Search Results for 'Mary Devins'

A 73-year-old man was given a two year driving ban for drink driving and fined €600 at Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Michael Casey, Glann, Kilkelly, had contested the charge in court but Judge Mary Devins found that the arresting garda had acted as he should have when stopping Casey.

An 18-year-old man who stole a mobile phone and then made the injured party withdraw €700 from various ATMs in order get the phone back, was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday where he was sentenced to St Patrick’s Institution for theft. The Ballina man was also jailed for using counterfeit notes.

A 21-year-old unemployed man from Ballina, who drove off from a garda after he was informed that he would be summonsed in relation to not having an NCT certificate for his vehicle, was disqualified from driving at Ballina District Court this week.

A 44-year-old married father of seven, who collided into the rear of two parked vehicles, was convicted of drink driving and for not having tax on his vehicle at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A 19-year-old woman who, when approached by a garda after she flung a wheelie bin into the middle of the road, spat at and kicked the garda in the groin, was sentenced to jail for 15 months at Ballina District Court this week. Her boyfriend was also sent to prison for nine months for obstructing the same garda.

A case involving a representative from the Department of Social Welfare who, while conducting social welfare checks in a Ballina estate, was chased out of a house and criminal damage worth €1,380.76 was done to his car, was heard at Ballina District Court this week.

A 20-year-old welder who drove a car with three bald tyres was disqualified from driving for three months at this week’s sitting of Ballina District Court.

A 23-year-old man from Belcarra, who during a drinking binge caused havoc in the TF bar and Tolster’s Bar, where he struck the bar owner on the side of the head, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A 36-year-old father of four, who was threatening and abusive in a Chinese restaurant in Castlebar as he did not want to pay for the food, was convicted at Castlebar District Court this week for the public order offence.

A married man was sentenced to a total of eight months in prison for a number of public order offences and to a charge of theft in Claremorris District Court.