Boxer John Joe Nevin challenged a garda in a melee outside a pub by asking: “Do you know who I am?”

Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin has been barred from every pub in Co Westmeath pending a court case following a brawl outside a bar earlier this week.

A pub which a judge said he is aware is known locally as “The Slaughter House” has been closed for five days because of a series of violent incidents.

Irish Olympic Boxer John Joe Nevin has appeared in court on public order charges.

The judiciary’s spend on wigs, gowns and incidental expenses last year increased by 30%, as judges’ overall expense bill topped €1.73m.

A farmer was jailed yesterday after a judge labelled him “an absolute disgrace” for failing to prevent an environmental timebomb from threatening lakes in the Midlands.

A taskforce of government departments, farmers, and other agencies has been set up to avert an environmental pig slurry disaster in the Midlands.

Local newspapers are a rich archive of outrageous and hilariously banal stories, so Ronan Casey has lovingly collected them into one volume, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

A judge has called for a taskforce to be set up to prevent an impending environmental disaster in the Midlands.

A farmer described by a judge as "totally lacking in humanity" has failed in his challenge to a Garda superintendent to have two confiscated rifles returned to him.

A man who has admitted raping two young girls who went missing from a birthday party is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court.

Retailers are to be hit for an expected €51m over Christmas as a result of shoplifting, with electronic goods like tablets, smartphones and games the most popular targets for thieves.

Shoplifting is reaching epidemic levels and the system is “an absolute joke” because there is no effective deterrent, according to a district court judge.

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.

An Olympic boxer will avoid a conviction for public order offences after he gave a commitment to give four hours coaching to young people in his home town.

A farmer has been ordered to pay €10,000 in fines and costs after he failed to comply with a court order to reduce his stock levels.

Olympic boxer John Joe Nevin has been ordered to give an exhibition class to young boxers to atone for his part in a public order incident.

The families of two girls allegedly raped by a homeless man have paid tribute to investigators and the public for the comfort given to their “precious little daughters”.

The families of two girls allegedly raped by a homeless man have paid tribute to investigators and the public for the comfort given to their “precious little daughters”.

A homeless man will be given protection in prison after being charged with the rape of two young girls who were lured away from a children’s birthday party.

A homeless man will be given protection in prison after being charged with the rape of two young girls who were lured away from a children’s birthday party.

A district court judge said that he had been threatened with judicial review in an attempt to influence a case’s outcome.

A judge says Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan is “taking turf from the poor of Longford”.

A judge yesterday endeavoured to lessen the social effects of the publicity generated by an assault case in which a male teacher grabbed a female principal by the hair and threw her to the ground.

Olympian John Joe Nevin’s wife and cousin will not be convicted for carrying out an illegal collection to raise money to send the Nevin family to the Olympics.

Travellers rights group Pavee Point has described as "extremely insulting" reports that a District Court judge described burglars as "knackers" against whom "maximum force" be used.

The secretary of Olympian John Joe Nevin’s boxing club has been asked to appear before a district court to explain how Mr Nevin’s family carried out an illegal door-to-door collection before the Games in London.

A teenager who was part of a gang throwing stones does not deserve compensation from a man who retaliated by seriously assaulting him, a district court judge has decided.

Travellers rights group Pavee Point is calling for a judge to resign over what it describes as "prehistoric" comments made in a case with a Traveller defendant.

A district court judge has slammed cash for gold shops and said he would close them down if he could.

Three young people have today been charged with the unlawful killing of Andrew Dolan.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to the attempted abduction of an Offaly teenaged girl as she cycled to her friend’s house on a summer’s evening earlier this year.

GARDAÍ have applied to the courts to have an estimated €500,000 worth of documents recovered in a criminal investigation returned to their rightful owner.

IN what he described as one of the worst cases of overzealous prosecutions he had ever seen, a judge has ordered a county council to pay €750 to its local Tidy Towns committee.

A JUDGE has criticised the “skewed” sentencing legislation in Ireland where he could only give six months to man for a 29th drink-driving offence while a woman got 10 months for stealing groceries.

A POLISH man has been jailed and made to repay over €8,000 he fraudulently claimed in social welfare by posing as his friend.

The film of Lionel Shriver’s award-winning novel about teen spree killer Kevin examines parental responsibility and nature versus nurture, says Caroline Delaney.

THERE is no deterrent to crime in this country, a judge has warned.

AN ANGRY boyfriend has been jailed for 10 months for painting obscene graffiti on the walls of the house where he thought his ex-girlfriend was living.

A MAN charged with the attempted false imprisonment of a teenage girl has been remanded in custody.

A District Court judge has said it is "high time" that those who spend their social welfare payments on alcohol and drugs should receive vouchers instead of cash.

IT IS “high time” those who spend their social welfare payments on drink and drugs should receive vouchers instead of cash, a judge has said.

A MAN whose dogs killed and ate his girlfriend’s nine-month-old puppy has been banned from ever owning more than one dog.

SEVENTY-five jobs are to be created at a medical devices firm in Donegal.