Hacketstown woman given two-year suspended sentence
Carlow Courthouse Photo: Michael O'Rourke
A HACKETSTOWN woman was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a two-year suspended prison sentence on 4 March after pleading guilty to 33 charges relating to theft and forgery.
Amanda Doyle (40) Ballybrack, Borkhillmore, Hacketstown faced 11 charges of theft, 11 charges of forgery and 11 charges of using a false instrument.
The charges arose from Ms Doyle stealing cheques from a person in Raheengraney, Clonegal and using false instruments, that is, the cheques, in Byrne’s SuperValu, Hacketstown and O’Reilly’s service station, Hacketstown on various dates between July and September 2024.
Judge Mary Morrissey imposed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, on Ms Doyle for four counts of theft contrary to section 4 of the , on the condition that she engage with the probation services for one year.
On one of the counts relating to making a false instrument by means of forging a signature contrary to section 26 of the , Judge Morrissey approved the order of 120 hours of community service in lieu of two years in prison and imposed 80 hours of community service for the same offence. The remaining 27 counts were taken into consideration.
The case came before Carlow District Court in early 2025, but Judge Geraldine Carthy refused jurisdiction on the basis that the case was too serious to be dealt with at district court level and sent the case back to the director of public prosecution’s office.
At a sitting of Carlow Circuit Court on 27 November 2025, Judge Eugene O’Kelly made orders on the condition that the defendant was deemed suitable for community service. Judge Morrissey affirmed this order.
