The dog as being “like a skeleton with a big tummy

Hollie Anderson said that her grandfather’s loss had ‘devastated their lives’ and that ‘his death is like a hole that will never be filled’ and ‘the crash took away our sense of security’.

The woman has previous convictions

“Why didn’t you pay for it?”

A CARLOW man was last week sent forward to the local circuit court, charged with attempting to poison his partner.

Judge O’Kelly was told that the defendant had accused the injured party of stealing her phone and had gone to her house in New Oak Estate to get it back

The court was told the defendant had chronic health issues

The four-year-old was crossing the road on a scooter

The publican had to flee for his safety

“For years, it was constant abuse and control. He cut me off from my friends and I never went outside the door"

“I still believe that behind that face is a unique talent, she has her own gift from nature,” said the judge

“The abuse started as a child and carried on for years"

A DRIVER who swerved to the wrong side of a street while eating a kebab was fined €300 at Portlaoise District Court. Garda O’Hanlon said the car was in the wrong lane on Main Street, Mountrath and he saw the driver eating from a kebab tray.

"The injured party was attacked by all four"

Gardaí found the defendant and two others in a vehicle with a deer carcass

A MAN from the Carlow area was last week sent forward to the Central Criminal Court in Dublin when he was served with a book of evidence in the local district court.

Leinster Marts operates livestock sales in Carlow, Kilcullen and Borris

"We’re getting soundbites from politicians to legalise stuff like this"

The defendant was remanded in custody

The accused has been only in the country for eight weeks before the accident