A MAN who worked at the Lazy River Café in Graiguecullen for ten years has been awarded compensation after he was let go from the business without warning, without redundancy pay and without the two weeks’ pay that he was owed.

The court heard that the dog was “crawling in maggots” 

He said he couldn’t read or write

A MAN was sentenced to one month in prison for theft from a Tesco store in Portlaoise.

The man allegedly caused a disturbance in the A&E department of Portlaoise hospital

A MAN whose blood alcohol level was more than double the legal limit went on a chaotic rampage through a garda station, throwing his own blood at an officer and daubing it across a cell wall after being arrested following an early morning encounter ...

A 21-YEAR-old Carlow man who loudly declared a garda’s evidence to be ‘bollocks’ in open court was sentenced to four months in prison after a judge said his demeanour on camera footage did not reconcile with his version of events.

A CARLOW man headbutted a children’s soccer coach after the coach took his son off the pitch during an U12 match, Carlow District Court heard.

A LAOIS WOMAN who pleaded guilty to stabbing her friend twice in the breast received a fully suspended prison sentence of three years and three months from Judge Eugene O’Kelly at Carlow Circuit Court after he said he was pleased that she had “taken ...

When it was opened, 75 deals of cocaine were found in it, along with a small quantity of cannabis.

She is also charged with failing to report an accident, failing to stop at the scene, failing to offer assistance

“What I have seen is actually shocking, unacceptable and will never be tolerated by this court or any other court.” 

He is accused of making gain or causing loss by dishonestly inducing the Department of Agriculture basic payment scheme grants

A CONSTRUCTION worker who was found to have seven times the legal limit of cannabis in his bloodstream while driving in Carlow was fined and banned from the road for four years.

When approached by staff, he refused to pay for the items.

Such were Mr Hickey’s abusive expletives at the time that they could not be repeated in open court.

A MAN received a six-month prison sentence, to run consecutively to one he is currently serving, after he pleaded guilty to the theft of €65 worth of groceries from a supermarket in Carlow.

A 47-YEAR-old Athy woman who made full admissions after gardaí found Brown Thomas purchases in her home has been remanded on bail for a probation report after Carlow District Court heard she faced multiple charges of fraudulent transactions ...

A MAN drove his car through a garda checkpoint because he feared something had happened to his 88-year-old mother – a story the judge said was too strange not to believe.

The injured party was treated for several injuries, including bruising to his eyes, cheek and jaw

A THREE-hour drunken nap at a Killeshin service station resulted in a drink-driving conviction and two-year driving suspension for a Carlow man.

The defendant came before the court by video link charged with assault causing harm on 9 February at a location in Laois.

A man came into Portlaoise Garda Station and reported that his car had been rear-ended while he was driving in the Rock of Dunamase area.

A SOLICITOR for a man on a 7pm to 7am curfew asked Judge Susan Fay to vary the times gardaí could call to his house to check if he is home because they are calling at all hours and in some cases at 2am in the morning.

On another occasion, said Sgt Kirby, as he was walking by her, he commented: “Look at that horrible c**t.”

The total amount of goods taken amounted to €209.

He failed to stop when pursued

A SMALL business owner from Mountmellick was before last week’s sitting of the District Court on a motoring offence.

A man was fined €550 at Carlow District Court after being found guilty of two public order offences for public intoxication.

A LOCAL WOMAN who was feeling unwell as last week’s sitting of the district court in Portlaoise had her case adjourned until May.

A CARLOW woman was severely reprimanded by Judge Mary Morrissey in Carlow Circuit Court last week for posting videos about an ongoing trial in which she is the defendant.

GARDA Lisa Murray served a book of evidence on a 22-year-old Laois man when he was sent forward to the present sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court on sex offences.

THE Probation Act was applied at Portlaoise District Court to a man who had gathered €500 to be donated for the upkeep of a graveyard.

“We went from not guilty to guilty, back to not guilty and now he’s pleading guilty,” said Judge Cody.

A LOCAL man with 215 previous convictions was given two six-month prison sentences for driving offences when he was brought before Portlaoise District Court.

He pleaded guilty to the offences.

A MAN who made threats to kill a worker at a Carlow service station while accusing her of sharing a compromising video of him has been convicted of two public order offences.

AN AMATEUR snooker champion has been exonerated by a Carlow Circuit Court jury of charges arising from an incident with two gardaí on 29 August 2024.

There are enough local shoplifters in Portlaoise without tourists coming to the town doing the same thing -Judge Andrew Cody

A MAN was further remanded in custody after he again allegedly refused to surrender his passport to gardaí.

A ROAD Safety Authority employee was among five motorists who appeared before Carlow District Court for speeding offences detected by a fixed camera on the N80 at Graiguenaspiddoge.

A co accused in the case, Jovita Zakariene (42), Ballycarnan Lodge, Portlaoise also appeared before the court.