CLIFDEN TRAVELLER DISPUTE TRIAL OPENS
Date Published: 23-Feb-2012
The trial involving two traveller families has opened in which three men are charged with violent disorder in the Clifden area over two years ago.
18 year old Jimmy Conroy of Glenbricken, Clifden, 30 year old Michael Conroy with addresses in Loughrea and Limerick and 30 year old Thomas 'Buttons' Sweeney of Cleggan, Clifden all pleaded not guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court.
All three are charged with violent disorder on 19th September 2009 at or near a house in Glenbricken in Clifden.
The trial, which is expected to last 3 days, continues before Judge Raymond Groarke and a jury of eight men and four women.