Gardaí appeal for public's help in tracing movements of vehicle linked to Clarecastle assault
Ennis gardaí are seeking to trace the movements of a blue Nissan X-Trail estate with three male occupants
Gardaí in Ennis are appealing for the public’s assistance regarding a serious assault that occurred in a retail premises in Clarecastle on Sunday afternoon, April 14.
Gardaí believe that the perpetrators were brought to the scene in a blue Nissan X-Trail estate, driven there by a third male.
Two men entered the retail premises wearing balaclavas, one male wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and the second male wearing dark clothes.
These two men assaulted a male aged in his 20s, who sustained serious injuries, a youth in his late teens, and a female in her 50s was also injured during the course of this incident.
The assailants fled the scene in this Nissan X-Trail, drove up Patrick Street and after taking the back roads from Clarecastle came out at the grotto on the Kildysart Road.
According to gardaí, the blue Nissan X-Trail then took a left and after travelling up Barntick, took a right up to Newhall, Ballyea where the vehicle was abandoned.
This incident occurred at 12.50pm, shortly after mass ended in Clarecastle.
"There would have been a large crowd of people in the area and Gardaí are appealing to anyone that may have been out walking, have a vehicle parked in the area or driving through Clarecastle on Sunday at 12.50pm," gardaí said in an appeal for witness.
Anyone who may have witnessed two males getting into a Blue Nissan X-Trail, seen a Blue Nissan X-Trail travelling on the back roads from Clarecastle to Newhall, Ballyea, or who may have dash-cam footage from Sunday, is urged to contact gardaí.
Anyone with information can contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.