The accused allegedly told the doorman at the public house in Portlaoise that he knew where he lived.

The men are also alleged to have attempted to convey 11 mobile phones into the prison

A SOLICITOR for a man who had travelled to Laois from Kildare to purchase a gift for his girlfriend told Judge Andrew Cody the reason why he had travelled so far was because: “You can get better gifts in Laois.

The man argued that his pet was only a pup!

“It’s an honour to have you back"

A BUSINESS owner who burgled a former employee’s apartment had his case adjourned when he appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week. Before the court was 49-year-old Alex Andru Avram from Mizzoni's Pizza, Fairgreen, Portlaoise.

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 WOMAN who was allegedly stalked and harassed by her in laws over her insistence that access to her child was on her terms, had her appeal for an interim protection order struck out as the judge wanted to see if the grandparents could abide by the ...

A TEENAGER who allegedly raped his stepmother in their home two days prior to his court appearance was remanded in custody for a week, after the State established that there was a bed available at the youth offenders facility in Oberstown, Co Dublin.

AN 89-year-old man appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week on 44 counts of indecent assaults that allegedly took place on dates between 1978 to 1988 in a location in Laois.

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.

WHEN gardaí stopped a car, they found the boot was being held on with baler twine.

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.

JUDGE Andrew Cody wondered why a motorist who stuck a garden wall had not been charged with other offences rather than with one for criminal damage, after he heard evidence that the driver had left the scene of the incident?Garda Dillon Hogan said ...

A 47-YEAR-old motorist lost her case when she fully contested hit and run charges, after she damaged a car in a car park at a local shopping centre.

A DEFENDANT who pleaded guilty to stealing a candlestick from a church and a cash box from a farmers’ market was given a chance to do some voluntary work in St Clare’s Hospitality Kitchen, Graiguecullen.

A VICTIM described how an unprovoked assault in a local pub has affected him and his family, when he spoke at Portlaoise District Court.

A 36-YEAR-old Portlaoise man, who was driving around in a 2008 ‘jalopy’ of a car, was put off the road for four years when he appeared at the local district court last week.

JUDGE Andrew Cody said that a woman who told him she had obtained her car insurance through Revolut bank was ‘spoofing’, when she appeared before him at Portlaoise District Court last week.

A MAN who was due at Portlaoise District Court on motoring offences sent his solicitor a ‘selfie’ from his hospital bed to explain his absence from court.