Council spent €900 on failed court case

A local authority spent almost €900 on a failed prosecution against a hurling star over a sign measuring 18in by 9in, newly released records show.

Earlier this year, district court Judge Aeneas McCarthy threw out a prosecution by Clare County Council against auctioneer Niall Gilligan over him placing an auctioneer’s sign on the side of the road at O’Callaghan’s Mills in east Co Clare in Oct 2010.

The judge said the council failed to provide a chain of evidence in the case.