A black Ford Puma driven by the defendant collided with a blue Renault Mégane

'Shame on you' the judge told him

"Mr Duca kicked Mr Maher in the face when he was already in a vulnerable position”.

The incident happened in September 2024

He challenged two statutory notices issued in 2024

Two men arrested for alleged possession of 11 pistols and machine guns, along with over €0. 5m worth of cannabis in a search of a Kildare bog last month were both remanded back into custody this week (6 August) for at least another fortnight.

A CARLOW man who was in a “very poor state” when he entered custody was sentenced to five months in prison at a recent Carlow District Court sitting.

A MAN who was found with over €900 of cocaine several years ago avoided a conviction at Carlow District Court recently.

A ZIMBABWEAN national was fined €500 and disqualified from driving for four months after a truck he was driving careered off the N80 at Rathoe, through a ditch and into a field.

A MAN who went on a rampage through Carlow Garda Station, throwing his own blood at an officer and daubing it across a cell wall after being arrested was sentenced to five months in prison, suspended for 12 months.

In subsequent blood specimens taken from the defendant, there was 68ml of alcohol per 100ml of blood and the presence of Alprazolam was identified.

The man was driving a tractor at a slow speed on the motorway, while pulling a trailer transporting a low loader

A FATHER who flew into Ireland through two connecting flights to face a drugs charge told a court the offence was “a mistake of youth”, as he was fined €3,500 at Carlow District Court.

A CARLOW man received a one-month prison sentence for dangerous driving at a recent sitting of Carlow District Court On 24 May 2025, gardaí received a report of a road traffic collision in Carlow town.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to strangling his former partner and attacking her with a Jägermeister bottle during a row that raged for hours in her Carlow home.

The defendant was detected driving at 132kph in an 80kph zone and was disqualified from driving for two years and fined €700 at a recent sitting of Carlow District Court.

The 24-year-old Carlow man, who cannot be named to protect the young woman’s identity, was convicted following a trial earlier this year of the rape and sexual assault of the teenager at his home on a date in August 2023.

Abayomi Okanlawon (36) with an address of Irish Bar and Hostel, Church Street, Tullow, appeared before Judge John Martin at Wicklow Circuit Court on Friday 24 July without any legal representation because of the dispute.

The incident occurred at St Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, Portlaoise on 31 May

The woman was recovering from the surgery and could not appear in court