TWO defendants described as “chronic heroin and crack cocaine users” pleaded guilty to robbing a visitor to Carlow of €400, after he asked them for directions, while the second defendant also pleaded guilty to burgling a restaurant in Carlow town.

AN ASSISTANT manager pleaded guilty at Portlaoise District Court last week to stealing goods from her former employer.

THREE men accused of the theft of €138,063. 04 from Iarnród Éireann were each served with a book of evidence when they came before Portlaoise District Court last week.

A WOMAN told gardaí that her former partner had allegedly tried to strangle and punch her when they responded to an emergency call-out to a domestic dispute.

A YOUNG man pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving when Judge Susan Fay said she was not going to reduce the charge to careless driving when he came before her at last week’s sitting of the District Court in Portlaoise.

FIVE members of the same family were jailed periods between six and 15 months each over an attempt to pull a €150,000 insurance scam by staging a fake crash in Athy over 10 years ago.

TWO cases of people acting as money mules were before Portlaoise District Court last week.

A 39-YEAR-OLD woman with 108 previous convictions, of which 93 were for theft, was back before last week sitting of Portlaoise District Court charged with three counts of theft.

A MAN who had previously pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and with violent disorder in Mountmellick was given to next April to gather up the full compensation for the damage he caused.

A NEW solicitor was introduced to District 15, the District Court areas of Portlaoise and Tullamore at last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court s Solicitor Josephine Fitzpatrick took the opportunity to welcome newly appointed solicitor ...

A MAN alleged to have carried out assaults in Portlaoise on 8 November was ordered by a District Court Judge to stay away from the Baytoon Grill Takeaway on the town’s Main Street.

A WOMAN who threw away €800 worth of goods that she had forgotten to pay for was barred from entering Dunne Stores shops anywhere in the state when she came before last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

A MAN who threatened to burn down his partner’s house and cut her head off was before the Family Law Court in Portlaoise last week.

A MAN whose son threatened to kill his parents over the noise of a hairdryer had a Protection Order granted and told to come back to court for a full hearing in a fortnight after the judge said: “I’m concerned for your partner”.

A LAOIS father and son have been sentenced for assaulting three people while the son’s stillborn child was being waked at their home.

A woman passenger was screaming at him to stop because she feared that they would all be killed

A DRUNKEN barefooted man, walking out in front of traffic and being aggressive towards gardaí, was given a six-month custodial sentence at Portlaoise District Court last week.

A CARLOW man was on temporary release from prison when he called to his friend’s mother’s home and threatened that he would chop her up if she didn’t pay an alleged drug debt.

The man is charged with trespassing at the Hibernian Direct Provision Centre in Abbeyleix

It is alleged the incident took place after a difficult marriage and a prolonged break up that had a toxic background.