Two brothers with addresses in Kildare have appeared in Longford District Court in connection with a spate of thefts across the Shannonside region that led to a car chase across four counties over the weekend.

A total of 46 men appeared before a special sitting of Mullingar District Court today in connection with a public disturbance in the Dalton Park area of the town in July of last year.

A father of one whose getaway car was pushed into a ditch by a garda after a foiled Enniskerry robbery has been given a seven-year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt.