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Activity in the 'black economy' is rising with some €340m lost every week in the economy while €3.4 billion bypasses the Revenue Commissioners every year, according to small and medium enterprise group, ISME.

A man who was disqualified from driving for four years this week for failing to give a breath sample had drunk alcohol to relieve a toothache, the Galway District Court heard.

An elderly man received a warning for being intoxicated in public at Castlecomer District Court this week.

The Galway Rape Crisis Centre responded to 1,322 helpline calls, dealt with 256 new clients and delivered prevention and awareness training to more than a 1,000 people last year.

Nobody likes any columnist to be overly dramatic, and when there are people losing their jobs hand over fist in manufacturing and construction, and the economic prospects for the country appear to be bleak, issues of sport can rightly be put on the back boiler.

Nobody likes any columnist to be overly dramatic, and when there are people losing their jobs hand over fist in manufacturing and construction and the economic prospects for the country appear to be very bleak, issues of sport can rightly be put on the back boiler.

Householders in Galway are continuing to provide opportunities to burglars despite numerous warnings from gardai.

A 13-year-old boy who was found in possession of a knife has been sent to an education and re-integration youth centre after he broke the conditions of his bail, the Galway District Court heard last week.

Local Senator Nicky McFadden has said that she is outraged at the delay in opening Mullingar’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, speaking after the news that the chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop did not know why the unit, along with the Galway unit, was not open.

A Carlow man and a woman who were last week accused of human trafficking, have been further remanded in custody by a Welsh court.