An Ennis resident, who had previously been convicted of killing Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, has been cleared of a weapons offence.
63-year-old Michael O'Neill, of 68 Abbeyville, Ennis had been accused of producing a wheel brace in a public place during a dispute on January 21st last year.
The court heard this occurred after he had believed that one of a group of five men had damaged his car.
Garda evidence said he had taken "the law into his own hands" but the charge was dismissed after the defence argued he had grabbed the wheel brace on a private driveway and not public land.
Michael O'Neill received an 11 year jail term for the manslaughter of Jerry McCabe in Adare in 1999, and was released in 2007.
