A MAN was brought before a special sitting of Portlaoise District Court this morning charged with offences relating to a message he allegedly posted on his social media page.

‘This person inflicted significant distress and fear through his targeted and deliberate harassment, including coming to my workplace and issuing threats, and attempted to damage my personal and professional reputation.'

Judge Cody said; "Stealing a packet of biscuits. It’s wasting a lot of money over a €2 packet of biscuits” 

A LOCAL man claimed that he was stripped naked by gardaí while being searched in a cell at Portlaoise Garda Station following his arrest for engaging in disorderly conduct.

A MOTORIST stopped by gardaí in Mountmellick who was sweating profusely was subsequently found to have been drug-driving.

The court heard that gardaí received a call about a woman acting erratically in the foyer of the hotel. 

“cocked his backside and blew wind"

Gardaí had to borrow a wheelchair from the nearby hospital to bring the 60-year old man into court

The defendant was remanded in custody

he man in his 60s, a US national, was found dead in the leisure centre of Ballyfin Demesne hotel just hours after arriving in Ireland

When gardaí arrived, they saw the man being restrained by nurses as he was highly intoxicated and flailing his arms around