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A man who has had a “career in criminality” was sentenced to two months in jail for threatening and abusive behaviour at Supermac’s where he stood at the door and refused to leave or let other customers get by him.

The untimely death of Limerick man Shane Geoghegan has sent shock-waves not only through the people of Limerick but through all the decent people in the country, many of whom are living in fear, as a result of gang-land warfare on the streets of our cities and towns.

A public meeting of Galway City Joint Policing Committee will take place on Monday November 30 at 7pm in the Menlo Park Hotel, Terryland.

A 22-year-old Nigerian woman was remanded in custody until December 3 while the Gardai and other authorities try to establish who she is and the action the state will take. Edith Johno was arrested by Detective Garda Declan Sweeny when she failed to produce a passport or immigration documentation in Castlebar last week.

Two men who robbed nearly €2,000 from punters at a number of bookies were brought before Galway District Court last Monday.

Community speed watch is helping combat speeding in residential areas in Britain and Galway should lead the way by introducing such a scheme in Ireland.

The August Bank Holiday weekend in 2008 accounted for the second highest number of fatal collisions for a Bank Holiday period and saw four people lose their lives on Irish roads. Two of these drivers were in the 16 to 30 age group, so An Garda Síochána is appealing to all road users, and in particular young male drivers, to slow down and take care on the roads.

Gardai in Athlone are seeking further witnesses in relation to the assault on a young woman out walking in the company of two others on the Dublin Road on Monday night (August 24).

A hearing date has been set for the man who is accused of assaulting two gardai, a woman and a juvenile.

Plans by the HSE to build a permanent sexual assault treatment unit (SATU) in Merlin Park have been put on the long finger due to budgetary constraints. A temporary facility opened last month at Parkmore.