And now for a round up of the court news........

A Wellington Boot retailer in Shercock, Co Cavan, who was recently found with 800,000 pairs of Northern Irish wellies, was fined by Judge JJ Galapagos at a special sitting of Shercock District Court and warned that “If he goes near another pair of Northern Welles again he is liable to go to prison”. PJ 'The Welly' Mcnulty, 140, Broadway, Shercock, pleaded guilty to holding the 800,000 pairs of Wellies on which proper excise duty had not been paid. The court heard the Mr Mcnulty had smuggled the wellies over the border by wearing them on his feet. It then took him 9 weeks to take the wellies off using butter obtained from a local dairy. He told the court that his feet were still 'shockin sore' and that his bunions were still giving him 'terrible gip' ever since the event. In defence, the Rt Hon Samual Colostomy Q.C., claimed that Mr Mcnulty was going to use the wellies for his own personal use as he was an awful man for getting through weliies 'at a terrible rate'. 

The case however went against Mr Mcnulty when the prosecution team discovered photographic evidence of the size of Mr Mcnulty's feet. 

Tax returns

John James Balooney, Hollywood, Co Rosscommon, was fined 4000 rupees failing to file tax returns on time in a nice lever arch folder..

Suspended sentence

A Kinnigad man and his pet monkey were given a suspended sentence for public order offences at Kinnegad district court. Ju Ju 'Big Sack' McPartland, Donkey Lane, Kinnegad, was charged with engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour with his sidekick monkey Charley, both of whom were found guilty of being intoxicated in a public place, on December 25, 2008. 

The case had previously been adjourned after Charley the Monkey ran away with the Judge's wig. Charley was sentenced to death following this incident and Ju Ju was let go after his defence council proved that he had been forced to drink a magic potion by Charley that made him go mental.