The prisoners were working in the horticultural area of the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise

The defendant was before the court charged with knowingly having in “his possession an explosive substance” at O’Moore Place, Portlaoise, Co Laois on Tuesday 4 November

He said the defendant had allegedly followed the woman up the road and allegedly charged at her with the wooden plank

A CARLOW District Court hearing descended into the bizarre as a man detailed allegations that his neighbour had breached a civil restraining order by banging bricks together, “howling like a witch”, and conducting conversations with her dog about ...

The court heard that the defendant is currently serving a prison sentence

A MAN who could be facing a two-year driving ban said he would accept Judge Andrew Cody’s advice and get a solicitor to represent him at the next hearing of his case.

A MAN who paid €1,000 in compensation for rear-ending a car with a couple and young children in it was disqualified from driving for six years when his case came before last week’s sitting of the District Court in Portlaoise.

“I’m afraid to ask what speed zone he was driving in?”

“I was battered and tortured by the gardaí.” 

A LAOiS MAN was sent forward to the present sitting of Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court when Garda Lisa Murray served him with a book of evidence at last week’s sitting of Portlaoise District Court.

The woman is charged with seven counts of false imprisonment, as well as other child cruelty charges 

The accused was interviewed six times and admitted his involvement in the storage and distribution of the controlled drug

A 61-YEAR-old man called gardaí ‘bastards’ an told them to ‘f**k off’ when they found him drunk with two bottles of whiskey in a public park.

A COURT presenter told a solicitor that he appreciates her client entering an early plea to a charge of theft as it ‘saves a lot of time.

A MAN on crutches and wearing a face mask, who limped into a closed session of Naas District Court last week ,was granted a protection order against his allegedly violent wife after claiming she regularly punches him, even with his injuries.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been disqualified from driving for six months after his car sent sparks flying when it hit a speed ramp during what appeared to be a race with another vehicle.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been disqualified from driving for six months after his car sent sparks flying when it hit a speed ramp during what appeared to be a race with another vehicle.

He called gardaí ‘bastards’ and told them to ‘f**k off.’

A PORTLAOISE woman was told that she was lucky not to be disqualified from driving when she came before the local district court for failing to remain at the scene of a collision.

A 70-YEAR-OLD Latvian man’s attempt to prove his innocence through a dramatic courtroom demonstration was swiftly shut down by a judge who told him: “We are not into displays in Carlow District Court.