Tag: court

Jail for man who claimed €100k welfare

Jail for man who claimed €100k welfare

Tallaght

A man who falsely claimed over €100,000 in social welfare payments while continuing to work has been jailed for one year. Frank ...

‘Sucker punch’ by amateur footballer left other player with fractured mandible

‘Sucker punch’ by amateur footballer left other player with fractured mandible

Tallaght

By Stephen Bourke An amateur footballer has been ordered to complete 240 hours of community service for a “sucker punch” that left a ...

Former League of Ireland footballer had over €45,000 worth of drugs

Former League of Ireland footballer had over €45,000 worth of drugs

Lucan

A former League of Ireland footballer caught with over €45,000 of cocaine and other illegal drugs has received a fully suspended sentence. ...

Breaking red light led to discovery of illegal drugs

Breaking red light led to discovery of illegal drugs

Ballyfermot

A father of three, who was stopped by gardai after driving through a red light and found in possession of thousands of ...

Teenage girl found with €240k worth of drugs avoids jail

Teenage girl found with €240k worth of drugs avoids jail

Ballyfermot

By Fiachra Gallagher and Brion Hoban A teenager who was found with a shopping bag containing over €240,000 worth of cocaine and heroin ...

Armed raider (36) recognised and tackled by customers during hold up in Speaker Conolly pub

Armed raider (36) recognised and tackled by customers during hold up in Speaker Conolly pub

Tallaght

An armed raider who was recognised and tackled by customers as he tried to hold up his local pub has received a ...

Convent burglar gets two years jail

Convent burglar gets two years jail

Lucan

By Fiona Ferguson A Dublin burglar who crashed a stolen vehicle into another car and drove dangerously in his efforts to evade gardai ...

Nine months jail for father-of-five who stabbed brother four times following a ‘trivial dispute’

Nine months jail for father-of-five who stabbed brother four times following a ‘trivial dispute’

Tallaght

A father of five who stabbed his brother four times following a “trivial dispute” has been jailed for nine months, reports Brion ...

Man ‘mistakenly’ got into car thinking it was his own

Man ‘mistakenly’ got into car thinking it was his own

Clondalkin

A MAN who “mistakenly” got into a car, thinking it was his own when he came out of a party drunk has ...

Disqualified driver jailed for driving into mother and child on Tallaght bypass

Disqualified driver jailed for driving into mother and child on Tallaght bypass

Tallaght

By Fiachra Gallagher & Brion Hoban A disqualified driver who drove into a car containing a mother and her five-year-old child has been ...