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A COURT has been told that a man believes monies he received for writing a song for world-renowned band U2 was taken from him by a family in east Clare.
Noel Molloy (40), with an address at Newline, Killaloe, was charged with criminal damage at Killaloe Garda Station on May 26, 2008.
He was also charged with criminal damage at a premises in Killaloe on September 26, 2009.
Inspector John O/’Sullivan told Ennis District Court that a shop window was broken and the accused admitted he had damaged it.
Defending solicitor Ted McCarthy said the accused “has a certain fixa- tion” in relation to the family who own the premises in question.
‘He believes monies he received
from U2 for writing their song was taken from him by the family,” said the solicitor.
He said the accused lives in a mo- bile home in the Killaloe area and there are no windows in it.
‘He benefits from the generosity of the people in the Killaloe area. That’s how he survives,” said the solicitor.
Judge Joseph Mangan remarked, ‘Perhaps in this weather he would be better off with a solid roof over his head.”
The solicitor said the accused has engaged with the mental health serv- ices, which, he said, tended to give up too quickly.
“There is nobody that is unsavable in my view,” he said.
Judge Mangan imposed two one- month jail terms.