Search Results for 'Padraig Quinn'

A man who battered and bit his girlfriend’s face after their child’s first Communion because she refused to go home with him that night, before then assaulting two female gardaí, was jailed for a total of seven months this week (February 6).

A prisoner received no extension to his jail term for stealing a charity box from a pub when the judge learned the sentence he originally gave him had been extended as a result of prison infractions beyond Christmas.

Three men who beat up an Englishman on St Patrick’s Day because he kissed the rose on his shirt after England defeated Ireland in the rugby will all avoid a conviction if they can each provide €1,000 in compensation.

A teenage boy - once described by a Garda source as “Athlone’s most troublesome burglar” - found himself back inside again this week (October 3) in an attempt by the judge to kick-start his education.

A teenager who stole a load of alcohol from the Viking boat, and then had to have a doctor brought to the Garda station after consuming his booty, will have to wait until the end of November to hear his sentence, a court learnt this week (September 19).

A GP who crashed and rolled his car off the M6 motorway was banned from driving for four years this week (May 23) after he was convicted of refusing to provide a sample to gardaí.

A woman who tripled the value of her shoplifting while still on bail from a previous conviction was given one more chance in court this week (May 2) when she promised “I’ll never rob again”, but warned she would get “six months or more” if she did.

An unemployed man whose High Court-ordered retrial required a new judge, a barrister, two solicitors and 14 gardaí to spend the day in court, was eventually sentenced to nine months in jail in the District Court this week (April 11).

A man who lost the use of his left arm to a drunk driver 15 years ago was himself banned for drink driving for three years in the District Court this week (March 14).

A shoplifter with 56 previous convictions who pleaded guilty to stealing €69 worth of groceries in the run-up to Christmas was fined just a fiver in the District Court this week (March 14), when the judge discovered the defendant was a 35-year-old mother of 12.