Murder charges against seven people have been dropped after five of them pleaded guilty to Dale Creighton’s manslaughter and their two co-accused pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

One of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man who was beaten to death said he had hit him because the deceased had pulled a knife on him and stolen his sister’s phone.

One of seven people accused of murdering a man on a footbridge in Dublin claims he tried to help him and left when things started getting out of hand.

One of seven Dubliners charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, said the deceased was already ‘black and blue and bleeding from his eyes’ before he punched him.

The trial of seven people charged with murdering a man, who was beaten to death, has heard that another man seen punching and kicking him repeatedly was charged with assault causing harm.

The jury in the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murder has seen footage of what the prosecutor described as a “vicious, prolonged and sustained attack” involving kicks and stamps to the 20-year-old’s head and body, after which he was thrown “like a rag doll”.

A jury at the trial of seven Dubliners charged with murdering 20-year-old Dale Creighton were warned not to search for information on the internet or discuss the case with anyone.

Six men and one woman have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Dale Creighton in January 2014.

A judge who was subjected to a man exposing himself in front of him in court demanded heightened security at future court sittings.

Gardaí are investigating a fire which destroyed a house in a Traveller accommodation development in Clare.

Gardaí in Clare were last night questioning a 24-year-old man following the seizure of almost €700,000 worth of cannabis.

A judge has told a court that a 28-year-old man could have killed someone after placing boulders across a bad bend on a road leading out of Ennis in the middle of the night.

Local authorities said yesterday they have already stockpiled thousands of tonnes of rock salt in preparation for a “hard winter”.

A local authority is spending almost €3,500 weekly on 24-hour security at a Traveller site that cost €2m to complete.

CLARE county council has spent over €150,000 on legal fees for Traveller-related issues this year.

CALLS were made last night for no further money to be spent on Traveller accommodation in Co Clare until new legislation is introduced.

TEN Traveller homes that were part of Clare County Council’s €20 million spend over 10 years on Traveller accommodation have been destroyed by arson and vandalism, it has emerged.

A LOCAL authority was forced to spend an extra €450,000 on Traveller accommodation over its budget allocation following damage on sites and high legal costs for the first six months of the year.

CLARE County Council is to spend almost €300,000 on providing CCTV on three Traveller accommodation sites — almost three times the original estimate.

THE average cost of maintaining Traveller accommodation group scheme units in Clare is seven times the unit cost of standard local authority accommodation.

I READ with interest the letters (April 5) from representatives of the greyhound industry and individuals whose concern is the welfare of the dogs.

PROPERTY developers have been forced to sell many new homes at a loss this year due to the downturn in the construction industry, according to leading builders.

I HOPE tens of thousands of people march tomorrow week.