Department principal officer of property management, Eoin McDonnell, said "mountains of rubbish" have been left behind by the transient and changing groups of caravan occupants, who the court heard are believed to be members of the Travelling community

"I’m not a bad person. I work on IT for a financial institution.”

The defendant is representing himself in the case

The court heard the bodies of two animals were partially submerged in around one foot of slurry

“There were times when she was supposed to collect her girl from school, and she just wouldn’t turn up."

The girl is charged with the assault of her care worker

The woman said her former husband caught her by her hair and punched her and kicked her as she ran away

The defendant had no previous convictions and is an electrician

“This was an altercation with another female"

The defendant will be sent to the circuit court

“I was married for 20 years, it broke down and I was homeless, but now I’m back in full-time accommodation"

The defending solicitor described the forged documents as “not very clever copies”

"I wish you well"

Last year the defendant was arrested after he followed her through the town of Newbridge, shouting abuse at her, and forcing her to seek refuge in Aldi by asking staff for help

Yes, you read that right

“The marriage is in a really, really bad way"

The judge did not believe the defendant was a sexual predator

The injured party told Judge Eugene Kelly that the defendant threatened to pour boiling water over him, threatened to push his head into a sink full of bleach and also threatened to spray bleach into his eyes before punching him in the gut and hauling him into the boot of a car

“Irish words are very difficult for me"

"She involved herself and abused someone on the side of the road. She headbutted and produced a hurl on another occasion," said the Judge.