Search Results for 'Tony McLynn'

An Athlone man convicted of threatening to burn down two homes and who assaulted arresting gardaí with a toilet seat before being subdued with pepper spray, was jailed for a total of nine months in the District Court this week (April 13).

An Athlone man who threatened to burn down the home of a shopkeeper, and also that of a garda; and who threw a TV, table, and toilet seat at other gardaí, was remanded on continuing bail in Sligo Circuit Court on Tuesday (April 5) to re-appear before Judge Anthony Kennedy in Athlone Circuit Court on July 26.

A judge held up the immediate payment of legal aid to three unemployed men charged separately with dealing heroin in the District Court this week (March 23), after each of them was found with a value of heroin greater than their weekly dole payment.

An application for release on bail from the man accused of the murder of Marie Greene was refused in the District Court this week (March 9) after the judge was not satisfied with the independent surety presented to him.

Tragic murder victim Marie Greene is to be buried today (February 25) in Cornamagh cemetery after 10.30 mass in St Mary’s church.

A man who pleaded guilty to possession of three grammes of heroin had his case struck out in the District Court this week (February 9) after the judge discovered the case might not have been brought had the defendant himself not prompted the justice system about this outstanding charge.

A man who was found asleep in a stranger’s car at Athlone railway station after being refused admission to a bus for being too drunk, was fined €250 in the District Court this week (February 2).

A teenage girl who appeared in court from custody, and was expecting to be released in April, was given an additional eight months in the District Court this week (January 19) after being convicted of another burglary.

Gardaí in the District Court this week (January 19) were successful in opposing bail for a juvenile defendant charged with criminal damage to a house in October and with assault causing harm in December.

A mother of ten who had a bail application refused because of 22 warrants issued against her in the last two years, had a jail sentence for trespassing with a number of her children suspended in the District Court this week (December 15) when the judge heard of her dire circumstances.