A WOMAN sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing €30 worth of petrol thanked the judge who sentenced her recently.

The 40-year-old was found drunk in her pyjamas at 4.30am in the morning, after leaving Portlaoise Hospital A&E department.

A WOMAN who allegedly tried to hide four ounces (112. 5g) of cocaine in her bra was remanded on continuing bail on strict conditions to return for DPP’s directions in February.

The 40-year-old woman had left the A&E department of the hospital in her pyjamas

Judge Fay said: “She now has a choice what kind of Christmas her children are going to have

The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to criminal damage costing €2,000

"With that he pounced and got me by my neck. He kept beating me into the side of the head," claimed the woman.

On one occasion the 44-year-old was found sleeping in a bush drunk in the People’s Park in Portlaoise.

AN UNSUCCESSFUL candidate in both recent local and General Elections has been charged with allegedly sending abusive social medial posts to a county councillor.

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.

The accused allegedly told the doorman at the public house in Portlaoise that he knew where he lived.

The men are also alleged to have attempted to convey 11 mobile phones into the prison

A SOLICITOR for a man who had travelled to Laois from Kildare to purchase a gift for his girlfriend told Judge Andrew Cody the reason why he had travelled so far was because: “You can get better gifts in Laois.

The man argued that his pet was only a pup!

“It’s an honour to have you back"

A BUSINESS owner who burgled a former employee’s apartment had his case adjourned when he appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week. Before the court was 49-year-old Alex Andru Avram from Mizzoni's Pizza, Fairgreen, Portlaoise.

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 WOMAN who was allegedly stalked and harassed by her in laws over her insistence that access to her child was on her terms, had her appeal for an interim protection order struck out as the judge wanted to see if the grandparents could abide by the ...

A TEENAGER who allegedly raped his stepmother in their home two days prior to his court appearance was remanded in custody for a week, after the State established that there was a bed available at the youth offenders facility in Oberstown, Co Dublin.

AN 89-year-old man appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week on 44 counts of indecent assaults that allegedly took place on dates between 1978 to 1988 in a location in Laois.