Search Results for 'Athlone District Court'

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).

A local man is to appear before Athlone District Court next month following a wave of car break-ins at the weekend.

A judge worried that a repeat teen offender with a drug habit whom he had dealt with on a number of occasions before, might someday have to be pulled out of the Shannon because she was unable to stand up in court this week (February 17).

A man who was seen weaving a motorcycle between traffic at up to 200kph whilst drunk and disqualified after refusing to stop, will be jailed for six months and banned from holding a driver’s licence for 14 years on his return to the District Court next week (February 10), after a suspended sentence is dealt with in Longford next Tuesday.

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 .

A pastor caught driving without a licence was fined just €40 at a special sitting of Athlone District Court this week (February 1) after the judge heard his only income was through the church.

A judge was highly critical of a local authority for taking a litter prosecution against a local businessman who had put up an advertising hoarding on a footpath when he compared it to the “vanity signage” at the side of all new roadworks around the country.

Couples under the age of 18 are more likely to have their marriage applications approved by a court in Westmeath than in any other county, according to figures published this week in the Court Service Annual Report.

A man who flew a helicopter from just the far side of Moate and landed on the roof of a multi-storey car park in the middle of Athlone on a busy Saturday afternoon to get a set of keys cut for it, was put from the skies for 12 months earlier this week (November 24).

A young mother was jailed for six months on Wednesday (October 1) after pleading guilty to stealing toys, punching a man and obstructing justice by allegedly swallowing drugs in the Garda station.