Man, 21, charged with assault of 13-year-old

A man has appeared in court charged with an assault causing harm to a 13-year-old boy.

At Ennis District Court, Shane Curry, aged 21, of Croi na mBaile, Kilmhil, Co Clare, was charged with the assault causing harm of the boy and possessing a knife during the course of the alleged assault on the teen at John Paul Estate in Kilrush, Co Clare, last Saturday.

Mr Curry is also charged with threatening to burn down the house of a woman at Crawford St, Kilrush, and having a knife when trespassing into the curtilage of her property on th at date.