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A Ballybane man who slashed at a car with a kitchen knife and threatened to kill the terrified driver received a total of 11 months detention this week; however, he was then released on bail pending an appeal.

Ambulance crew attending the scene of a traffic accident were repeatedly abused by a Tuam man who then kicked the seats of a patrol car on his way to hospital.

A Newport man on his way home from the mart, who according to Judge Mary Devins was only concerned with his own business on the roads rather than anybody else’s, was disqualified from driving after he caused a tail back of up to 20 cars behind the tractor he was driving.

Hearing a case in which Lithuanian man Modestas Kuprmas pleaded not guilty to having no insurance and driving a moped while drunk, it emerged that no one knew where the vehicle was.

A teenage father of two who set fire to a patrol car while he was handcuffed inside, attempted to bite a garda, and assaulted a shop manager, was sentenced to a total of 18 months’ detention.

A twenty-five-year-old man who pleaded guilty to assaulting a number of gardaí and a hospital security guard was jailed for three months at Kilkenny District Court this week.

A 31-year-old man who was chased by gardaí for more than 25 kilometres from Castlebar towards Mayo Abbey — with the defendant driving dangerously on the wrong side of a narrow road while approaching bends on hills — was disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A young man, charged with drunk and dangerous driving, could have been saved from serving a seven month sentence if he had brought his cheque book to pay more than €5,000 worth of damage, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A man who was intoxicated and was threatening and abusive on the streets of Ballina and who had to be physically restrained by gardaí when placed in the patrol car was convicted and fined a total of €900 for three public order offences at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A garda who was on life support at Letterkenny General Hospital yesterday (Thursday) after he was struck by a stolen car is believed to be 29-year-old Garda Robert McCallion from Swinford.