Search Results for 'District Court'

A man convicted a second time for driving without insurance while disqualified was given a week’s liberty to “clarify matters” after the judge told him he is “looking at prison”.

A woman charged with stealing €25,000 after money was mistakenly tranferred into her account and she failed to report it has been further remanded on continuing bail after a judge refused jurisdiction in the case.

Two brothers and a cousin arrested for their alleged involvement in an assault in Mullingar on New Year’s Day, were each released on highly conditional bails in the District Court in Athlone on Wednesday (January 2).

A protestor who blocked the main Dublin-Galway railway line in the summer of 2011 must now work on a railway in Sweden to raise the €3,000 compensation he was ordered to pay in the District Court this week (December 19).

Westport judge Seamus Hughes called a woman a “tinker” when told she smashed another woman in the face with a pint glass.

A man summonsed for a number of minor road traffic offences, but claimed this was part of a Garda conspiracy, was disqualified for nine months, and fined a total of €1,350, as the judge voiced disappointment he couldn’t jail him on these offences.

Four men charged with allegedly approaching a house armed with hurleys and causing serious criminal damage including setting a car on fire have been remanded on continuing bail.

A street mugger who stole a bottle of vodka by sticking it down his trousers received a suspended sentence in the District Court this week (November 14) after the judge accepted he had made efforts to change his life.

A man who tried to escape from gardaí by running 10 kms across Offaly bogs in the middle of the night, and still had to be restrained with pepper spray, was jailed for nine months in the District Court this week (November 14).

A teenage girl who demanded she be sent to prison but declined any psychiatric intervention, received the best of both in the District Court this week (November 14).