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A man with “an appalling record” went to jail for four months this week (January 30) after being convicted of another four public order offences.

A man jailed for five months last week (March 4) was told in court this week (March 11) he would not have to face any additional charges of breaching a barring order if his former partner didn't turn up in court a third time to give evidence on March 18.

“Normally people on their third conviction for no insurance go to jail,” Judge Tim Lucey warned an Athlone woman at Mullingar District Court last week.

Building contractors across the Midlands will be holding their breath as a decision on a €40m development on Athlone's west side is expected from the planning department this week.

A man arrested with an axe at a row outside a pub was given 13 months in jail but had his sentence postponed until October “to see how you've improved”.

A mother, previously thrown out of the army for dealing ecstasy, had an 11-month jail sentence adjourned in the District Court this week (July 8) after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply more than €3,000 worth of heroin.

Fianna Fail councillor Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran has this week reassured residents of Battery Heights that funding for the regeneration and maintenance of the area is available. Minister for Housing and Local Services, Michael Finneran had made a pre local election promise of some €205,000 to the residents of Battery Heights; however there was some question as to where the monies would come from.

A woman who paid an unidentified man €5 to remove her rubbish, only to have it discovered by council workers over a wall in Battery Heights, left court €100 poorer this week (September 4).

A judge lambasted the local council this week (September 4) for pursuing an eviction against a mother of four over arrears in the present economic climate when “€90 billion of taxpayers money is being used to bail out those who fly in helicopters and bathe in sunlight”.

A debate between the State and a woman about the public nature of a pub will finally be heard next month, a year and a half after the alleged offence took place, it was revealed in the District Court this week (October 28).