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A married teacher in her forties who failed a roadside breath test and then failed to provide a breath sample at Ballina Garda Station was disqualified from driving for four years and convicted and fined €800 at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

Tensions in north Mayo have escalated once again with eight arrests over the weekend and one on Tuesday when a large number of protesters gathered for the summer Rossport Peace Camp. With the Solitaire due to arrive back in Mayo waters in the next month, the Rossport Solidarity Camp has taken up residence in Glengad in a bid to build up the resistance to Shell over the coming weeks and months. Mary Sweeney of the Rossport Solidarity Camp said: “Resistance in Mayo is building again. We’re expecting many waterborne activists from across Europe to arrive over the following weeks. The Solitaire will leave Irish waters once again with no pipeline laid.”

A man who for no reason lashed out at a bystander who was waiting for a taxi in Ballina — which resulted in the injured party having his nose reset — was before Ballina District Court this week for this “unsavoury, unprovoked attack”.

A 34-year-old man from Ballina, who when searched by gardaí was found in possession of cocaine in a bag concealed in his shoe, was convicted and fined €500 at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A 21-year-old man with 27 previous convictions, who stole a pink phone and a camera and was driving without insurance, was sentenced to six months in jail at Ballina District Court this week.

Six cousins who were involved in disturbances in Ballina last weekend were before Ballina District Court on Tuesday for dangerous driving, assault, and criminal damage charges in the Fenian Row, Teeling Street, and Tone Street areas of Ballina.

A Swinford woman who told the court she was “foolish” after being caught drink driving was fined €500 and disqualified from driving for two years at Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Caroline Leonard, Barnacouge, Swinford, was stopped by Garda Noelle Murphy on February 23 2009 at 11.10pm at Gowlan, Kilkelly. She was arrested by Garda Murphy and brought to Ballina Garda station where she gave a urine sample which had a reading of 174mg of alcohol per 100ml of urine.

A case involving a representative from the Department of Social Welfare who, while conducting social welfare checks in a Ballina estate, was chased out of a house and criminal damage worth €1,380.76 was done to his car, was heard at Ballina District Court this week.

A farmer from Ballycastle who, following a complaint from a member of the public in relation to his driving, was stopped and arrested for drink driving, was disqualified from driving for four years at Ballina District Court this week.

A man who, following a domestic disturbance, was observed driving in an erratic manner and when arrested for drink driving tried to escape from the garda car and was abusive towards gardaí, was before Judge Patrick Clyne at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.