A mass brawl in a pub “was like a scene out of a Wild West movie”, a garda told a court yesterday.

The HSE is to be informed by the Courts Service in Clare of all convictions relating to serious alcohol and drug abuse and dealing against parents of young children.

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 Clare resident who defrauded a company out of goods valued at nearly €5,000 while wearing a shirt saying “Trust Me” has been given a two year sentence with the balance suspended from today.

A Clare man who defrauded a company out of goods valued at nearly €5,000 while wearing a shirt saying “Trust Me” has been told to come up with compensation or he will have to perform community service.