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A man who sold heroin to undercover gardai was given an additional 22 months in jail in the District Court last week (March 3).

A judge ordered an habitual Romanian shoplifter to sign up to an English language course before July or face 11 months in prison.

A 60-year-old man who caused a disturbance in a dentist’s surgery after he was refused treatment, had a two month prison sentence adjourned until July in the District Court last week (March 10) to see if he can come up with €500 in compensation by then.

In the week of Mothering Sunday, a judge paid tribute to a woman who accompanied her teenage son charged with public order offences by demanding of the defendant: “Have you any respect for the lady? When was the last time you bought her a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates?”

A man who broke into Athlone courthouse last week, who was arrested in possession of a knife on another occasion, and who also attempted to forge a pharmacy prescription, was jailed for a total of 11 months at the District Court last week (March 3).

A mother of 10, who is wanted in four counties, and with half a dozen bench warrants outanding against her name, had a previously applied 11-month jail sentence adjourned for just seven days in the District Court this week (March 3) to allow her one final attempt at instructing her solicitor.

A mother of 10 was given a three month suspended sentence, fined €1,000, and banned from the roads for four years for causing a car crash whilst uninsured that hospitalised three people.

A man charged with robbing two local shops with a screwdriver was told this week (February 3) the District Court was refusing jurisdiction and he would have to face trial in the Circuit Court.

An alcoholic burglar, who liked to steal from unlocked cars,was jailed for 22 months at the District Court in Athlone this week (January 27).

Gardai in Athlone have confirmed that no evidence pertaining to the attacks on women in Athlone has gone missing, contrary to reports that appeared in the national media this week.