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The work of judges and the courts system to properly deter and punish those who break the law is made all the more difficult and futile if prisoners are being released after only serving a few days of their sentences, the Galway District Court heard last Monday.

A man who had to be taken away from the water’s edge at Spanish Arch and arrested for his own safety had one month added to a sentence already being served.

An American tourist, who had been left to run a hostel in return for free accommodation, betrayed the trust bestowed upon him by siphoning off €2,000 from money paid by other patrons.

A young man accused of allegedly attacking a woman and then stealing her handbag has been remanded in custody after being refused bail, and is due to appear in court again next week for the service of the book of evidence.

A man, with 67 previous convictions and described as a “nuisance”, was fined this week for stealing aftershave and sweaters from city centre shops and then having a drink in a local pub and walking out without paying for it.

A single mother who comitted a number of public order offences and has a “history of non-appearance” was refused bail this week and warned to deal with her alcoholic difficulties.

A delivery driver accused of allegedly producing the handle of the car jack during the course of an assault has been refused bail and remanded in custody.

A drug addict, described as his “own worst enemy”, has been jailed for two months for causing annoyance throughout the city and wasting garda time.

A young father was given a total of nine months detention and was disqualified for two years for attempting to break into a car, being drunk in charge of a vehicle, and being in possession of a flick knife.

Two female students were left “terrified and distressed” when a drunken stranger, who failed in his attempts to spark up a conversation, picked up a German Shepherd and threw it at them, the Galway District Court heard this week.