Search Results for 'Paul Connellan'

A Mullingar mother is to be evicted from her home in Dalton Park after Westmeath County Council succeeded in getting a court order against her.

A middle-aged man charged with possession with intent to supply over €2,000 worth of heroin had his excuses given short shrift in the District Court, but had his sentencing postponed until the new year to see if the Welfare and Probation Service can come up with something other than a jail sentence.

A woman who pleaded guilty to two public order charges in court this week (September 22) with an 11 month suspended sentence hanging over her for a previous theft conviction, avoided a jail term when the judge allowed the defence of only enforcing a suspended sentence for a similar conviction.

Two female beggars who stopped a number of worshippers from entering a church whilst aggressively pursuing some coin were each fined €200 in the District Court this week (July 14).

After his surprise retirement last week, the 28-year career of the honourable and outspoken Judge John Neilan was given its due tribute in court this week (June 2) by his first stand-in, Judge Denis McLoughlin.

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”.

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 man who drove his then girlfriend’s car whilst drunk, banned and uninsured was fined €500 and banned for a further six years in the District Court this week (April 28).

A man was fined €250 in the District Court this week (April 28) for not controlling a herd of horses as he tried to corral them down a lane with a jeep.

Two heroin-addicted sisters, in court separately this week (April 14) on a number of different charges, were both remanded on continuing bail to April 28 and June 23 to ascertain if their claims of rehabilitation can be corroborated by the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS).