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.

A judge described as “reprehensible” a six-day delay by a mother in seeking medical attention for first-and second-degree burns suffered by her two-year-old son.

THE bill of costs for the collapsed Paschal Carmody trial has been served on the Irish Examiner and The Irish Times by the Clare GP’s legal team, a court was told yesterday.

THE Irish Examiner and the Irish Times have been found to be in technical contempt of court following the publication of court reports which led to the collapse of the trial of former GP, Dr Paschal Carmody.

A HEALTH and safety official said yesterday that a workplace accident where a Clare County Council employee suffered fatal injuries “could have been easily avoided” if the proper safety measures were in place.