In a separate case, Judge John Cheatle accepted jurisdiction in the case of a man accused of assaulting his wife and stealing her passport

The man was travelling home from an event in Dungarvan when gardaí caught him driving at 147km/h in a 100km zone

The defendant was ordered to pay €300 to the court poor box and if he does so by March, the matter will be struck out

The court was told that the car was going in excess of 100km/hour in a residential area and speeding through pedestrian crossings

The man was charged with two public order offences and the case was only in for mention

Gardai found €6,952 worth of cannabis herb when they stopped the defendant for driving through a red light

The man was charged under Sections 4 and 6 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994 and had been given a chance to pay a donation

The man had 104 previous convictions including 18 for driving without insurance 

The man had paid compensation to the two victims and not come to negative garda attention for six months 

Judge Cephas Power imposed a three-month prison sentence suspended for a year and ordered the defendant to pay compensation to the injured party

US man John Fitzgibbon is charged with dangerous driving causing death in an incident that happened in July

A 21-year-old accounting student was fined €1,200 for the drugs found by gardaí executing a search warrant

Gardaí in Waterford and Kilkenny attempted to stop the man who over two hours committed 'a litany' of road traffic offences

The judge had ordered the defendant to make a donation to the court poor box but he didn't and instead got arrested for a second drugs incident

The man's solicitor said that while he had suffered from a polysubstance misuse problem, he was doing much better

Judge Miriam Walsh, having heard an explanation of how the scam works, said she was aware of the mechanics and the frequency at which they come before the court

The man is also charged with causing €1,000 of damage to a bedroom door during the incident

The man denied running and his solicitor told the court he was only waiting at his car

Judge John Cheatle said said he would suspend the six month sentence for a year to give the probation service a chance to help

The man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving crashed into the site in Ferrybank and a pedestrian had to jump out of the way

The man slapped his colleague on the backside in their workplace, the court was told

The defendant said the talking to the probation service had helped and she would be willing to go to counselling

Waterford District Court was told the pair have since reconciled 

The solicitor for the defendant said his client was not charged with stealing the cheques and they were neither signed nor lodged 

The man was given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months

Judge Kevin Staunton imposed a three month prison sentence, suspended for a year, when the case came before him at Waterford District Court

The judge imposed another suspended sentence and decided not to trigger the original sentence

The man's case had been put back a year in an effort encourage him to change his behaviour 

Sergeant John Phelan told the court that the file has gone to the DPP

The solicitor acting for the defendant told the court that the incident had the "hallmark of stupidity"

Waterford District Court was told the injured party received a text purporting to be from her son, which said, “I need a favour. It’s a long story”

Thirty-five year old Patrick Flynn is alleged to have assaulted a woman in her home and threatened to "gut her like a fish"

The family of both the defendant and the alleged victim refused to give evidence when called in court

Mr Norris is charged with assault causing harm to the late Pat Fitzgerald

Judge John King had said he would reinstate the man's bail if he followed all of his doctor's advice

Both men have apologised for their behaviour

The defendant had disclosed his details for a 'modest payment'

The defendant appeared by video link at a sitting of Waterford District Court

The defendant said he paid around €300 for €1,640 worth of cannabis 

The defendant robbed the victim who was from Boston on Colbeck Street in an incident last year

Judge John Cheatle ordered that the defendant pay €300 to the court poor box

Both men were ordered to pay €300 to the court poor box in order to have their cases struck out

The phone was taken from a lost handbag at Lidl on the Dunmore Road