A Galway man who conned an unsuspecting shop assistant in Killarney into buying “out-of-date contraceptive devices” has been given the Probation Act.

A man who followed customers including children in a Tralee supermarket while masturbating three years ago has “made Trojan efforts” Tralee Circuit Criminal Court has been told and is to be given the Probation Act.

A taxi driver who admitted perverting the course of justice in a road traffic accident in which a young cyclist lost his life near Killarney, has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A man has been acquitted of careless driving causing the death of a retired teacher in a shopping centre carpark following a three-day trial.

An apprentice jockey who followed a student, bringing with him duct tape and scissors, told gardaí he was angry after she rejected his sexual advances, that he was into bondage, and that he could not control his urges.

A woman who suffered sexual abuse by her brother-in-law when she was a child, has described a new court support room in Tralee for vulnerable witnesses as being like “an embrace”.

A man who covered his body in butter in order to evade two Gardai before trying to stab them has had his case adjourned at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court.

A former director of a Kerry plant hire and subcontracting company resigned because of his convictions for handling and possession for stolen vehicles, a court has heard.

The owner of an office supply business in Tralee, Co Kerry, and a "generous" charity worker, was found to have almost €800,000 in Swiss and other foreign bank accounts uncovered on foot of a revenue investigation and a European tip-off.

A retired sportswriter was “savagely” beaten and kicked during a €3 robbery by a teenager who now takes part in martial arts events.

Two dog wardens and their van underwent what could be described as a ferocious attack when they went to investigate a complaint of a dangerous dog in Tralee.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday given a three-year jail sentence for a “savage assault” during which he struck another man in the face with a pint glass, in Causeway, Co Kerry, last year.

THE skipper of a Spanish fishing vessel who failed to record his proper catch of monkfish when he landed at Dingle lost the whole of his 25 days’ catch, worth €43,000 and his gear worth €12,000.

The woman at the centre of the Listowel sexual assault case today spoke out about her experiences, saying she "never felt so alone in all her life" as when friends and neighbours of the convicted man queued to shake his hand.

I AM absolutely gutted for the woman who had to witness 50 friends of Danny Foley, who was convicted of sexually assaulting her, shake his hand and hug him in court while he was awaiting sentencing in Tralee Circuit Criminal Court (Irish Examiner, December 17).

A group of up to 50 people queued to shake the hands of a convicted sex offender prior to his sentencing at a court in Kerry, according to a report this morning.

THE Rape Crisis Network wants judges to be given clear guidelines on when they should refuse bail to convicted sex offenders, particularly those who have abused children.