This article is from page 13 of the 2011-04-26 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 13 JPG
GARDAÍ have expressed concerns that an ongoing dispute in Kilrush will escalate.
The comments were made by the head of policing in West Clare, during a court sitting in Kilrush.
Three people are charged under the Public Order Act, arising out of an incident in Kilrush on St Patrick’s Day.
Claire Clancy (45), of Ballynote West, Kilrush; Clare O’Sullivan (23), of O’Gorman Street, Kilrush, and Oliver Dullaghan (19), of Willow Green, John Paul Estate, Kilrush, are all charged with engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour, at Market Square, Kilrush, on March 17 last.
At Kilrush District Court on Wednesday, Superintendent Gerry Wall said there was an ongoing issue and he was concerned it would escalate.
“The two parties are abusive to each other verbally and are threatening each other. It has history. It’s an ongoing issue.
“I am concerned at the level of the verbals. I have a strong view that these verbals are getting stronger,” said Supt Wall.
He said the allegations concerned “loose talk of a personal nature to each other”.
Judge Joseph Mangan refused free legal aid in the cases of the three accused and adjourned the case for two months.
The court was told that the two females are on one side and the male is on the other.
Supt Wall applied for a bail condition to be attached – that the separate parties stay away from each other.
This was granted by the judge.