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Serial offender with 122 priors given 'final opportunity' with probation services over drunken outburst

Date
2025-05-30

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Tallaght

County
Dublin

Summary

Robert Ward, 30, of Walker Grove, Parkside, Clongriffin, Dublin 13, appeared before Tallaght District Court after a drunken outburst on 6 October 2024. The incident occurred near the N81 in Tallaght, shortly after a League of Ireland match at Tallaght Stadium. Ward, who had been filming a bus that had stalled with passengers inside, shouted a profanity at Gardaí and ran into oncoming traffic. He was heavily intoxicated, threw three cans of Bulmers on the ground, and was arrested. Ward pleaded guilty to two public order offences – threatening behaviour and intoxication in a public place. He has 122 prior convictions, including traffic, theft and drug offences, and two bench warrants. At the time of the incident he was serving a five‑month suspended sentence for trespassing. Ward has two bench warrants outstanding and a history of convictions for traffic, theft, and drug offences. He has a suspended sentence for a trespassing conviction.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Serial offender with 122 priors given 'final opportunity' with probation services over drunken outburst. Charges or matters: threatening behaviour; intoxication in a public place. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

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