Driver jailed after placing 'lurid widow's curse' on garda that her family would die

'I am putting a curse on you. I will light a candle that your family will die and you will suffer grief in the next 12 months...I will take pictures.'

A judge has jailed a man who told a female Garda he would have a "widow's curse" put on her after she stopped him on the road last May.

At Ennis District Court on Tuesday, Judge Patrick Durcan imposed an eight-month prison term on Martin Joyce (28) after stating that the Ennis man had imposed a "lurid curse" on Garda Elizabeth McDonagh on May 18 last at Beechpark, Ennis.