At Ennis District Court, Judge Mary Larkin dismissed the assault charge against Gary McNamara following an application by solicitor for Mr McNamara, Daragh Hassett.
In his initial application to have the case dismissed last month, Mr Hassett told Judge Larkin “Myself and my client have a certain view of the alleged injured party in this case in relation to his motives." Mr Hassett said that after the case was reported on, there was a phone call from the area that Mr Earley lives in to his office “asking for a phone call back from me to discuss the case”.Mr Hassett said that the CCTV evidence in the case was of no assistance to the prosecution case and very helpful to his client's defence.A native of Limerick, Mr McNamara farms a substantial landholding in east Clare.
Documents lodged with the Council application stated that Mr McNamara is a beef farmer with about 100 bovine livestock units on 220 acres of "eligible agricultural land” at Tinerana Farm.