Carlow man gets 8 months jail for Covid-19 breaches

A 39 year old Carlow man has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for breaching Covid 19 legislation.

He appeared before Carlow District Court charged in relation to a number of incidents which all happened in the last week.

He was handed a 4 month sentence under the new Covid laws and 2 months each for separate but related public order incidents.

He was taken to the Midlands prison this lunchtime.