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A 77-year-old Mullingar farmer is facing a five month sentence for having what a judge described as “a dying wound on a live animal”.

A Moate couple who appealed against a neighbouring pub’s application for a dance licence because they felt their privacy and peace was impinged upon, were assured some compromises in court this week (November 25).

Only the Garda Síochána escaped the wrath of Judge John Neilan at the recent sitting of Mullingar District Court. Not even Thierry Henry and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were spared.

A man appearing in court for not wearing a seatbelt had his case dismissed after nearly an hour this week (November 25), despite calling the summonsing garda “a bare faced liar”.

A woman who retracted a statement of complaint against her husband after he allegedly hit her, bit her and threatened to kill her in breach of a two-year-old safety order, was heavily criticised in the District Court this week (November 25).

In 10 years not one Mullingar solicitor has picked up a special exemption order granted by the court.

Only the Garda Síochána escaped the wrath of Judge John Neilan at the recent sitting of Mullingar District Court. Not even Thierry Henry and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were spared.

“I don’t think there’s anyone who could not be numbed with sadness at the deaths in Mayo,” said Judge John Neilan, urging an Athlone man to slow down on the roads.

A man who was stopped by gardai whilst driving a busload of Bower girls without either insurance or licence, left court this week without a conviction against his name after he and his employer made a €1,250 contribution to the Childrens’ Hospital in Crumlin.

A bus driver caught speeding outside Athlone managed to beat his summons in the District Court this week (December 2) after he showed the judge the state the official document arrived in through his letterbox.