Search Results for 'Punishments'

A young woman who attempted to shoplift a whole trolleyful of groceries by just walking out the front door of a supermarket, was given a month in jail at the District Court this week (June 10).

A woman who stole a handbag but was caught when she offered to sell it back to her victim, had an 11 month sentence adjourned until November for a new probation report.

“It is time to take the wisdom of the Probation Service, the medical profession, and your husband,” Judge John Neilan told a woman who was released on a probation bond following conviction for stealing from her employer.

A woman who pleaded guilty to six separate detections of benefit fraud was given the Probation Act on condition that she pays the costs of the case owed to the State from taking the case within two months.

A Westmeath drug addict who carried out a string of robberies in 2004 has had his part-suspended sentence reactivated after he failed to co-operate with the probation service upon his release from prison.

A young woman chose nearly a year in prison rather than deal with her addiction through the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) after being convicted in the District Court this week (September 23) of just €10 worth of shoplifting.

A Ballina man who was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday, for Judge Mary Devins to consider a probation report before sentencing, was sentenced to 56 days in jail for a public order offence and for stealing drink from Lidl.

A man who has failed to complete community service has been accused of “appalling arrogance” by Judge John Neilan.

A 28-year-old Lithuanian who was found with over €1,000 worth of amphetamines, in a house where she resides with her step-sister (18) and six-year-old son, was before Castlebar District Court this week charged with section three (possession) and section 15 (for having drugs for sale and supply) under the misuse of drugs act.

A Galway man who tried to make a €200 profit at a post office by handing in a doctored social welfare slip, and who stole a bunch of flowers on Valentine’s Day, was sentenced to a total of five months this week.