JUDGE Geraldine Carthy last week refused jurisdiction in Carlow District Court of an assault case after hearing that an injured party had sustained a fractured nose.

A CARLOW town man appeared before the local district court last week on charges in connection with possessing cocaine.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Baltinglass man has pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis with a street value of €5,606 following a search of his home and vehicle last month.

AN electrician who used his pass card to enter a business to steal copper wiring was last week convicted and fined in Carlow District Court.

A 40-YEAR-OLD man with extensive previous convictions has been sentenced to eight months in custody for stealing €400 from an occupied car in Carlow town centre.

A CARLOW man who had “far too much to drink” while he was on medication for epilepsy ended up in the local district court after he caused €2,000 worth of damage in the Talbot Hotel in Carlow.

A CARLOW woman has been fined €300 and disqualified from driving for four years by Carlow District Court on charges relating to driving without insurance and using a mobile phone while driving.

A 33-year-old man told Carlow District Court he punched an autistic man at a petrol station because he feared for his safety and that of his 12-year-old son.

A MAN who was previously given a suspended sentence on public order offences was last week sent to prison for four months after Judge Geraldine Carthy told him in Carlow District Court that “the line in the sand has been drawn”.

A SINGLE mother who lost her job and couldn’t afford to pay for her insurance was last week spared a disqualification from driving when she appeared before Carlow District Court.

A BIKER who was clocked by gardaí travelling at 185kph was last week convicted and sentenced in Carlow District Court on a dangerous driving charge.

A BAGENALSTOWN man who filmed gardaí who were seizing an untaxed car appeared last week in Carlow District Court on a public order charge.

A DEFENDANT who was involved in a car chase with the gardaí and who was later found with €1,800 worth of cannabis for sale or supply was last week sentenced in Carlow District Court.

A COUPLE who allegedly burned down a family home in Castledermot in June with a petrol-soaked teddy bear and then stole a car after crashing their getaway vehicle were both sent for circuit court trial.

A DEFENDANT who pleaded guilty to stealing a candlestick from a church and a cash box from a farmers’ market was last week given a chance in Carlow District Court to do some voluntary work in St Clare’s Hospitality Kitchen.

An unusual but effective approach

ISPCA senior inspector Fiona Conlon discovered one dog dead and two others severely malnourished when she called to her house in February last year

The defendant denied the charge

The defendant was described her as “a family lady” with children and grandchildren living locally

The shower in the bathroom had been left running, resulting in flooding

"I’ve never been treated so bad by a guard in my life"

A “very sad and very serious matter”

A CARLOW motorist was last week spared a disqualification from driving after he pleaded guilty at the local district court to driving without insurance.

A MOTORIST who was almost five times over the legal limit was last week banned from driving for three years when he appeared before Carlow District Court.

A PARANOID man who pleaded guilty to carrying knives in Tullow was given a suspended sentence when he appeared before Carlow District Court last week.

A GRAIGUECULLEN woman was given a suspended sentence last week at Carlow District Court when she pleaded guilty to public order offences.

TWO women were served with books of evidence last week at Carlow District Court in connection with the robbery of a man and were ordered to appeared before the next sitting of the local circuit court later this month.

A MAN with a given address of No Fixed Abode in Newbridge, but now in a golf lodge in Tullow, was fined €500 for two counts of being drunk on the streets of Kildare towns.

Faced charges of dangerous driving and for having no insurance

A GRAIGUECULLEN motorist was last week jailed for four months at Carlow District Court after he was caught driving without insurance for the third time.

A LORRY driver who works for Ray Whelan’s Skip Hire in Carlow was last week put off the road for two years and fined when he appeared before the local district court on a dangerous driving charge.

A RATHVILLY man was last week convicted and fined for possessing cocaine and cannabis when he appeared before Carlow District Court.

A MAN who was ‘out of control’ on alcohol and tablets was last week sent to prison for five months for headbutting a garda.

A DEFENDANT was served with two separate books of evidence last week at Carlow District Court in connection with the alleged burglary of Eire Óg clubhouse and assaulting a person at Bagenalstown Train Station.

A GRAIGUECULLEN woman was last week sent forward to the next sitting of Carlow Circuit Court, accused of handling the proceeds of criminal activity.

A MOTORIST who pleaded guilty to driving without insurance when he appeared before Carlow District Court was spared a driving ban because of special circumstances.

A MAN will appear before the next sitting of Carlow Circuit Court on three robbery-related charges after he was served a book of evidence at the local district court last week.

A MOTORIST from Carlow town was handed a custodial sentence and put off the road for eight years when he pleaded guilty before the local district court to two offences of driving without insurance.

A MAN who sold a counterfeit phone on social media was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment after Judge Geraldine Carthy said he had “no respect for the judicial system or the court” when he appeared before her in Carlow District Court.

A 68-YEAR-OLD woman living in Carlow town who admitted stealing over €2,220 worth of clothing from various sports shops in the midlands appeared before Carlow District Court last week.

THREE MEN who carried out an assault during a family celebration in the Lord Bagenal Hotel, Leighlinbridge were sentenced at a recent court sitting in Carlow after they pleaded guilty to charges of serious assault and violent disorder.

A RATHOE woman who “got involved with cocaine” was last week convicted in Carlow District Court and fined €250.

A 37-YEAR-OLD Carlow man who pleaded guilty to stealing over €100 worth of goods from Aldi has been ordered to pay full compensation within three months.