Today's other court stories in brief...
Sentencing on Navan bus crash delayed
The sentencing of Bus Éireann and Meath County Council, who have admitted offences arising from the Navan school bus crash nearly two years ago, will not take place until next year.
When the cases were called at Trim Circuit Court the State said that they would not be dealt with until the trial of two other defendants had taken place.
They are Keltank Ltd, based in Balbriggan, and McArdles Test Centre Ltd of Dundalk. Their trial is listed for the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2008.
Bus Éireann has pleaded guilty to two offences under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act.
Man fined for obstructing cars
A man who obstructed traffic by cleaning windscreens was fined €150 in Tallaght District Court.
It is Stefan Sava's second conviction for the same offence.
Judge William Hamill suggested that Sava should set up his own window-cleaning business.
Sava (32), a Romanian with an address at Virginia Heights, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to obstructing traffic by washing car windscreens at Whitestown Way in Tallaght on March 8th. Garda Aisling O'Connor said Sava had been obstructing traffic because, as the lights turned green, cars were unable to move off.
Sava's solicitor, John O'Leary, said that his client had only been a short time in Ireland and had not realised that he was not allowed to do it.
He added: "He knew he had a fine for it. He doesn't want to be in court again".
Mr O'Leary said Sava had learned his lesson.
Judge Hamill commented: "He goes out and does it again.
"He doesn't seem to have learned his lesson".
He added: "If he's that industrious, why doesn't he do something that's legal like setting up a window-cleaning business?" Mr O'Leary said his client was unable to work legally in Ireland.
Garda O'Connor said Romanian citizens have to be sponsored by employers before working in Ireland.
Convicting, Judge Hamill fined Sava €150.
Case on woman's death deferred
The court proceedings in relation to the death of Enniscorthy woman Evelyn Joel were put back until July by a judge yesterday.
Her daughter and the daughter's partner face manslaughter charges.
Eleanor Joel (32) and her partner John Costen (34), of Cluain Dara, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, are also charged with reckless endangerment of Evelyn Joel of the same address on January 7th last year.
Mrs Joel (58), a mother of two, died six days after she was admitted to Wexford General Hospital on New Year's Day.
She had been suffering from multiple sclerosis and was discovered by ambulance services.
She was found suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration and weighing only four and a half stone in an upstairs bedroom.
When the case was called before Judge Alice Doyle, James Browne BL, for both accused, applied for an adjournment as they awaited the furnishing of some documents.
Prosecuting counsel Noel Whelan BL told Judge Doyle that the hearing of the case may require a special sitting. He said they could put the case into the next session in July to fix a date for hearing.