Article Category: Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

April 4, 2019

Garda was no hurler on the ditch “IT WASN’T a swim job. It was a paddle job,” said Judge Patrick Durcan at Kilrush... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

March 7, 2019

Complaint to POLICE ABOUT ‘DRUG’ DEALER A DISGRUNTLED would-be drug user has left police incredulous after calling to complain that she paid £200... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

February 21, 2019

RANTED AT OFFICERS A SON of a garda called gardaí “cunts”, “bastards” and “faggots” in the seaside resort of Lahinch last November. At... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

February 7, 2019

The Guards are ‘FAT PIGS’ A 35-YEAR-OLD man who approached gardaí and started shouting insults – like “the guards are pigs, fucking pigs... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

January 24, 2019

CANNABIS WAS ‘ORNAMENT’ A LISNAKEA man who had cannabis on his wall when his house was searched said it was an ornament. Mark... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

January 10, 2019

ASKED JUDGE OUT ON DATE A FORMER member of the Foreign Legion was outmanoeuvred by a District Court judge who declined to go... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

December 13, 2018

A BRIDGE TOO FAR A MAN who fell off a bridge into the Garavogue river after getting drunk on a night out suffered... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

November 29, 2018

Judge is a true Citizen A man who had come to Derry with his girlfriend to celebrate his birthday was asked to leave... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

November 1, 2018

“Yes, I love Cork.” “Under Duress” was the signature provided by a 70-year-old man who previously insisted that he had no name, Cork... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 18, 2018

Bus station black out A MAN got so drunk that gardaí found him with his pants down around his ankles. Inspector Gary McPolin... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 4, 2018

A night on the gargoyle A DRUNK Donegal man was caught smashing up a garden gargoyle and taking washing from a clothesline of... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 20, 2018

Spare the rod A man charged with public order offences at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal appeared in court complete with fishing... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

September 6, 2018

DO IT YOURSELF AN OMAGH man granted leave to appeal against a jail sentence found himself back in custody after he rang the... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 23, 2018

A costly hotel stay A FERMANAGH man, who pleaded guilty to obtaining services dishonestly after he failed to pay bills in two local... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

August 9, 2018

Pigs and pepper spray A CAVAN man, who was pepper-sprayed by gardaí after he verbally abused them outside his home, avoided jail time... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 26, 2018

Garda got a pizza her mind A WOMAN who threw a full pizza at a garda has been fined in court. Amanda Murphy... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 12, 2018

DRUNK FARMER’S TROUSERS FELL DURING PURSUIT A DRUNK farmer who hitched a lift from his son on the back of his tractor exposed... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 28, 2018

Bog Road resident’s dangerous driving AT HIS four-day trial at Galway Criminal Court, John Conroy (23), of 2 Bog Road, Ballinrobe denied 13... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

June 13, 2018

Curtains for Dunnes STORES thief A 25-YEAR-OLD Navan man showed arrogance and impertinence by stealing goods to the value of €250 from Dunnes... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

May 31, 2018

Judge won’t fence him in A KILLNICK man who repeatedly called to a hardware shop to steal fence posts and fence making equipment... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

May 17, 2018

‘ONLY MEDICATING THE PEOPLE OF DERRY’ A MAN already serving a “substantial” prison sentence has been fined for having the Class B drug... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

May 3, 2018

“Do your fucking job!” A KERRYMAN has been jailed for two months at Tralee District Court for assaulting a Tesco employee while on... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

April 19, 2018

‘Fuck off, you’re a sausage’ GARDAÍ received phone calls from residents about youths causing disturbances in the Glanmire area over several months last... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

April 5, 2018

Defendant’s rubbish claim A LETTERKENNY woman who took her neighbour’s camping gear claimed she thought it was rubbish. Maria Siataru appeared in court... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

March 22, 2018

chip shop row lands GAA star in the soup A GAA star attacked an elderly man with his own walking stick after a... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

March 8, 2018

Bog fire Inflames passions A CASTLEREA motorist was put off the road for six months and fined €650 for telling a garda to... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

February 8, 2018

COURTROOM Selfies  ‘for the mammy’ A NAVAN man, in court for allegedly using a vehicle without NCT, was reprimanded by a judge for... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

January 25, 2018

The Man from Monte Carlow A GLOBETROTTING thriller with Carlow at its heart is the latest work by Carlow author Ray Keane. The... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

January 11, 2018

“I Think I Killed your Mother” A YOUNG Kerrywoman who suffered post traumatic stress disorder after being told her mother had been killed... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

December 14, 2017

Accused ‘sought chicken’, broke window A DUNGARVAN man who broke the window of a local chipper because they had run out of chicken... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

November 30, 2017

‘That’s no reason to plead guilty’ JUDGE Kevin Kilrane refused to accept the guilty plea of a man who said he was only... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

November 2, 2017

Rat-arsed chef GETS INTO hot water A DRUNK chef jumped into a Galway canal to rescue his pet rat which had escaped from... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

October 19, 2017

Rugby player avoids conviction CONNACHT rugby player Peter Robb will avoid a conviction for a public order offence provided he undertakes a training... Read more »

SIMPLE SIMON IS FLOUNDERING

October 5, 2017

LAST Thursday at the All-Ireland Civic Dialogue talking shop on Brexit, Simon Coveney asserted once again that it is “madness” for him to... Read more »