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Irish Independent
19-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Bench warrant for Tipperary woman found driving nearly nine times over alcohol limit
Today at 06:47 A Clonmel woman who was found to be nearly nine times over the legal alcohol limit while in control of a car in County Tipperary, had a bench warrant issued for her arrest at Cashel District Court. Garda Sarah Fitzgerald told Judge Brian O'Shea that she was on patrol in Cashel on April 19, 2024, when she received a report of a blue Ford Focus having been involved in a theft at the Circle K service station on the outskirts of the town.
Irish Independent
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Drunk driver said Google Maps told him to drive wrong way on Tipperary motorway
Today at 01:30 A driver with a Waterford address who drove the wrong way on the M8 motorway in Tipperary after consulting Google Maps, has been fined and given multiple driving bans. Speaking at a hearing at Cashel District Court, Garda John Shanahan told Judge Brian O'Shea that on April 29, 2024, there were multiple reports of a vehicle travelling on the M8 motorway near Junction 11.
Irish Independent
07-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Corkman jailed for four months and put off the road for eight years following Tipperary crash
Today at 07:12 A Corkman was jailed for four months at Cashel District Court for dangerous driving in County Tipperary where the vehicle he was driving became involved in a road traffic collision. Sgt Carol O'Leary told Judge Brian O'Shea that gardaí attended the scene of a road traffic crash on July 12, 2024. The collision occurred at Junction 8, at the M8 Southbound in Wallers Lot, Cashel, Tipperary.
Irish Independent
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Plans to close two Co Tipperary courthouses labelled ‘short-sighted'
District Judge Brian O'Shea, assigned to District 21 covering east Cork, south Tipperary and west Waterford, wrote to the head of Circuit and District Court operations in March indicating that he is transferring District Court sittings from Youghal to Dungarvan and from Cashel and Carrick-on-Suir to Clonmel. The directions for the transfer were issued pursuant to Section 27 (3) of the Courts of Justice Act and Order 2, Rule 1 (2) of the District Court Rules with effect from November 1 next. Additionally, with effect from June 1 there will be an extra sitting in District 21 on the second Friday of each month where cases from Youghal will be heard in Dungarvan. It is planned that this additional sitting will be for Child and Family Agency matters. Details of these changes among others, which are set out in Statutory Instrument Number 77 of 2025, can be found on the Courts Service website. 'The Courts Service has now commenced engaging with the various stakeholders such as legal practitioners, gardaí, state solicitors, the Probation Service, the Irish Prison Service, local family law user representative groups, unions representing court staff and others, to explore any possible impacts and unintended consequences of the proposed transfers,' said a courts spokesperson. 'Upon completion of this work the Courts Service will report on its findings to the relevant District Judge and make operational plans accordingly. The Courts Service has no record of having received communications about this matter from Cork County Council, but of course will engage with them, as with others with an interest in this matter.' Cathaoirleach of Tipperary County Council Declan Burgess said he is 'deeply shocked' and 'disappointed' by recent reports indicating the planned closure of Cashel Courthouse this autumn. 'I am firmly opposed to the removal of services from this facility and their relocation to Clonmel,' he said. "This decision is a serious mistake. It represents a short-sighted move to centralise services without considering the negative impact on Cashel and its surrounding communities. "I have urgently contacted the Court Services and have also made formal representations to the Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan. Rather than closing the courthouse, a small investment – such as upgrading the public toilet facilities – would be far more constructive and cost-effective. 'I totally oppose this approach and will do my best to ensure we keep our historic courthouse open and operational for the people it serves,' added Cllr Burgess. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more It's understood Judge O'Shea has taken the decision after four years of consideration of the condition of the court buildings. In his submission he said that Carrick-on-Suir courthouse lacks a public toilet, is cold and damp, attracting mould and vermin, while a stairway is rotting due to a leak. Cashel Courthouse's toilets were described 'disgustingly unhygienic' in Judge O'Shea's submission, while the building is small and cramped, meaning people have to wait outside on family law days. Youghal Courthouse is also cold and not fit for purpose, resulting in solicitors having to wear jackets and coats indoors. Judge O'Shea has said he believes that any inconvenience is compensated for by the benefits of attending a court in warm conditions with proper facilities, with improved security.
Irish Examiner
28-04-2025
- Irish Examiner
Cork man avoids jail for putting his elderly parents in fear while drunk
An elderly man was pushed and shouted at by his 40-year-old son who was drinking vodka all day putting the victim in such fear that he called the gardaí, Cork District Court heard on Monday. And there was a second incident the following month where he put his mother in fear with his drunken behaviour. Both matters were described during an in camera hearing at the court to deal with the charges brought under the Domestic Violence Act. Judge Brian O'Shea said: 'They are particularly mean-spirited offences, causing this harm to your parents.' The judge imposed consecutive four-month sentences on the accused man who pleaded guilty to breaching protection orders and putting both of his parents in fear. The judge said it was a difficult thing for a mother to go and get out of a protection order against her own son. And he said that to do so should be sufficient to stop the respondent causing any further difficulties as to do so would firstly be an offence against his parent but be in breach of a court order. In light of the fact that the accused had taken matters in hand and dealt with his drink problem and his behaviour the judge said he would suspend the total sentence of eight months. Judge O'Shea took particular note of the fact that the defendant's mother had come to court to speak well of him and the fact that he is not longer causing trouble at home. The judge also took account of evidence in mitigation put forward by defence solicitor, Aoife Buttimer, and said that his plea of guilty had spared the victims the necessity of giving evidence in a trial at Cork District Court. Sergeant John Dineen said that on July 24, 2024, the defendant was drunk and abusive to his father and pushed him out of the way during a disturbance that resulted in gardaí having to be called. There was a second incident the following month on August 18, 2024, when the same accused put his mother in fear in breach of a protection order. She was in fear of him because he was shouting and roaring at her in the family home when he was intoxicated. He pleaded guilty to two charges under the Domestic Violence Act – one count in respect of each of his parents. Judge O'Shea said there were reporting restrictions in relation to identification.
