Dylan McCarthy’s father, Eamon McCarthy, who gave evidence during the trial, cried after the verdicts were read out

TWO Mountrath women who are accused of engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting words or be haviour and causing criminal damage had their cases adjourned at a recent sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

TWO men were brought before Portlaoise District Court this afternoon in relation to a major drugs seizure in Mountmellick Co. Laois on Tuesday 4 February.

It is the state’s case that Dylan McCarthy (29) died following an incident in which he received both punches and “a vicious kick” to the head from Calvin Dunne (24)

WHILE carrying out a search of a house in Portarlington, gardaí uncovered a white powdery substance. When tested, it was found to be cocaine with a street value of €2,240.

The court was told the 33-year-old defendant had not got the compensation with him in court.

It is alleged that Mr Dooley and an unnamed accomplice were observed by gardaí moving eight boxes from a van to a shed rented by Mr Dooley

Ms Justice Biggs said that there are three verdicts open to them: guilty of murder; not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter; or not guilty of murder or manslaughter.

A YOUNG Laois man is to be sentenced next month for the robbery of a car which subsequently crashed after being driven at speed through the town two years ago.

WHILE an 81-year-old man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on the M7 motorway and colliding with the central barrier, his solicitor asked Judge Andrew Cody to consider reducing the charge to careless driving at a sitting of Portlaoise District ...

A MAN who stole a karaoke machine and a jacket from a supermarket in Portlaoise was remanded in custody when he appeared by video link at the local district court.

The prisoner is four-and-a-half years into a six-year sentence.

“If there was a running kick that caused a thud to a face, you’d expect to see a little bit more marks than were there"

A MAN who was fined €750 six years ago was brought before Portlaoise District Court on a bench warrant for non-payment of the fines. Aaron Hennessy, Garron, Ballybrophy had the fines imposed on 18 February 2019 for motoring of fences.

The trial continues for the other defendant

A WOMAN who was drunk and attempted to slide down the banisters of the stairs in the Midland Park Hotel in Portlaoise pleaded guilty to being intoxicated when she appeared at the local district court.

A MAN who “cocked his backside and blew wind that everyone could hear” while his case was being heard was remanded in custody when he appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week.

A MAN who was charged with falsely imprisoning and assaulting a woman causing her harm came before a sitting of the family law court in Portlaoise.

A DISSAGREEMENT that started in a house and ended up on a public roadway landed a 52-year-old woman in court.

The solicitor said that his client was homeless and vulnerable at the time.