A 31 year West Sligo man who is standing in June’s Local Elections was arrested and charged arising out of an incident at a house in Enniscrone on Saturday. Father of three, James Conway, of Cannaghanally, Dromore West, who describes himself as a builder/farmer and who is standing for the Irish Freedom Party in Ballymote/Tubbercurry was arrested at the house and he was subsequently charged. He posted videos of himself at the scene on social media and in the rear of a patrol car. Conway was brought before a Special Sitting of Sligo District Court on Sunday where he appeared before Judge Eiteann Cunningham. The defendant was charged with causing criminal damage to Carrownedin House, Enniscrone on April 27th and with trespassing. There was no objection to bail and Conway was remanded to appear again on May 30th. The defendant was represented by Mr John Anderson, Solicitor of McGovern Walsh Solicitors. Conway is also before the court on a separate assault charge, a case which has been ad
A 30 year old Collooney man, who began smoking cannabis from the age of 12, owed an €8,000 drug debt and ended up holding drugs for others valued at over €90,000, Sligo Circuit Court was told.
An elderly farmer who produced a claw hammer and threatened a garda, neighbours and a mart manager was given an 18 month suspended sentence, with strict conditi.
A Ballymote man, who was due to go on trial on four counts of assault causing harm to his partner, pleaded guilty to the first count on the indictment at Sligo Circuit Court.