Ireland Galway woman sentenced for obstructing garda at halting site
Nora Doyle, 42, threatened Garda Rachel Dillon that she would ram her teeth down her throat and called her a 'cancerous bitch' while preventing the arrest of her son at a halting site on Tuam Road, Galway on 2 September 2020. Her son fled the scene on foot and Doyle drove to Longford that evening to bring him into custody and apologise to gardaí. She was charged with obstructing a garda under Section 19 of the Public Order Act, with two further charges of threatening and abusive behaviour taken into consideration. In October 2021, Judge Marie Keane sentenced her to three months in prison, suspended for two years.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrestednot reported
- Chargednot reported
- In courtnot reported
- Verdictnot reported
- Sentenced18 Oct
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Nora Doyle threatened Garda Rachel Dillon that she would ram her teeth down her throat and called her a 'cancerous bitch' while preventing the arrest of her son.
- Her son fled the scene on foot and Doyle drove to Longford that evening with her son, bringing him into custody and apologising to gardaí.
- Where
- The incident occurred at a halting site on Tuam Road, Galway.
- When
- The incident occurred on 2 September 2020.
- Charges
- Nora Doyle was charged with obstructing a garda under Section 19 of the Public Order Act, with two further charges of threatening and abusive behaviour taken into consideration.
- Sentence
- Nora Doyle was sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years.
- Other details
- Nora Doyle had 26 previous convictions, five of which were for public order related offences.
- Judge Keane described the abuse directed at gardaí as outrageous and vicious and called Nora Doyle an utter disgrace.
- Nora Doyle had moved from Longford to Galway to live with her two sons.
20 statements extracted from the articles
- whatNora Doyle threatened Garda Rachel Dillon that she would ram her teeth down her throat (longfordleader.ie)
- whatNora Doyle called Garda Dillon a 'cancerous bitch' (longfordleader.ie)
- whatHer son fled the scene on foot (longfordleader.ie)
- whatNora Doyle drove to Longford that evening with her son and brought him into custody (longfordleader.ie)
- whatNora Doyle apologised to gardaí in Longford the same evening (longfordleader.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred at a halting site on Tuam Road, Galway (longfordleader.ie)
- whereNora Doyle lives at Bay 1 Halting Site, Tuam Road, Galway (longfordleader.ie)
- whenThe incident occurred on 2 September 2020 (longfordleader.ie)
- chargeThe charge was obstructing Garda Dillon under Section 19 of the Public Order Act (longfordleader.ie)
- chargeTwo further charges of threatening and abusive behaviour were taken into consideration (longfordleader.ie)
- sentenceNora Doyle was sentenced to three months in prison (longfordleader.ie)
- sentenceThe three-month prison term was suspended for two years (longfordleader.ie)
- otherNora Doyle had 26 previous convictions (longfordleader.ie)
- otherFive of her previous convictions were for public order related offences (longfordleader.ie)
- otherHer most recent conviction was in January 2017 for failing to comply with a garda's directions (longfordleader.ie)
- otherJudge Keane described the abuse directed at gardaí as outrageous and vicious (longfordleader.ie)
- otherJudge Keane called Nora Doyle an utter disgrace (longfordleader.ie)
- otherNora Doyle had moved from Longford to Galway to live with her two sons (longfordleader.ie)
- otherOne of her sons is working in an assisted job in Galway (longfordleader.ie)
- otherThe other son has just finished his education (longfordleader.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 18 Oct2021Woman tells garda: ‘I'll ram your teeth down your throat’
Reports the sentencing of Nora Doyle, who threatened Garda Dillon with 'I'll ram your teeth down your throat' and called her a 'cancerous bitch' while preventing the arrest of her son. Judge Keane called her 'an utter disgrace.' She had 26 previous convictions.
convicted, Nora Doyle, 42, female, named, irish (judged from name)Nora Doylevictim, Rachel Dillon, female, irish (judged from name)Rachel Dillonsuspect, male