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A former Athlone-based garda was named in the Dáil yesterday (May 15) as a second whistleblower to come forward in the wake of the Guerin Report.

Assaults against members of the gardaí are rising to an “alarming” rate.

The case against a Knock man who pleaded guilty to his dog’s worrying a neighbour’s cattle on two occasions last summer was adjourned until September by Judge Mary Devins. However she allowed the gardai liberty to re-enter the case on 48-hours notice if another incident occurred between now and then.

Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil Local Election candidate, says current revelations that phone calls going through Garda stations may have been taped only serves to further undermine people's trust in our justice system, and she says, the inquiry into the tapes is going to cost the tax payer dearly.

Gardaí will not say what information if any, was recorded in telephone calls to and from Mullingar Garda Station.

A judge questioned the intelligence of a man this week (March 5) who threatened gardaí whilst still under the restrictions of a suspended sentence.

A man who shot his neighbour’s dog, yet didn’t kill it outright, has been ordered to get a psychiatric evaluation before a judge would consider returning his now confiscated weapons.

A Claremorris man who engaged in a torrent of abuse towards gardai after they asked him for his name and address had sentencing against him adjourned until June by Judge Mary Devins in Castlebar District Court this week.

A man who wrestled a squad car driver from the vehicle after the gardaí had arrested his drunken girlfriend for her own safety, was told to provide €1,000 in compensation within two weeks or face conviction.

A Claremorris man who engaged in a torrent of abuse towards gardai after they asked him for his name and address had sentencing against him adjourned until June by Judge Mary Devins in Castlebar District Court this week.