A 48-YEAR-OLD Abbeyleix woman who grabbed the lapel of a uniform and pulled the hair of a receptionist at the Maldron Hotel in Portlaoise appeared before the local district court last week on an assault summons.

WHEN gardaí arrived to a call out at Portlaoise hospital, they met a man who was highly intoxicated and abusive and who told them to “f**k off” and “go catch real criminals”.

The offences are alleged to have taken place on the town's Main Street.

GARDA Lisa Murray served a book of evidence on a man who is charged with two counts of sexual assault when he came before Portlaoise District Court last week.

"You were trying out a new car? Well, tonight, you’ll be trying out a new bed in the Midland Prison."

The dog as being “like a skeleton with a big tummy

Hollie Anderson said that her grandfather’s loss had ‘devastated their lives’ and that ‘his death is like a hole that will never be filled’ and ‘the crash took away our sense of security’.

THE 30-year American accused of murdering his father in the five star hotel in Laois was further remanded in custody when he appeared by video link at Portlaoise District Court earlier this morning.

A CARLOW man was last week sent forward to the local circuit court, charged with attempting to poison his partner.

A SOLICITOR told Portlaoise District Court that his teenage client “accepts he needs to be more compliant where gardaí are concerned,” after the 19-year-old failed to give his details to the gardaí.

Judge O’Kelly was told that the defendant had accused the injured party of stealing her phone and had gone to her house in New Oak Estate to get it back.

The 42-year-old Mountrath woman submitted a fraudulent application form in an attempt to obtain cheaper car insurance

The publican had to flee for his safety during the brawl

The accused has been only in the country for eight weeks before the accident

A WOMAN out walking a small dog was terrified when two Boxer dogs suddenly ran out of a gateway and lunged at her pet.

“a man of minimal needs who leads a simple life”

“lucky to be walking away with his liberty”

A DEFENDANT was 16 years old when he viewed images of children on a pornography site, Carlow District Court heard last week.

Mr Quigley had been stabbed four times in the chest and back

Ms Justice Greally said a probation report indicated that the man had engaged in “victim blaming” and showed no remorse for the injuries he caused the woman