A suspected illegal waste collector threatened to kill a council official and “tie his body to the ball in Naas”, it has been alleged.
Patrick Maughan (66) is accused of swinging his fists at the waste enforcement officer and attempting to headbutt him before making the threat.
The pensioner had been confronted for allegedly using a pick-up truck to collect waste from houses in west Dublin, a court heard.
The case was adjourned at Blanchardstown District Court for Mr Maughan to decide how he intends to plead.
The accused, of Oldcastle Drive, Clondalkin, is charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the man. The court heard the incident was alleged to have happened at Monksfield Grove in Clondalkin on the morning of May 17, 2019.
The court heard the incident was alleged to have happened at Monksfield Grove in Clondalkin on the morning of May 17, 2019.
Garda Sergeant Maria Callaghan told Judge David McHugh the DPP had consented to the case being heard in the district court subject to the issue of jurisdiction being considered.
The accused was driving a Toyota pickup and was in the area to collect waste from houses, Sgt Callaghan said, outlining the prosecution’s case.
It was deemed to be illegal collecting of waste and the alleged victim, a senior executive of South Dublin County Council was in the area monitoring the situation.
A DUBLIN motor dealer was carjacked when he stopped on a roadside to help a group of people who claimed their vehicle had broken down.
A man who was later caught driving the stolen car – but who is not alleged to have been involved in the theft – was jailed for five months.
The accused, father-of-three Michael Bayly (27), admitted unauthorised use of the car dealer’s Audi after he was spotted in it a short time after at a filling station 70km away.
Judge David McHugh sentenced him after he pleaded guilty at Blanchardstown District Court.
He made the five months concurrent to a sentence Bayly was already serving.
A DUBLIN motor dealer was carjacked when he stopped on a roadside to help a group of people who claimed their vehicle had broken down.
A man who was later caught driving the stolen car - but who is not alleged to have been involved in the theft - was jailed for five months.
The accused, father-of-three Michael Bayly (27), admitted unauthorised use of the car dealer s Audi after he was spotted in it a short time after at a filling station 70km away.
Judge David McHugh sentenced him after he pleaded guilty at Blanchardstown District Court.
He made the five months concurrent to a sentence Bayly was already serving.
A young mother accused of child neglect left her baby alone in a west Dublin hotel room in wet and dirty clothes and with a bottle propped up by a towel, a court has heard.
Gardaí were called and found the four-month-old in his buggy abandoned in the room while the mother (22) was allegedly out in an intoxicated state .
The case was adjourned after Blanchardstown District Court heard the woman has not yet decided how she intends to plead.
She is charged with wilfully neglecting, ill treating or abandoning her baby in an incident at the Clayton Hotel, Liffey Valley, under the Children Act.