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A DISTRICT court judge has asked a Clonakilty dad of three what he will tell his children about drug use when they grow up.Judge James McNulty was asking Peter Deegan at Clonakilty District Court and said that in a ‘twinkling of an eye’ his three children will soon be teenage

A DISTRICT court judge told a West Cork farmer who allowed the carcasses of 17 dead calves to decompose on his farm that it was ‘chronic, appalling and wilful neglect’ on his part to allow this to happen.Judge James McNulty made the comment when dealing with Ger Canty at Clon

A 21-YEAR-old Clonakilty man who tried to avoid gardaí after they saw him driving erratically through the town ended up being convicted for driving under the influence of cocaine, as well as possessing €200 worth of the drug.Jack Cullinane of 21 Convent Court, Clonakilty was c

A SKIBBEREEN man who caused a disturbance at a Confirmation party in a Clonakilty hotel ended up having to be restrained by gardaí, a court heard last week.Ben Boland of 29 Main Street, Skibbereen appeared at Clonakilty District Court for the production of a probation report whi

Having been given a ‘baptism of fire’ with his first court appearance in the High Court at the age of 19, Jim Brooks discovered a love of law. This year, the Clonakilty-based solicitor marks 50 years in practiceAS a legal baptism of fire, facing a High Court judge at the tend

A BANDON man who tried to sell booklets for an animal charity to two off-duty gardaí did so in a pushy manner, a court heard.Tony O’Brien (31) of 13 Rosewood Lawn, Bandon pleaded guilty to two offences at Clonakilty District Court last week – that he failed to produce an aut

THE ex-partner of a man who breached a court safety order on three occasions, said she used to be a happy, easy-going person who was always willing to lend a hand.In a victim impact statement read out at Clonakilty District Court by Judge James McNulty, the woman said that the th

A DUNMANWAY man jumped head-first through the window of the bar at the Parkway Hotel after having been removed twice from the bar because he was involved in several altercations, a court heard.Donal O’Sullivan of 8 Park Rd, Dunmanway pleaded guilty at Clonakilty District Court

A DISTRICT court judge has noted the trend of serious drug dealers using ‘foolish and vulnerable’ people to allow their homes be used for the storage of drugs.Judge James McNulty made the observation while dealing with the case of a Clonakilty man who allowed drugs and associ

A DISTRICT Court judge said it was a case of ‘women behaving badly’ after hearing about a mum accused of assaulting another mother at a  direct provision centre.Judge James McNulty had been dealing with the case of Olamide Sanni at a recent sitting of Clonakilty District Cou