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A WOMAN has received a suspended sentence for her role in an altercation in Ennis town centre on New Year’s Day.
At Ennis District Court on Wednesday, Rose McDonagh (29) with an address at 31 Childers Road, Ennis, pleaded guilty to a section six public order offence.
Insp Tom Kennedy told the court that the accused became involved in a fight with another woman on Abbey Street, Ennis at 2.30am, January 1.
The court heard that McDonagh has 24 previous convictions. Solicitor Tara Godfrey said her client had been on a night out with a friend. She explained that while McDonagh was waiting for a taxi, another car pulled up.
Ms Godfrey said the women in the car were female relations of a man who previously beat her client up. She said the assault was so serious that the man is now in prison.
Ms Godfrey added, “She pulled her hair and she pulled her hair back. It was a very wrong thing to happen.”
Judge Aeneas McCarthy sentenced McDonagh to three months in prison. He suspended the sentence on condition that she be of good behaviour for a period of two years.