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Court reports mentioning Ardagh, Limerick
2023-12-14 · Limerick
Google agreed to give Tánaiste Micheál Martin the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of accounts linked to defamatory "scam" adverts that used his image. The ads appeared on legitimate sites such as the Irish Times and Irish Independent and promoted a cryptocurrency scheme called "Immediate Edge." Martin, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, had obtained court permission to sue Google Ireland Ltd and its parent Google LLC for the identity of those behind the ads. The High Court, hearing the case on Thursday, ordered Google to provide the requested information within 21 days, including details of any financial accounts or services used to pay for the ads and IP addresses from which the accounts were accessed. Google will notify account owners before disclosing the data and will not be liable for any incorrect information.
2021-07-19 · Longford
A man convicted of robbing a post office in Co Longford has had the conditions of his sentence varied by the Court of Appeal. Alan Coyne (46) of Ballinaree Cottage, Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, was sentenced to five years imprisonment with the final two years suspended at Longford Circuit Criminal Court in May 2020 after pleading guilty to robbing An Post in Ardagh on October 16, 2019. He took €13,238 after threatening staff and a customer with a knife. The sentencing conditions required Coyne to pay €4,000 compensation to each of two victims within two years of release, with €2,000 due within the first twelve months, while also attending a residential drug treatment programme. The Court of Appeal agreed that these requirements were unrealistic, as the 20-week treatment course would prevent him from working. Mr Justice George Birmingham and his colleagues varied the conditions to allow €2,000 per victim to be paid within the first two years of release, with the balance due within a further twelve months.