Search Results for 'Inspector'

A brawl in the doorway of a house in Ballina involving five people ended up with two men and a woman being convicted for assault in Ballina District Court this week. One of those involved, Shane Downes, Behmore, Ballina, pleaded guilty to the charges in court, while Stephen Duffy, Corimbla South, Ballina, and Clara McGoldrick, 17 Church Manor, Ballina, were both found guilty of an assault. The brawl occurred at 5 The Brook, Ballina, on August 9 2008, when Duffy, Downes, and another man Keith Clarke called to the house of McGoldrick and her boyfriend Alan Delve looking for another girl who was living there.

A Ballina man who refused to give a blood sample after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and became abusive to the gardaí pleaded guilty to failing to give a blood sample and public order charges in Ballina District Court this week.

A Ballybane man charged with allegedly discharging a firearm, and being in possession of ammunition and a sawn-off shotgun with intent to endanger life, has been refused bail because of “grave concerns” that there would be interference with witnesses.

A man who used “gross violence” and threatened to have his ex-wife killed was sentenced to a total of seven months at Galway District Court on Monday.

A student who over-indulged in drink when he tasted the freedom of college was taught a lesson at Galway District Court this week when he was fined €500 for violently resisting arrest and was ordered to pay a further €500 in compensation for the injuries sustained by a garda.

A teenaged father was given no more chances at Galway District Court this week when he was given 10 months’ detention for handling stolen property and failing to appear.

A man who failed to give a breath specimen to gardaí had the case against him dismissed when it emerged that he told officers that he had obsessive compulsive disorder.

Operation Bicycle Light is designed to improve safety in rural and urban areas and educate vulnerable road users in the need to be seen in order to be safe on Irish roads. Vulnerable road users include pedal cyclists, pedestrians, and motorcyclists.

A Galway man who tried to make a €200 profit at a post office by handing in a doctored social welfare slip, and who stole a bunch of flowers on Valentine’s Day, was sentenced to a total of five months this week.

A beggar who wilfully obstructed an elderly wheel-chair bound man and then abused a garda, calling him a “piece of s**t”, received a five month suspended sentence at the Galway District Court this week.