Search Results for 'District Court'

A man who landed a helicopter on the roof of an Athlone shopping centre in 2007 after flying just 22 kms to collect a set of keys, was fined €5,000 in the District Court this week (December 14).

A woman who disagreed with a judge’s opinion in the District Court this week (December 16) was threatened with seven days in Mountjoy for her trouble.

A man alleged to have taken an angle grinder to a parking meter in St Mary’s Square, had his case put back to January 6, the District Court heard this week (December 16).

A man caught in possession of €7,000 worth of heroin a year and a half ago, was finally jailed for 22 months in the District Court this week (December 16) after 12 court appearances and “seven chances”.

A man who took a trailerload of waste timber from a forest had the charges of theft against him dismissed in the District Court last week (December 16) after the judge was critical of Caoillte for not properly using such a resource.

A judge sympathised with the plight of a brain-injured defendant but felt he was left with no option other than jailing him for 22 months at the last sitting of the District Court (December 16) for three breaches of a banning order brought by his former partner.

A 21-year-old, self-professed car dealer who had never held a driving licence but who was caught driving without insurance four times last year, was given a 10 month jail sentence and was banned from driving for seven years in the District Court this week (January 6).

A man who broke into a property on St Mary’s Square in broad daylight to plug in an electric angle grinder so he could steal coins from a parking meter, was given an 11 month jail sentence in the District Court this week (January 6).

A woman who told arresting Gardai that she was bringing her heavily pregnant daughter to the doctor when stopped without insurance, was still banned from driving for six months in the District Court this week (January 13).

A man stopped whilst driving without insurance on the road outside where he now lives, was fined €750 and banned from driving for two years in the District Court this week (January 13).