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A Clare woman was held against her will for four hours by a man and was forced to listen to him inform her ex-partner over the phone that she had an affair with another man towards the end of their relationship, a court has heard. ....
A burglar who tried to break into an 80-year-old priest’s parochial home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Brian O’Callaghan said that Jonathan Kenny had “targeted” the home of the retired parish priest for Kilrush, Fr Michael Sheedy, at Toler Street, Kilrush on August 1 last. Kenny, of Elm Drive, John Paul Estate, Kilrush, Co Clare, was apprehended near the scene, where gardaí found him armed with an axe, a pen-knife and a screwdriver. Kenny stole the items from Fr Sheedy’s garden shed and was using them to gain entry through a back window to Fr Sheedy’s home. ....