Search Results for 'Galway District Court'
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Persistent burglar given twenty two months and told to get a job
A district court judge told a persistent burglar, with 95 previous convictions, to get a job and live in the real world, before imposing the maximum sentence of 22 months for stealing more than €2,000 in cash during a series of burglaries committed over the course of four months this year.
Man converts attic into cannabis grow house to pay off debts
Under increasing pressure to pay back debts a 31-year-old man converted an attic into a grow house where 26 cannabis plants valued at over €10,000 was discovered, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Three in hospital after prison van overturns on M6
Emergency services were yesterday called to the M6 motorway westbound outside Athenry after a prison van crashed and overturned.
Eleven months for burglary and counterfeit note scam
A 32-year-old man with 56 previous convictions was sentenced to 11 months in jail for burglary and fraud offences at Galway District Court this week.
Suspended sentence for man caught cycling along road while carrying baseball bat
A 23-year-old man who could give gardai no reason why he was cycling along a road at night holding a baseball bat was given the benefit of the doubt at Galway District Court and received a seven month suspended sentence as well as a €500 fine.
Man accused of harassment, assault, and threats sent for trial
A 26-year-old man charged with assaulting a woman, threatening to kill or cause serious harm, and harassing her on a number of occasions including at a hospital, has been sent forward for trial.
Bail for man accused of dangerous driving
A 31-year-old man has appeared before the court this week charged with a number of road traffic offences including dangerous driving causing bodily harm to another at Barna Road last December.
Man gets suspended sentence for having shotgun in tenant row
A 59-year-old Claregalway man, who after failing to get rid of the noisy antisocial tenants living in a granny flat produced a shotgun to scare them into leaving, was given a four month suspended sentence this week.
Bench warrants issued for two charged with manslaughter of Oughterard publican and teacher
The trial of a man and a teenager charged with the killing of popular Oughterard publican and teacher John Kenny could not go ahead at Galway Circuit Criminal Court this week as they failed to turn up and bench warrants for their arrest were subsequently issued.
Man fined for handling stolen phone
A Shantalla man who knowingly bought a stolen phone in order to sell it on was fined €200 at Galway District Court this week.
