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Gardaí in Athlone have made a further appeal for witnesses in the cases of two women who were robbed in close proximity to one another in the Golden Island area last week.

As Hallowe’en festivities kick off in Athlone this weekend with a three-day Hallowe’en festival running from Friday to Sunday, local Gardai have issued an appeal to the public to ensure the weekend’s festivities are carried out in a safe and secure manner.

A judge underlined the inherent hypocrisy of a Portadown man’s defence when his solicitor blamed his client’s predicament on “[falling] in with non-nationals”.

Three youths are likely to face charges after an attack with a broken botttle on a female student in the early hours of last Thursday left her requiring stitches just under her eye.

A woman who refused to give a breath sample after being arrested for drink driving because she mistakenly believed it was her right to have a doctor present, lost her licence for four years in the District Court this week (July 28).

Gardai in Athlone are warning members of the public to stay away from buying electrical goods from non-legitimate sources, following break-ins to several business premises last weekend.

A driver arrested with three times the legal limit of drink on him, less than a year after gardai had found him with nearly four times the limit in a stationary car drinking cider, was disqualified from driving for six years and given a 10 month jail sentence, suspended for two years.

A man in his 20s has been questioned over a stabbing incident in a house in Ballykeeran village, outside Athlone, on Tuesday this week.

A former soldier and mother of one, in jail since November 18 for possession with intent to supply €3,000 of heroin, was given an additional 10 months in jail this week (March 29) after being found guilty of dealing by bicycle.

A student pleading not guilty to a drink driving charge at a special sitting of the District Court this week (March 29) failed to have it struck out after a judge accepted a garda was capable of searching the prisoner as well as maintaining the mandatory period of observation.