Search Results for 'Galway District Court'

by Martina Nee

A “cheeky” Ballybane man with 91 previous convictions was sentenced to nine months at Galway District Court this week for trespass and public order offences including one occasion when he jumped out in front of plain-clothed gardai shouting obscenities.

A 25-year-old man charged with dealing drugs valued at approximately €12,000 has been further remanded on continuing bail.

A man who kicked his wife after a Valentine’s night out and was so violent that he had to be pepper sprayed by gardai has been ordered to carry out 140 hours of community service or face four months in jail.

A Ballybane man who drove uninsured while more than three times over the blood alcohol limit and crashing his car causing injury to other road users has received a total of 14 months in jail and disqaulified from driving for five years.

A Ballybane man who drove uninsured while more than three times over the blood alcohol limit and crashing his car causing injury to other road users has received a total of 14 months in jail and disqaulified from driving for five years.

A 33-year-old man who sold drugs to pay for his chronic alcoholic problems received a six months suspended sentence and warned to seek help for his difficulties.

A district court judge described as “shocking” the actions of a woman who deliberately targetted the vulnerable by stealing handbags from people in hospital, one from a woman who had been praying in a church while receiving treatment for a serious illness, and taking charity boxes from a number of premises.

A man who assaulted an elderly woman after failing to take medication for his psychological problems and consuming alcohol has been given a five month suspended sentence.

A Bohermore man charged with assaulting two women causing them harm has been remanded on continuing bail.