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A Dunmore man who was just one milligram over the legal alcohol limit for driving was disqualified from driving for one year in Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Alan Murray, Kiltevna, Dunmore, Co Galway, was stopped by Garda Eoin O’Donnell at a mandatory roadside alcohol test at Hazel Hill’s, Ballyhaunis, at 2.16am on September 13 2009. Mr Murray took a roadside breath test which registered a fail and was arrested by Garda O’Donnell and brought to Castlebar Garda station where he handed custody over to Garda Declan Casey who conducted an intoxilyzer test on Murray, which returned a reading of 36mg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath.

A mother and daughter were before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for a string of public order offences, with the daughter sentenced to six months detention in the Dóchas centre.

A Balla man who when he drove without insurance, tax, or driving licence, crashed into the back of a stationary car stopped at traffic lights and causing more than €4,000 worth of damage, was this week convicted of careless driving.

Judge Mary Devins ordered probation reports on a mother and daughter who she branded as “reckless and a menace” at Castlebar District Court this week. Sarah Spence, Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, and her daughter Harriet Higgins, also of Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, were both in court to face a number of public order charges. Both Spence and Higgins pleaded guilty to the charges before the court.

A man who was arrested for his own safety as he was intoxicated in a public area of Castlebar during the day was convicted and fined €120 in Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Former Inspector Mick Murray was last month promoted to the rank of Superintendent and will take up this duty in charge of Westport Garda District with effect from next Tuesday.

A 26-year-old man who was found trespassing at the rear of a premises at Moneen appeared before Castlebar District Court this week.

A Lithuanian woman appeared before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday charged with dangerous driving causing death.

A woman from Castlebar who stole a number of items from a clothes store pleaded guilty at Castlebar District Court this week.

A mother of four, who while coming home from a funeral in Westport was detected drink driving was disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.