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A judge was mildly mortified in court this week (May 12) when, after paying tribute to a retiring garda, he was told “You were the first judge I gave evidence to”.

Judge John Neilan has said that the legal profession is a very demanding one now.

Judge John Neilan’s patience with a man he formerly described as “a knight of the roads”, finally came to an end as he sentenced the alcoholic to four months in jail for threatening behaviour.

Two Lithuanian teenagers are facing 11 months in detention at St Patrick’s Institution after they pleaded guilty to their part in a vicious attack on a Mullingar man. They are just 15 years old.

A painting contractor, in court this week (March 24) for failing to pay €45,000 into an employee pension scheme ordered by the Labour Court in October 2008, was given until July 21 to come up with the money after the court heard the downturn had left him still owed “€700,000”.

A case against one of the partners in musical duo Foster and Allen for not filing tax returns was dismissed in the District Court this week (March 24) after a judge accepted the letter of compliance Mr Tony Allen received from his accountant Paddy Russell on Revenue Commissioner-headed paper was “a forgery”.

A Lithuanian woman with legal aid has been severely rebuked by Judge John Neilan for not making contact with her solicitor.

Judge John Neilan is accusing the clinical director of St Loman’s Psychiatric Hospital in Mullingar of misleading the court.

Judge John Neilan has threatened to jail the 20-year-old he recently convicted of what he called “statutory rape”.

A man who was stopped twice in two months for drink driving, who tore up a golf club in a stolen buggy, and did likewise to the relevant pages from the notebook of the garda who arrested him for the drink driving, had an 11-month jail sentence reduced to 160 hours community service in the District Court this week (March 24).