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A 27-year-old man charged with the murder of Claregalway man Kieran Cunningham has been further remanded in custody for the service of a book of evidence.

The latest book by Professor Bill Schabas, director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway, addresses the ‘crime of crimes’ - genocide.

A Westmeath drug addict who carried out a string of robberies in 2004 has had his part-suspended sentence reactivated after he failed to co-operate with the probation service upon his release from prison.

A young man accused of allegedly attacking a woman and then stealing her handbag has been remanded in custody after being refused bail, and is due to appear in court again next week for the service of the book of evidence.

A single mother who comitted a number of public order offences and has a “history of non-appearance” was refused bail this week and warned to deal with her alcoholic difficulties.

Gardai in Athlone are seeking further witnesses in relation to the assault on a young woman out walking in the company of two others on the Dublin Road on Monday night (August 24).

A delivery driver accused of allegedly producing the handle of the car jack during the course of an assault has been refused bail and remanded in custody.

Seamus Marrinan, Blackfort, Castlebar, was remanded in custody to Castlerea Prison by Judge Mary Devins, to appear before the next sitting of the Central Criminal Court.

A young woman chose nearly a year in prison rather than deal with her addiction through the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) after being convicted in the District Court this week (September 23) of just €10 worth of shoplifting.

The man who allegedly stole €50,000 with a toy gun from a cash in transit employee making a delivery to an Athlone sub-post office last week was remanded in custody for another four weeks after he was unable to stump up €12,000 for bail.