"She’s probably going to lose everything because of a moment of madness," said the woman's solicitor.

A LAOIS man accused of false imprisonment, sexual assault and two counts of rape of a woman was remanded on bail when he came before Portlaoise District Court last week.

"I’m not violent"

A MAN whose car was clocked at 129kph in an 80 zone had his charge struck out when the judge accepted his explanation that he had lent his car to a man interested in buying it that day, and allowed the prosecuting sergeant the final decision.

A WOMAN said the reason she didn’t report a domestic assault was because her assailant threatened to kill her if she did. Harrowing testimony was given behind closed doors at the Family Law sessions in Athy District Court.

A MAN whose car was clocked at 129kph in an 80kph zone had a speeding charge struck out, when the judge accepted his explanation that he had lent his car to a man interested in buying it.

A PROSECUTING sergeant still has to seek DPP directions on how to proceed with a man accused of stealing two pairs of socks and a set of flipflops.

A Laois man who was brought before Judge Andrew Cody at Portlaoise District Court last week asked to be sentenced to six months in prison. However, Judge Cody said he was not going to impose a six-month sentence over the theft of a €1.

A BUSINESSMAN was last week found not guilty of having cannabis for sale or supply in Carlow Circuit Court, claiming that he used it for medicinal purposes only.

A SCHOOLBOY who was sent for milk but ended up in a fight in an off-licence will have to wait to have his court case heard, after his co-defendant cousin failed to show up.

Marita McCarthy said the Cranberries song Dreams came out when her son Dylan was born in 1993, but now she cries when she hears it because her son’s dreams were “snuffed” out by the fatal assault

AN 87-year-old charged with sexually assaulting a man with Down Syndrome in a supermarket bathroom appeared before Naas District Court last week.

A NAIL SALON owner and her husband were both sentenced last week in Carlow Circuit Court after almost €230,000 worth of cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine were discovered at their home and business.

A RUGBY player was last week given a three-year prison sentence in Carlow Circuit Court after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a couple in a local bar, knocking the man out and beating the woman so badly that she didn’t recognise her own face in the ...

A 27-YEAR-OLD man who targeted elderly residents in bogus house calls was remanded in custody for sentencing, after pleading guilty to two counts of deception.

A MAN was brought before a special sitting of Portlaoise District Court this morning charged with offences relating to a message he allegedly posted on his social media page.

A CARLOW man who admitted poisoning his partner was told by Judge Eugene O’Kelly that it was a “shockingly reckless thing to do”, when he appeared before the local circuit court to be sentenced last week.

A father charged with 22 counts of masturbating in front of his pre-teen child is arguing “the mother of the child is putting the child up to it”.

A GRAIGUECULLEN man was last week ordered in Carlow District Court to carry out community service after he got “very agitated” when he was approached by a member of An Garda Síochána in a supermarket.

A WOMAN who slapped another female across the face because she believed she was sleeping with her husband left court without a conviction. The defendant stood beside solicitor Jacqui McManus last week in Athy District Court.