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There were amusing scenes at Mullingar District Court when a highly drunk man appeared before Judge John Neilan.

A 21-year-old, self-professed car dealer who had never held a driving licence but who was caught driving without insurance four times last year, was given a 10 month jail sentence and was banned from driving for seven years in the District Court this week (January 6).

A man who broke into a property on St Mary’s Square in broad daylight to plug in an electric angle grinder so he could steal coins from a parking meter, was given an 11 month jail sentence in the District Court this week (January 6).

A woman who told arresting Gardai that she was bringing her heavily pregnant daughter to the doctor when stopped without insurance, was still banned from driving for six months in the District Court this week (January 13).

A man stopped whilst driving without insurance on the road outside where he now lives, was fined €750 and banned from driving for two years in the District Court this week (January 13).

A man who veered across the road into an oncoming vehicle while changing a CD has been fined €1,000 for careless driving.

“The message is not getting through” that it’s against the law to drive while holding a mobile phone, said Judge John Neilan at a recent sitting of Mullingar District Court.

Boreen Brannock at Kinnegad is causing serious trouble to Gardaí “who have to go there on a regular basis,” said Judge John Neilan.

A 22-year-old, heroin-addicted father of two who cut an ex-girlfriend with a steak knife, was given an 11-month jail sentence in the District Court this week (January 20) but had it postponed for a fortnight for a probation report after the judge heard from his mother.

y Finian Coghlan