Search Results for 'District Court'

A lorry driver fined €7,000 in his absence two weeks ago, was given leave to appeal in the District Court this week (October 28) after he told the court he had been assured by his employer it had been dealt with.

An Athlone mother was sentenced to 11 months in prison in the District Court this week (November 4) for stealing an accordion in Mullingar last year, but had the sentence deferred for three months to see is she can come up with compensation.

A young teen who assaulted a man with a glass bottle in an unprovoked attack last year has been warned that if he steps one foot out of line while out on bail the judge will be waiting for him.

Pressure led to a fairground owner using his vehicle “as a weapon” to imidate a competitor and make threats, the Galway Circuit Appeals Court heard this week.

A young teen who assaulted a man with a glass bottle in an unprovoked attack last year has been warned that if he steps one foot out of line while out on bail the judge will be waiting for him.

A man who made his name as an entertainer on RTE’s You’re a Star in 2003, was ironically fined a total of €200 in the District Court this week (November 11) for not having a TV licence.

A case for PULSE being installed in probation offices was indirectly made in the District Court this week (November 11) after a judge made the extraordinarily rare move of criticising a probation officer for submitting an incomplete report on a defendant.

A judge suggested to a man who owes the State €50,000 that he default on his bank repayments and when it seeks legal redress he tell them that “the taxpayers are paying €3bn to bail them out”.

A company, whose new premises were officially opened by the Taoiseach less than a year ago has been accused by a judge of operating illegally.

A 77-year-old Mullingar farmer is facing a five month sentence for having what a judge described as “a dying wound on a live animal”.