The solicitor for the defendant told the court, it was 'hard to know what to make of it”

Judge Cheatle said it was a very serious matter

The defendant was also ordered to pay €500 to a second injured party who's windscreen was broken when the man headbutted it

He previously told his probation officer he had given up cocaine but continued to smoke cannabis

Judge John Cheatle warned the woman that if she appeared again, she may face a prison sentence

The victim said that O'Brien came into her house unbidden and punched her multiple times.

The man was sentenced to five years and three months, with the final 15 months suspended

The theft were committed at prominent retail outlets in the city and with unpaid taxi fares

The man stole thousands of euro from his girlfriend 

Two men called to a residence on the Dunmore Road and threatened a woman's family over an alleged €10,000 drug related debt

He was caught driving 133km/h in an 80km/h speed zone

The man works in a "well known" premises in the city 

The judge reaffirmed the sentence but suspended it for 12 months

Judge O'Kelly expressed concern over the 'shockingly young age' of the infant used to conceal the drugs. 

The matter will now go into next week, and the DPP will decide whether a retrial will take place with a new jury

The mother-of-seven was accused of stealing from a number of businesses in Waterford

The assaults allegedly occurred in the Applemarket, The Kazbar and Thomas Street area

Witnesses spoke of seeing Meredith pulling the woman by her hair and kicking her while she lay on the ground.

The 23-year-old man assaulted the 61-year-old woman at Meeting House Lane behind Garter Lane Arts Centre

Judge John Cheatle said the man's previous convictions for possession with the intention to sell or supply 'should have been a wake up call'

Thirty-five year old David Norris was sent forward for trial to the current sitting of the Central Criminal Court

Judge John Cheatle ordered the defendant to make a donation to the court poor box and if he does so the matter will be struck out

Judge O'Kelly said: "This is not the first time Catherine O'Brien's medical conditions have caused difficulties in this trial."

The owner of the phone was selling it on Facebook Marketplace and had arranged to meet the defendant

The defendant slapped the woman, took her phone, scratching her hand before running away

Mr Kilonda's case was heard in July when the judge said that if he made the donation the charge would be struck out

The encounter left the woman and her teenage daughter ‘terrified’

The woman was given a 10-month suspended sentence for theft

Unpaid district court fines total €897,490. 31 in Waterford. That is according to figures released to MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú under the Freedom of Information Act. According to the figures, 2,954 fines have not yet been fully paid.