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An uncle and nephew facing a number of car theft charges were unsuccessful when they tried to use a mother's anniversary mass and a girlfriend as excuses to avoid being banned from both Athlone and Roscommon as conditions of bail at the District Court this week (June 3).

A married father of four, whose children range in age from nine to one, was given a suspended sentence at Ballina District Court on Tuesday after he was detected cultivating two cannabis plants as well as having cannabis resin in his possession.

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”.

Five women and four men, with addresses in Ireland, the UK, and France, appeared before a special sitting of Ballina District Court on Monday evening, arising out of public order charges following a Shell to Sea protest at Glengad last Sunday. Seven of the nine were remanded in custody until today (Friday July 3).

A man who was detected sitting in a car with two flat tyres and a branch lodged between the bonnet and driver’s door, subsequently failed a roadside breath test and was before Castlebar District Court this week.

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For the second week in a row a judge used the conviction of a public drunk to criticise publicans for continuing to serve drunk people and then “releasing” them to urinate and vomit on the streets of Athlone.

A man who was involved in a fracas with a family member outside a party for a child’s Communion was before Ballina District Court this week.

A man who was arrested on the suspicion of drink driving—even though he protested to gardaí that he had no intention of driving and was waiting for his girlfriend—was before Ballina District Court this week.

A man who drove just 350m from the pub to his house managed to avoid a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) when he convinced a judge he had not been arrested in a public place, despite testing at nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol.