Bantry District News Today

AN 80-year-old motorist from Schull was fined €50 for failing to remain at the scene of a road traffic collision.Insp Debra Marsh called Diana McGeachin as a witness for the prosecution at a contested hearing of the case at Bantry District Court.The witness said she had the rig

A convicted sex offender who used an inaccurate name to enquire about rental properties was given a suspended sentence at a recent sitting of Bantry District Court.

BY DAVID FORSYTHEA MAN who admitted to carrying out fraudulent charity collections in Skibbereen using a false ID was granted bail at a recent sitting of Bantry District Court.The court heard that John Burke, 21, of 72 Rathoonane, Monavalley, Tralee, Co Kerry had spent two days i

Woman who would not leave a West Cork health food store because she disagreed with the owner’s policy of removing Israeli products from the shelves

AN apprentice carpenter from Beara has been given a conditional discharge after he admitted possession of €80 worth of cocaine.A conditional discharge means that there is no criminal conviction recorded against the accused.The facts of the case were outlined by the court presen

A BANTRY man who stole €2,000 from a unlocked cash box in the offices of Cork Co-op Marts in Skibbereen has been sentenced to  10 months in prison.Jim Delaney (34) of The Pier, Bantry, pleaded guilty to the theft charge at Bantry District court.The court heard that on December

A MAN who was convicted of being drunk in Kealkil was fined €100 and a suspended 30-day sentence was re-activated by Judge James McNulty at Bantry District Court.

A WOMAN facing a charge of theft and a charge of cannabis possession was given a conditional discharge and a dismiss under the Probation Act when Judge James McNulty dealt with her case at a recent sitting of Bantry District Court.‘People don’t generally get a dismiss under t

A MAN who cultivated cannabis in Ardgroom has been given a 90-day suspended sentence by Judge James McNulty at a recent sitting of Bantry District Court.The accused, Paul Connolly (57) of Reenavaude, Ardgroom, pleaded guilty to a charge of cultivation through his solicitor Flor M

TWO brothers who stole two copper cylinders in West Cork were each fined €1,000 at Bantry District Court.Judge James McNulty also imposed a 90-day sentence on both Michael O’Brien (36) and Denis O’Brien (24), of Northview, Scarnagh in Gorey, Wexford, but he suspended the se