Man in machete chase avoids jail term

Two men were “in fear of their lives” as they ran away from men wielding a machete and hockey stick in the school yard of a primary school, a court has heard.

At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Thomas Molloy received a two-year suspended sentence for his part in the incident.

Counsel for the State, Stephen Coughlan BL, said Darren and Martin Maughan were in fear of their lives at the Holy Family School in Ennis on March 20, 2012.