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A judge declared there was “too much mollycoddling in this State” in the case of a 15-year-old serial burglar this week (July 1), after his solicitor suggested one of the causes of his client’s recidivism was that the HSE was deficient in its treatment of his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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A teenage boy who assaulted a teenage girl both violently and indecently whilst engaged in illicit drinking in a schoolyard in a Midlands town was remanded on continuing bail until November after both social workers and the HSE gave evidence the boy has made “remarkable improvement” since his release from St Patrick’s Institution just after Christmas.

A well-known Shannonbridge publican was fined a total of €1,250 in the Athlone District Court this week (February 16), after being found guilty of being open after hours on two occasions, including the night the local club were on RTE’s Celebrity Bainisteoir.

A man who put in a window in the house where his 11-week-old child was, and who threatened to kill a man in Custume Place, was remanded to appear in the Circuit Court in Portlaoise yesterday (December 16) after it was revealed both these offences had been committed whilst he was still under a suspended sentence.

The perils of not turning up in court were highlighted this week (November 17), after a man convicted of driving without insurance was fined €100, whilst a man summonsed for no NCT, but who didn’t show to hear his case, was fined €400.

A teenager arrested for waving a large dagger at others during a drunken disturbance in Willow Park had his sentencing adjourned until March in order that the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) prepare an updated report on his situation.

Two men facing similar charges of possession of heroin with intent to supply received very different sentences in the District Court this week (November 17), after the amounts involved and their differing efforts at rehabilitation, were made known.

A judge threatened to “explode” with frustration in court this week (October 13) over further delays in a “black and white” road traffic case.

A man pleading guilty to “the highest reading I have ever seen” according to the judge in the District Court this week (October 7), will have to wait until January to see if he is to get a jail sentence or a community service order to accompany a six-year driving ban.