Ireland Probation Act applied to man found asleep in Dundalk home
On 26 July 2023 a woman at her home in Dundalk, County Louth, found a man asleep in a downstairs bedroom after gardaí received a report shortly after midnight that he was refusing to leave. The suspect, Alan Carr, a 36-year-old man with an address at Clann Chulainn Park, Farndreg, Dundalk, was later arrested for public order offences and charged with trespass at Bachelors Walk on 26 July, and with being intoxicated in a public place and failing to provide his name and address to gardaí at Hoey's Lane the following day. Judge Ciaran Liddy applied the Probation Act in both cases at Dundalk District Court, as reported on 13 September 2023.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A woman found a man she did not know asleep in a bed at her home.
- Where
- The man was found asleep in a downstairs bedroom of the woman's home in Dundalk.
- When
- Gardaí received a report shortly after midnight on 26 July 2023 that a man was asleep in the home and refusing to leave.
- Cause
- Alan Carr said he had been at a stag party and had drunk too much alcohol.
- Other details
- There was a party in the house where the man had been found.
- Alan Carr said he had made an apology to the second garda.
- Alan Carr stumbled, fell and hit his head on the footpath at Hoey's Lane and refused treatment from paramedics.
- Investigation
- Alan Carr, a 36-year-old man, was later arrested for public order offences.
- Charges
- Alan Carr was charged with trespass at Bachelors Walk on 26 July 2023.
- Alan Carr was charged with being intoxicated in a public place and failing to provide his name and address to gardaí at Hoey's Lane the following day.
- In court
- Judge Ciaran Liddy heard the case at Dundalk District Court.
- Sentence
- Judge Ciaran Liddy applied the Probation Act in both cases.
11 statements extracted from the articles
- whatA woman found a stranger asleep in a bed at her home. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whatAlan Carr said he had made an apology to the second garda. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whatThe defendant stumbled, fell and hit his head on the footpath at Hoey's Lane but refused treatment from paramedics. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whereThe man was found asleep in a downstairs bedroom. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- whenGardaí received a report shortly after midnight of a man asleep in the woman's home who was refusing to leave. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- causeAlan Carr said he had been at a stag party and had drunk too much alcohol. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- investigationThe man was later arrested for public order offences. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- chargeAlan Carr was charged with trespass at Bachelors Walk on July 26th last. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- chargeAlan Carr was also charged with being intoxicated in a public place and failing to provide his name and address to gardaí at Hoey's Lane the next day. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- courtJudge Ciaran Liddy applied the Probation Act in both cases. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
- otherThere was a party in the house where the man had been found. (dundalkdemocrat.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 13 Sep2023Woman found stranger asleep in her home, Dundalk court heard
Court report on Dundalk District Court disposal: the Probation Act was applied in both cases. Adds the trespass and Hoey's Lane charges, the stag party account, and the fall at Hoey's Lane.
accused, Alan Carr, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)Alan Carr