Search Results for 'Probation Service'

A youth who claimed six honours in his Junior Cert in response to a judge’s suggestion that his schooling “was very limited” after he’d heard how the defendant had threatened to kill his father with a cheese knife, was ordered to produce this certificate in court next week.

An 18-year-old man who sped off from a traffic accident in a car which subsequently caught fire was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday for dangerous driving and for failing to stop.

A 36-year-old man, with alcohol and agression problems, has been given a final warning to obey his conditions of probation and to behave himself or face jail next time.

An habitual thief who managed to give up heroin but not stealing, was sentenced to 20 months in prison this week (January 26) in the District Court, after the judge heard her plead guilty to a further 10 offences committed while under a suspended sentence.

A 14-year-old Athlone boy from “a very difficult background” who was due to return to school yesterday (September 2) was remanded to the custody of a secure unit in Co Dublin this week, after the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) refused to support his bail application.

A Mullingar woman who assaulted her ex-boyfriend’s current girlfriend by pulling her hair and banging her head to the ground has been placed on six months probation.

A man who drove drunk while already disqualified is to complete 240 hours community service in lieu of 10 months in jail.

Judge John Neilan has said that the legal profession is a very demanding one now.

Gardaí had to be called to Mullingar Hospital when a man seeking treatment for a drug overdose began assaulting a security guard, Mullingar District Court has heard.

A 17-year-old with 57 previous convictions is facing a two year jail sentence if he doesn’t appear for his next court date.