Search Results for 'Padraig Quinn'

A man who, when a screwdriver was found in his car, told gardai it was for his “protection”, and was then charged with possession of an offensive weapon, had his case adjourned until September for a probation report after the judge was satisfied the defendant’s rehabilitation was making progress.

Three men arrested after an alleged holdup of a bookmakers in Baylough, were remanded in custody to two separate dates in the District Court this week (June 16) after gardai opposed bail.

A judge frustrated with the level of inaction shown by the HSE in dealing with a case of a Romanian woman who used two of her children to beg in Athlone suggested the Government should close its childrens’ section as a mark of protest.

Two sisters who beat another woman as she attempted to get into a taxi were both given four month prison sentences at a special sitting of the District Court this week (April 30), but had them both suspended for two years.

A woman who used her daughter in a shoplifting scam was saved a conviction this week (April 21) after the judge noted it was a “food issue”.

A man who sold heroin to undercover gardai was given an additional 22 months in jail in the District Court last week (March 3).

Three men in their 20s have been charged with the robbery of more than €90,000 of rings from an Athlone jewellers.

A man who pleaded guilty to seven varied charges in January but failed to turn up in court last week (March 10), was sentenced to nearly two years in jail in his absence.

A man caught with over three times the legal limit of alchohol in his system was jailed last week (March10) and banned from driving for 10 years when it transpired he was stopped whilst still serving a previous ban and whilst uninsured.

A car salesman who accused two gardai of “telling lies”, was banned from the roads for a year in Athlone District Court this week (February 1) after being convicted of drink driving .