A 33-year-old man told Carlow District Court he punched an autistic man at a petrol station because he feared for his safety and that of his 12-year-old son.

A GRAIGUECULLEN woman was last week served with a book of evidence in Carlow District Court in connection with 30 sample counts of deception and other charges.

A BIKER who was clocked by gardaí travelling at 185kph was last week convicted and sentenced in Carlow District Court on a dangerous driving charge.

A YOUNG Laois man will appear before the next sitting of Carlow Circuit Court later this month on charges in connection with a high-speed garda chase.

An ISPCA inspector discovered three dogs at the woman's property, but one of them was already deceased

A TULLOW woman has accepted a lifetime ban on owning dogs after what the ISPCA described in court as a case of “pure neglect” and “lack of care” which led to the death of a Yorkshire Terrier and the severe malnourishment of two others.

A MAN who pleaded guilty to having an illegal laboratory in his home, where he manufactured and marketed unauthorised anabolic steroids, was given a prison sentence when he appeared before Carlow Circuit Court last week.

The judge described the defendant’s behaviour was “inexcusable”

His partner asked him to make her a sandwich and he allegedly placed medication in it by crushing up some tablets

A GRAIGUECULLEN man who went out for the night with his wife but who was asked to leave a pub in Carlow town was brought before the local district court on public order offences.

CCTV footage showed the defendant approaching his in-law with a headbutting action before hitting him

"A PICTURE paints a thousand words,” said Judge Geraldine Carthy as she imposed a suspended sentence on a woman who had pleaded guilty in Carlow District Court to assaulting another woman.