Article Category: Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

November 30, 2023
TOUR DE FARCE A BENCH warrant has been issued for a man convicted in absentia for engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour and public... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

November 2, 2023
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM A Letterkenny man who appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with two public order offences was fined €250 by Judge Éiteáin... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 18, 2023
‘LOWLIFE SCUMBAGS’ Frank Brassil (41) of Main Street, Collon, appearing before Drogheda District Court, pleaded guilty to engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 5, 2023
‘KING OF IRELAND’ A MAN who claimed to Judge Cormac Dunne that he was “the king of Ireland” appeared before Navan District Court having... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 21, 2023
TITS UP A Glenswilly man who told gardaí that he had “sniffed a load of drugs” appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with engaging... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 7, 2023
‘NAZI SCUM’ A MAN who called gardaí ‘Nazi scum’ when they called to a Kinsale house hosting a children’s birthday party during the height... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 24, 2023
OH BROTHER A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty, though in absentia due to being sentenced to five months behind bars the week previous, to charges... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 10, 2023
101 CONVICTIONS CORK DISTRICT Court heard the case of Patrick Fennelly, who had 101 previous convictions and was charged with two public order offences.... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 27, 2023
DANGEROUS STREETS MATTHEW CONROY, of Kilcommon, Tipperary appeared before Nenagh District Court charged with a number of public order offences. Gardaí discovered an intoxicated... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 13, 2023
TOPLESS CHAOS A MAN who was so intoxicated that he started taking off his clothes in an apartment above a Tullamore pub, believing it... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 29, 2023
‘JUST LOST IT’ Bandon District Court heard the case of a man who warned gardaí they would “fucking get it” if they tried to... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 15, 2023
TROLLEYED CRISIS A man who became abusive towards gardaí and nurses at Tullamore hospital appeared before Tullamore District Court. Sergeant James O’Sullivan told the... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 1, 2023
LOCKED LEGAL EAGLE Judge James McNulty, presiding over Clonakilty District Court, heard the case of a “fledgling barrister” who was arrested on suspicion of... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

May 18, 2023
NOT IN THE BIBLE A BALLYBOFEY man appearing before Letterkenny District Court, after failing to pay a parking fine, told Judge Éiteáin Cunningham that... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

May 3, 2023
NAGS AND FAGS Letterkenny District Court heard the case of a man arrested for driving his horse and cart while drunk. Danny Connors (48),... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

April 19, 2023
‘KING OF BALLINCOLLIG’ A 28-year-old who jumped on the bonnet of a patrol car during an altercation with gardaí was described by Judge Olann... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

April 6, 2023
‘SUCK MY DICKIE DICKIE’ SKIBBEREEN DISTRICT Court heard the case of Patrick O’Driscoll (38), who was accused of behaving in a lewd manner toward... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

March 23, 2023
LESSONS LEARNED ANDREW DEMPSEY (39) pleaded guilty before Naas District Court to using abusive language to gardaí and committing a public order offence outside... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

March 8, 2023
‘NOT A TAXI SERVICE’ AN INTOXICATED Tullamore man who walked into his local Garda station to ask for a lift found himself arrested instead.... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

February 22, 2023
BUSTED DONNA CARROLL (29) of Shancastle Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin, pleaded guilty before Cork District Court to charges of public intoxication and engaging in threatening... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

February 9, 2023
‘WIDE AND HAIRY’ A MEATH man appeared before Cork District Court charged with public intoxication and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour, following an... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

January 26, 2023
TRAFFIC JAM A 42-YEAR-OLD man appeared before Cork District Court charged with public intoxication after being found by gardaí, on November 17, blocking two... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

January 12, 2023
GOING NOWHERE TULLAMORE DISTRICT Court heard the case of Derek Wyer (47), who was arrested following an altercation with gardaí outside the Bride House... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

December 15, 2022
VIGILANTE INJUSTICE DANIEL SHEEHAN (22), of 45 Churchfield Avenue, Churchfield, Cork, appeared before Cork District Court charged with verbally abusing a gardaí who was... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

December 1, 2022
‘KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE’ A 73-YEAR-OLD who verbally abused county council waste enforcement officials received the Probation Act at Sligo District Court. The court... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

November 2, 2022
BANG FOR YOUR BUCK DROGHEDA DISTRICT Court heard the case of a 22-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to charges of public intoxication, engaging in... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 19, 2022
‘SMIRKING’ KARATE KID Speaking at Ennis District Court, Judge Mary Larkin wondered whether a “smirking” defendant who verbally abused gardaí, threatening to “karate kick”... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 6, 2022
Banging on garda van Siobhan Lynch (22) of Athcarne, Duleek, appeared before Drogheda District Court charged with engaging in abusive behaviour towards a garda... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 22, 2022
‘DO FOR TOILET PAPER’ CORK DISTRICT Court heard the case of one Timothy Hadfield who, when handed charge sheets after being arrested for disruptive... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 8, 2022
‘Who’s Going To Ride Me?’ A 33-YEAR-OLD TV production graduate appeared before Dundalk District Court charged with public intoxication and being threatening and abusive... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 25, 2022
‘WORSE THAN RUSSIANS’ A 65-YEAR-OLD man who told gardaí that they were “worse than the Russians” appeared before Dundalk District Court charged with public... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 11, 2022
‘I’LL DO WHAT I WANT’ JARED SHERLOCK (19) of 40 Clonmich Wood, Tullamore, appeared before Tullamore District Court to plead guilty to engaging in... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 28, 2022
‘I’M DENIS IRWIN’ A MAN NAMED Daniel Spillane, who identified himself to gardaí as “Denis Irwin, famous soccer player,” appeared before Cork District Court... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 14, 2022
ROUND OF SHOTS Eric Nicholson (25) of 6 Oak Drive, Ballacollig, Mountmellick, pleaded guilty in Portlaoise District Court to public intoxication and being abusive... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 30, 2022
Buy & Sell Gardaí Gerard Gormley (35) of Carrowgavneen, Coolaney, Sligo appeared before Sligo District Court charged with using threatening and abusive behaviour toward... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 16, 2022
‘Catch me if you can’ A MAN who shouted “catch me if you can” at gardaí after crashing a scrambler bike in Bailieborough has... Read more »