoned his home in terror two years ago.

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.

A campaigner for the homeless was convicted of stealing almost €27,000 from the bank account an 87-year-old care home patient.

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.

A father has said that a pony he was told would take his eight-year-old daughter to compete in the RDS instead nearly killed her.

A JURY yesterday delivered a unanimous not guilty verdict in a case where a west Clare man pleaded self-defence when biting off part of a friend’s ear.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.