Search Results for 'Padraig Quinn'

A man who caused a four-car crash on his first day in a vehicle was allowed keep his licence in the District Court this week (March 25) after he put his hands up and accepted responsibility for his actions.

A man who scammed over €3,500 of his dead brother’s dole nearly three years ago, was sentenced to 22 months in jail at the District Court this week (April 1).

A woman summonsed for allowing a child jump around the back of her car whilst she was driving was given the Probation Act in the District Court this week (April 1), after the judge heard how the child was deaf and had since been diagnosed with autism.

A man arrested with an axe at a row outside a pub was given 13 months in jail but had his sentence postponed until October “to see how you've improved”.

A woman who drunkenly abused gardai during a Paddy's Day session because she was annoyed that the landlord served her 16-year-old daughter had her charges dismissed in court this week (May 13) after receiving a dressing down from the judge.

A man who rampaged around Moate Golf Club in a stolen buggy, who was stopped twice in two months for drink driving and managed to steal the relevant pages from the arresting garda's notebook, had an 11 month jail sentence adjourned until October to see if he would be suitable for a community service order.

A man who assaulted two gardai whilst on a suspended sentence was remanded in custody until July 13 at the District Court this week (May 27) to appear at the Circuit Court in Tullamore before the judge who initially handed down the suspended sentence.

A man who avoided an 11-month jail sentence because of an appeal by his solicitor after he missed a court appearance to attend an interview for a place in rehab, will have to face further sentencing after new revelations were brought up in court this week (June 3).

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.

A man who walked out of a store with a 42'' TV but claimed he was intimidated into it by former associates who stuck a shotgun in his mouth, got short shrift in court this week (June 3) when a disbelieving judge sent him down for 11 months.