Search Results for 'District Court'

A man who said he wasn't addicted to anything, yet admitted a problem with alcohol, was sentenced to two months in jail for Paddy's Day public order shenanigans when the judge learned he still had a €1,000 fine outstanding from January.

An uncle and nephew facing a number of car theft charges were unsuccessful when they tried to use a mother's anniversary mass and a girlfriend as excuses to avoid being banned from both Athlone and Roscommon as conditions of bail at the District Court this week (June 3).

Two family members arrested on Friday afternoon (June 5) for their part in a feud-related sword and slash-hook attack on a neighbour's house in Willow Park during which a woman broke her arm, were remanded in custody until June 24 at the District Court this week (June 10).

A young woman who attempted to shoplift a whole trolleyful of groceries by just walking out the front door of a supermarket, was given a month in jail at the District Court this week (June 10).

Tony Allen, the second member of the county's most successful singing duet to face charges of not filing annual tax returns in time, got a brief reprieve in the District Court this week (June 10) to allow time for his controversial accountant to appear and explain why he didn't answer a summons issued by Allen's legal team.

A man who thought he could get away with the theft of 19 cylinders of gas by adjusting the angle of a CCTV camera, was fined €1,000 in the District Court this week (June 10) when he forgot to look for any others.

A dangerous driver was travelling a such high speeds on a carriageway that a garda patrol car sruggled to keep up with it, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A Ballinasloe man faces the activation of a four year suspended sentence for possession of a shotgun after being found with a flick knife just seven months later.

A Galway man faces activation of a four year suspended sentence for possession of a shotgun because of a subsequent conviction for having a flick knife in Athlone.

A man who assaulted a stranger who allowed him to share his taxi home, had an 11 month jail sentence adjourned until November in the District Court this week (June 24).