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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.

A man who forced a Garda car to stop by breaking a Yield sign at 3am and was arrested for drink driving, had his conviction dismissed in the District Court this week (January 26) when the judge agreed the place of arrrest given by the garda in evidence differed from the address on the charge sheet.

A man who got agitated when he saw another man being arrested and tried to come to his rescue was jailed this week.

Carlow IT’s students’ union president and last year’s captain of the senior men’s football team Aindreas Doyle, had his case for charges of urinating in public thrown out of Carlow District Court this week.

Two men who took a mad notion to travel around Carlow in a stolen car while drunk, found themselves before Judge William Harnett at Carlow District Court this week. Athy man Jamie Devereux (21) and Castledermot man Ger Perse (20) were before the court on charges relating to an incident on the Athy Road on July 21, 2008.

Two men appeared before Ballina District Court this week after they were in possession of a knife and a hoe in the early hours of the morning in the vicinity of a residential estate. Another man, who is related to the men, also faced charges after he tried to prevent their arrest.

A man who was found in possession of four ecstasy tablets for his own use was asked by Judge Mary Devins if he was practising responsible parenting as he was putting his children at risk of serious harm in having these drugs in the vicinity of his children.

Carlow IT’s Student Union President and last year’s captain of the Senior Men’s Football Team Aindreas Doyle (22) was fined for urinating in a local pub in July.

An intoxicated Ballina man who told a garda to summons his rear end, and also threatened to headbutt the Garda, pleaded guilty before Ballina District Court this week.

A man who wrote off his car in a road traffic accident went drinking to collect his thoughts after the shock, and returned to his car to find the gardaí waiting for him.