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An intoxicated woman who tried to enter a Ballina solicitor’s locked office was before Ballina District Court this week for being intoxicated in a public place.

A 50-year-old woman who ploughed her car into a roundabout before fleeing the scene of the accident had gone back on the drink after a relationship break-up, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A 72-year-old man who was observed driving at night-time with no lights on, was before Ballina District Court this week for a drink driving charge.

Irish businesses were last evening coming to terms with the effects of strict new regulations governing the sale and possession of alcohol, which aim to curb public disorder and eliminate underage drinking.

Irish businesses were last evening coming to terms with the effects of strict new regulations governing the sale and possession of alcohol, which aim to curb public disorder and eliminate underage drinking.

Two women who appeared before Judge Patrick Clyne at Ballina District Court on Tuesday were both equally guilty of a drink driving offence after one of them was arrested for being intoxicated while driving.

Kilkenny County Council has been asked to be more specific in defining where people can drink alcohol in public in the county in a bid to enforce bye laws prohibiting alcohol consumption in public places.

A homeless man with a chronic alcohol problem who has been found lying inebriated on the streets of the city on many occasions over the years by Gardai, and who now suffers from unexplained blackouts, will be spending Christmas in Castlerea Prison this year.

Kilkenny TD Bobby Aylward is refusing to support Minister Noel Dempsey’s plans to reduce the drink driving limit.

A part-time farmer in his 40s was convicted for two Section Two assaults on gardaí as well as for driving his tractor while intoxicated, at Ballina District Court this week.