A fresh bail application is to be made next Monday for a 32-year-old man charged in connection with an alleged meat cleaver assault that left the victim with a 20-stitch laceration to the head.

A book of evidence has been served on a 32-year-old man arising from an alleged meat cleaver assault that left the victim with a 20-stitch laceration to the head.

The Olympic dream of a record-holding Irish weightlifter lies in the balance following his guilty pleas to firearm and drug offences.

A 67-year-old West Clare man is this evening recovering in hospital following a fire at his home last night.