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A judge raised quite the arched eyebrow in court this week (September 25) when he discovered the first case up before him had been brought under escort from a six-month jail sentence to answer a charge of not wearing a seatbelt.

A street trader who claimed that €2,500 found in his brother’s house during a search for stolen property was his, was given a month to provide receipts and tax clearance certificates to prove this.

A judge used some advice from a prison officer this week (September 19) to ensure a sentence given to a shoplifter could not be cut short by the governor.

A judge suggested a drugs conviction might benefit a local football team in that the subsequent travel restrictions on its clubman would at least stop the club from losing one more player.

The driver of the speedboat that crashed into the White Bridge last year when a passenger was seriously injured, and three others hospitalised, was given a trial date in November at the District Court last week (July 24).

A man awaiting a trial date in the Circuit Court for his part in an alleged bottle assault was told he could have just four nights off between now and his next court date after Gardaí objected to his application to set aside his curfew.

A judge has gambled with the possibility of a young offender absconding for a 13th time this month in the hope of highlighting the lack of appropriate places for such youths.

The problem of beggars hassling elderly massgoers outside Athlone churches came to the fore this week (March 27) when the District Court attempted to deal with two of the key protagonists as best it could, despite judicial reservations.

A Romanian teenager who gave a false name but his correct address after being caught driving a car without insurance was told “he can tell that to Borat or whoever” in the District Court this week (February 27).

The driver of the speedboat that crashed into the White Bridge in July where a passenger was seriously injured, was remanded on continuing bail in the District Court this week (February 27) to re-appear on April 24 for a book of evidence.