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A 22-year-old Ballina man, with 52 previous convictions, was sentenced to six-months in jail at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

Kilkenny’s Hemp Shop on Dean Street is facing yet another day of drama tomorrow (Saturday) when protesters take to the street to voice their opposition to the store’s presence in the city.

A young Galway man who had been found in possession of cannabis, ecstasy tablets, and over €3,000 in drug debt, narrowly escaped jail this week when he received a nine-month suspended sentence.

A Northern Irish man living in Mayo was given a stark warning by Judge Mary Devins that if he was convicted for drug offences for a third time in a district court he could face a prison sentence.

There were 31 detections for the sale and supply of drugs in Mayo last year, according to Sergeant Jim Cadden of the Garda Drugs Unit. Sgt Cadden addressed a meeting of the joint policing committee on Monday where he outlined the increases in detections being made in Mayo for a range of drug offences.