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.