Dean Coleman and a female passenger suffered fatal injuries when the Fiat Stilo he was driving crashed into a lamppost

The soldier has over 30 years’ service in the Defence Forces

A MAN whom gardaí believe played an active part in the distribution of cocaine was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment when he appeared before the last sitting of Carlow Circuit Court.

A MAN who slashed another man on the forehead and in the neck in broad daylight in Carlow town centre was carrying out an act of retribution, Carlow Circuit Court heard recently.

The defendant pleaded guilty to possession of €470,511 which had passed through bank accounts linked to King Kong Media

The defendant is self-employed and works in the motor trade

AN ATHLETE who had just returned home from university in America because he wants to join the Irish athletics team was caught driving back from training in his mother’s Mercedes at 179kph, Carlow District Court heard last week.

The trial of a man charged with the murder of a Newbridge man described as a “kind soul” collapsed on Friday. An issue over the evidence to be given by witnesses led to the Mr Justice Burns ending the trial.

WHEN gardaí came on a Kildare man outside a nightclub in Portlaoise they found him in a drunken state, threatening door staff and in possession of a small knife and half a scissors.

The High Court has ordered a couple who unjustly enriched themselves with monies loaned to them by Kildare equestrian centre owner to pay her over €800,000 in damages.

The deceased Peter Kennedy was described as a “kind soul, who loved helping people out”

The centre's owner said she advanced a large amount of loans to the couple but "never received a penny back"

A KILDARE mother-of-one who was involved in a brawl in a Carlow hotel was last week convicted and fined €300 when she appeared before the local district court.

It's the busiest time of the year for the Kildare man

An army officer has gone on trial before a court martial over the alleged stealing of military equipment including ammunition at the Curragh Camp in Kildare three years ago.

FOR the first time in an estimated 40 years, a scheduled court day in Athy was cancelled when no judge turned up to hear the cases of 120 defendants. The normally very reliable Judge Desmond Zaidan was listed for the bench last week (9 July).

The scheme allowed thousands of customers to illegally access channels

A MAN who left a neighbour “for dead in a ditch” after crashing into him on a country road while driving after drinking 20 pints has been jailed for five years.

The judge asked if he had mental health issues