Search
23 Oct 2025
Search
23 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Newcastle West court
A JUDGE at a court in Limerick has asked a man accused of a public order offence if he should “settle down”.
Kevin Long, 4 Oak Crescent, Newcastle West, was fined €200 at the local court for being intoxicated in a public place at Oak Crescent, Gortboy, last September 29.
The court was told he had 11 previous convictions, including a number of public order convictions.
“He accepts his behaviour was out of order,” his solicitor Michael O’Donnell said.
“Would he want to settle down?” Judge Mary Larkin asked.
On being told he wasn’t working, she continued: “Why would he be working when he is too busy collecting Section 4s?”
Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 deals with the offence of being intoxicated in a public place.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
