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FOUR men have appeared in court arising out of an alleged public order disturbance in Ennis last week.
John Doherty (46), Jimmy Doherty (38) and Michael McDonagh (21) and Bernie McDonagh (44), all with addresses on the Kilrush Road, Ennis, were each granted bail subject to conditions at Ennis District Court on Wednesday.
The charges relate to an alleged incident on the Kilrush Road, Ennis on February 21 (2012)
Bernie McDonagh (44), with an address at 1 Ashline Kilrush Road, is charged with engaging in threatening, insulting or abusive behaviour with the intent to provoke a breach of the peace. Bail was approved subject to McDonagh not having any contact with John or Jimmy Doherty.
Mr Hassett said that the McDon- aghs and the Dohertys lived in the same estate. He said his client understood that he was not to have any direct contact with the Dohertys.
Jimmy Doherty (38), with an address at 8 Maiville, Kilrush Road, Ennis, is charged with engaging in threatening, insulting or abusive behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace. Doherty was ordered not to have any contact with Bernie or Michael McDonagh.
Michael McDonagh (21), with an address at 1 Ashline, Kilrush Road, Ennis, is charged with threatening, insulting or abusive behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace and failing to comply with the directions of a garda.
Insp Kennedy said McDonagh was not to have any contact with John or Jimmy Doherty.
John Doherty, with an address at 4 Ashline, Kilrush Road, Ennis was charged with failing to comply with a direction of a garda. Insp Kennedy said the gardaí would consent to bail if Doherty did not have any contact with Bernie or Michael McDonagh.
Judge Aeneas McCarthy granted the State liberty to re-enter in each of the four cases should there be a breach of the bail conditions.
Each of the men was remanded on bail to appear in Ennis District Court on March 21.