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Case dismissed over balls of wool and knitting needles
A case of casual trading without a permit was dismissed and charges dropped against two non-national women after arresting gardai could not produce balls of wool and knitting needles in court as evidence.
Woman found with drugs outside Garda station
A recovering addict who had been caught in a car park next to Galway Garda Station with tin foil containing heroin on her lap was given a chance to co-operate with the probation services and remanded on continuing bail.
Brazilian pays €400 for fake driving licence to get insurance, court hears
A Brazilian man forked out €400 at a roadside meeting for a fake driving licence and then attempted to use it to get insurance, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Claremorris Electoral Area – Poor Fianna Fáil strategy saw two sitting councillors lose out in Clare
Total poll: 14,949
Man armed with knife threatens another, court hears
A young man who while carrying a knife threatened a person sitting in a car in a housing estate driveway was remanded on continuing bail at Galway District Court this week.
Burglar caught red-handed gets six months
A burglar who had used up his chances was sentenced to six months at Galway District Court this week while his accomplice received a suspended sentence.
Council deny existence of €22m bank account
Claims that Mayo County Council are sitting on €22 million worth of unspent development levies in a bank account have been rejected by a senior council official this week.
Mayo TDs are labelled ‘a disgrace’ over farming cutbacks
Mayo’s two government TDs were labelled a “disgrace” by county councillors at a meeting of the Claremorris electoral area committee this week over the farming cutbacks announced in Budget 2009.
Fianna Fáil Councillor admits ‘some aspects of the budget I can’t defend’
This monthly meeting of Mayo County Council saw the Fine Gael members of the council launch a scathing attack on the recent budget cutbacks. The remarks of the majority side of the house saw a number of Fianna Fáil councillors admit that they themselves were not happy with the budget. Achill-based Cllr Michael McNamara told the meeting that “there are some aspects of the the budget that I can’t defend”. While Claremorris area councillor Pat McHugh said “I have been a loyal supporter of the Government, but I’m not afraid to say there is no way I can defend this budget. There are many issues that have been raised, and they were discussed at meetings of Fianna Fáil councillors around the country, and a number of areas where a hatchet was used when a scalpel should have been.”
Three fall on trolley patient in A&E scuffle
A hospital security man was left badly injured when a scuffle broke out in the A&E department resulting in three people, including the assailant, falling on top of a patient who had been lying on a trolley waiting for treatment, the Galway District Court heard last week.