Search Results for 'Garda Keith Harrison'

A man who panicked at being stopped, and sideswiped the Garda when driving away before escaping down the railway after scaling a nine-foot fence, was banned from driving for two years and fined €1,500 in the District Court this week (December 16).

A young man with some learning difficulties and known to the system, who shouted in court that he’d stab a garda, then punched one and spat in the face of another, was released on a multi-conditional bail from the District Court last week (December 16).

A Moate mother was banned from driving for two years in the District Court this week (January 28) after she tried to bring her child to hospital in a car she was not insured to drive.

A couple charged with separate offences arising from the same incident received two very different sentences in the District Court this week (January 30).

A garda who was allegedly kicked in the chest by a martial arts expert in the early hours of last Sunday (March 1) in the middle of Moate recovered to make an arrest and restrain the man.

An unemployed hairdresser had her driving privileges trimmed for two years and her bank account shaved of €400 this week (April 24) after being found guilty of drink driving.

A man who offered to fight a garda for the keys of the lorry in which he had just been stopped without a licence, insurance, NCT, tachograph or tax for the previous four years, had his jail sentence suspended in the appeal court this week (May 19), but had the rest of his District Court sentence upheld.

A taxi driver who was stopped without insurance or proper licence whilst driving a busload of Bower girls, had his case adjourned to July 15 to allow his defence team time to call the bus owner to give evidence.

A judge said he would start removing driving licences from people after the summer break if they didn't start dealing with their summonses in a more punctual fashion.

A man who drove just 350m from the pub to his house managed to avoid a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) when he convinced a judge he had not been arrested in a public place, despite testing at nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol.