Search Results for 'Paul Connellan'

A man who “terrified” his girlfriend by kicking her front door in a drunken stupor was jailed for two months at the District Court this week (April 1).

“The water will stop flowing down the Shannon before you stop drinking,” said the judge to an alcoholic, in court for the 147th time.

An unemployed hairdresser had her driving privileges trimmed for two years and her bank account shaved of €400 this week (April 24) after being found guilty of drink driving.

A woman facing eviction from her council house for alleged anti-social behaviour had a stay of execution of two weeks given to her in the District Court this week (April 24).

A man who has spent his last 18 birthdays in prison will have to spend at least one more there after he was sentenced this week (May 27) to 22 months in prison for threatening gardai with a jagged vodka bottle.

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).

A man who was so drunk behind the wheel of a car that gardai had to break a window to get into the vehicle to wake him, avoided a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) after one of the arresting members took down the wrong registration and gave it in evidence in court.

A man with 150 previous convictions over the last 27 years due to his alcoholism, told a judge “I want to die” and asked for the electric chair or gallows before being told they “had long been taken from the statute books”, in the District Court this week (September 9).

A newborn in Athlone will be smiled upon a little more this week after its arrival prompted a judge to let mum off her traffic summons (September 23).

A man who got into a late night row with his girlfriend was fined €500 in court this week (November 18) and warned he would go to jail if he tried it again.