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Nine in court over protests at Glengad
Nine people have appeared before a special sitting of Ballina District Court charged with public order offences relating to protests at Glengad, Co Mayo, on June 28th.
Frances Barker, Leeds, West Yorkshire; Danielle Gibbons, Leeds; Eoin Lawless, Charlestown Drive, Finglas, Dublin; Sophie Bollard, Leeds; Arina Obuchova, Kinsale, Co Cork; Cormack McHugh, Kilbrittain, Cork, and Alma Baker, La Rochelle, France, appeared before Judge Mary Devins last night.
Nathan Samari and James Marlow, who gave addresses at Rossport Solidarity Camp, were also present.
The women, with the exception of Ms Obuchova, a Lithuanian national, were remanded at Ionad Dochas, Mountjoy, to appear in Dublin on Friday next.
Mr Lawless, Mr Marlow and Mr Samari were remanded in custody to Harristown House to appear before Harristown District Court also on Friday.
Judge Devins granted just two applications in the cases of Mr McHugh and Ms Obuchova. Granted bail on their own cash bond of €100 in each case, they undertook to stay at an address in Cork and out of Co Mayo until the Ballina District Court sitting of July 28th, when a hearing date will be set.
Defence solicitor Peter Loftus sought legal aid in all nine cases. Seven were refused by Judge Devins as she said there was insufficient information, while she deferred a decision on two cases pending further details.
Two held after gun found in car
Two men were being questioned by gardaí last night after a gun was recovered from their car in
Dublin’s north inner city yesterday morning, Gardaí from the heavily armed emergency response
unit and the organised crime unit arrested the two men in their 20s shortly after 11am on Annamoe Drive, Cabra. A handgun was found in a car on the nearby North Circular Road.
The men were detained under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act in Store Street and the Bridewell Garda stations. They can be held for a total of 72 hours. Gardaí believe they may
have foiled a plan to use the weapon, but have declined to comment any further.
Man injured in Derry shooting
The PSNI are seeking a motive for the gun attack on a 26-year-old man in Derry late on Sunday.
A lone gunman shot the victim through the door of his Florence Street home in the city just before midnight. He was hit twice in the leg and once in his foot. He is being treated in hospital and
it is not thought his life is in any danger. The attacker left the scene on foot, a police spokesman
said yesterday. Sinn Féin councillor Maeve McLaughlin said residents in the area believed a child may have been used to lure the man to his door. “It is not quite confirmed or clear, but there is certainly an indication that there was a young child initially used to knock on the door, to get the
young man to come to the front door in the first place,” she said.
Meetings on credit flow under way
A series of regional meetings on the flow of credit to businesses have begun. Minister of State with
responsibility for Trade and Commerce Billy Kelleher organised and hosted yesterday’s meetings in Cork and Waterford, with a further six gatherings scheduled.
Speaking following the Cork meeting, Mr Kelleher said: “Business representatives pressed their
need for flexibility, while the banks also outlined their issues. We want a vibrant business sector and a functioning banking system, and we need to get the two to intertwine.” Conor Healy of Cork Chamber welcomed the opportunity for business to air its concerns. “Accessing working capital is an important issue, particularly for SMEs.”
Asbo application against teen
Civil proceedings have begun at the Dublin Children’s Court to have an anti-social behavioural order (Asbo) made against a 14-year-old schoolboy.
Judge William Hamill heard that it was the first such court application in the Dublin metropolitan region.
Juveniles can be brought to court to have an Asbo implemented if they have failed to accept good behaviour warnings from a senior garda.
The south Dublin boy was accompanied to court by his mother.
He remained silent as his lawyers said they were seeking disclosure from gardaí of the evidence against him.
Judge Hamill adjourned the case to next month.
He also deferred a decision on whether the boy was eligible for free legal aid to allow gardaí time to decide whether they had objections to it being granted to the teenager.
Judge Hamill was told that the boy was in school and his mother worked part-time, and “is in receipt of €720 a week for herself and two dependants”.
Doctor struck off medical register
A doctor who allegedly jumped bail on child molestation charges in the US has been struck off the Medical Council register by order of the High Court.
The Medical Council had recommended the registration of Dr David West (54), also known as Dr Rory Doyle, with addresses at Donnybrook Manor, Donnybrook, Dublin and Sallins Bridge, Kildare, be cancelled.
Redress ruling to be appealed
An elderly man who sought redress for alleged abuse suffered at an industrial school some 40 years ago and who lost a High Court challenge to a refusal by the redress board to accept his application for compensation, is to appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court. The case is for mention in the High Court today.
The board had refused to accept the man’s application on grounds it was too late.
Engineering company awarded costs
A consulting engineering company and senior project engineer have been awarded their legal costs after being acquitted of breaches of the Health and Safety Act arising out of a fatal accident at a construction site.
Judge Martin Nolan told the jury earlier this month at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following submissions that he was directing verdicts of not guilty for both accused.
Hanley Pepper Ltd, Fosters Avenue, Blackrock, and Michael Jackson (33), Rush, a senior project engineer, had pleaded not guilty to failing to design a system that was safe at the Watermarque Building, South Lotts Road, Ringsend.