The business owner was convicted last month by a jury of money laundering following a trial at Portlaoise Circuit Court.

He is alleged to have carried out the offences on dates between 1 September 1987 and 1 September 1988 in Co Laois.

The seizure took place on 4 February 2025 when members of the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) raided Laois Motor Works on Manor Street, Mountmellick.

‘She allegedly got a ferocious beating’ ‒ Judge Andrew Cody

The man is charged with the distribution of child pornography from his home and to possessing child pornography, again from his home address

He had been summoned before the court for driving without insurance or a driving licence

Mr Meagher said that his client had not paid the back tax, instead “the car went for scrap.”

A MAN who allegedly obtained almost 50% of the funds that were illegally taken from a bank account in what was described at Portlaoise District Court last week as a ‘phishing scam’ was remanded on continuing bail.

A MAN who led gardaí on a “lights and sirens” chase through practically every parish in south Kildare for almost 20 minutes reaching speeds approaching 200kph, was jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for six years.

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was before the children’s court in Portlaoise last week on charges of assaults and thefts. Due to the defendant’s age, the girl cannot be identified.

When it was opened, 75 deals of cocaine were found in it, along with a small quantity of cannabis.

The man was remanded on continuing bail.

She is also charged with failing to report an accident, failing to stop at the scene, failing to offer assistance

He is accused of making gain or causing loss by dishonestly inducing the Department of Agriculture basic payment scheme grants

A CONSTRUCTION worker who was found to have seven times the legal limit of cannabis in his bloodstream while driving in Carlow was fined and banned from the road for four years.

When approached by staff, he refused to pay for the items.

Such were Mr Hickey’s abusive expletives at the time that they could not be repeated in open court.

The 55-year-old is charged with offences that allegedly took place over a 10-year period

A MAN received a six-month prison sentence, to run consecutively to one he is currently serving, after he pleaded guilty to the theft of €65 worth of groceries from a supermarket in Carlow.

CCTV footage from the day was harvested from the courthouse and played in court