This article is from page 12 of the 2009-07-07 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 12 JPG
THE case of four people charged in connection with a row outside Ennis Courthouse last month will be heard in September.
The four initially appeared before Ennis District Court on June 8 last, following a row earlier that day and re-appeared in court last Friday.
Inspector John Galvin, prosecut- ing, told the court on Friday that one of the accused, John McDonagh Jun- ior (21), of Nashes Boreen, Fairfield, Cork, is accused of damaging a car outside the courthouse, while three others are each facing a public order 8 Ko Neen
Judge Joseph Mangan asked, “Will
the State be saying this incident is part of a feud?”
Inspector Galvin replied, “Yes, it will be, but the property has nothing to do with it.”
Asked was the property caught in the crossfire, Inspector Galvin said, ‘The car was parked in the vicinity of the incident.”
Judge Mangan asked was the car in the wrong place at the wrong time and was told that it was. The judge said he would accept jurisdic- tion of the case in the district court. Inspector Galvin said it would take 90 minutes to hear the case, but the accuseds’ solicitor said it would be likely to take three hours. “We have a lot to say,” she said.
The case was adjourned until Sep- tember. The solicitor then asked for a relaxation of bail conditions, so that her clients could go on holidays during the summer. Judge Mangan said, “Bail conditions are bail con- ditions.” Inspector Galvin then said, “With the present circumstances, if these people were to leave the area it might cool the situation. However I’d like to know the dates they are going and the dates they are coming back.” The application was adjourned until later this week.