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A VAN driver has been deemed liable for the damage caused in a minor road collision more than three years ago. A motorist initiated civil proceedings arisi...
Damages for Limerick woman who fell on defective footpath near her home Reporter: '); '); A YOUNG woman who fell after she stepped on a “defective and hazardous” section of footpath near her home has been awarded almost €9,000 in damages. Celine O’Sullivan, 22, from Clare Street in the city sued Limerick City and County Council as a result of the incident which happened on January 24, 2018. Limerick Circuit Court was told the plaintiff was attempting to cross the road at the junction of Clare and Broad Street when her right foot “went into a depression”. Barrister Derek Sheahan...
Clare FM 15th December 2020 A Burren farmer committed “a heinously illegal act” when felling trees on his lands without a licence. That is according to Judge Patrick Durcan who fined David McMahon €600 after convicting the father of two for removing trees without a licence at Conga, Ruan, Co Clare between September 1st 2018 and November 30th 2018. Counsel for the Minister for Agriculture, Thomas Wallace O’Donnell BL told the court that the Dept’s own estimate is that 40,000 trees were felled. CONTINUE READING BELOW Mr O’Donnell told the court: “The Department ...
A Burren farmer was fined for felling trees on his lands without a licence, despite the court hearing the farmer “would consider some growth to be scrub as opposed to a tree". Judge Patrick Durcan convicted farmer David McMahon for removing the trees without a license at Conga, Ruan, Co Clare between September 1st 2018 and November 30th 2018 and fined him €600. It is understood that the case is the first such conviction under the Forestry Act 2014. Counsel for the Minister for Agriculture, Thomas Wallace O’Donnell BL told the court that the Dept’s own estimate is that 40,000 trees wer...
A Burren farmer committed “a heinously illegal act” when felling trees on his lands without a licence. That is according to Judge Patrick Durcan who fined David McMahon €600 after convicting the father-of-two for removing trees without a licence at Conga, Ruan, Co. Clare between September 1, 2018 and November 30, 2018. Counsel for the Minister for Agriculture, Thomas Wallace O’Donnell told the court that the department’s own estimate is that 40,000 trees were felled. O’Donnell told the court: “The department views this case as very serious.” Forestry Act 2014 It is understood ...