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A WOMAN who was ordered to cease chewing gum when she was called to answer a charge before Ballinasloe District Court, left the building and failed to return when her case was recalled.

WHEN Ballinasloe District Court was informed that a Dublin woman caught speeding was on her honeymoon at the time, the news prompted much hilarity.

AN ATHLONE man only ended up in Tuam because he had fallen asleep on a bus, Judge James Faughnan was told at Ballinasloe District Court, by his solicitor.

A MAN who was put off the road for ten years in 2019 for repeatedly driving without insurance is attempting to get his licence back early, but this application is being strenuously opposed by the Gardaí.

A JUDGE refused to hear an alleged animal cruelty case after viewing photographs of the animals in question presented by the prosecution when the matter came before Ballinasloe District Court.

The saga of the early morning theft of a Brennan’s Bread van in Ballinasloe got a fresh outing at Ballinasloe District Court, hot on the heels of the van lady’s appearance in person at Tuam District Court two days before. Some stories never go stale.

“I don’t need to hear about people speeding about in an urban area and the public being put in danger,” a judge at Ballinasloe District Court exclaimed before putting the driver in question off the road for six months.

A man who was arrested for driving while disqualified and had his car seized by a Garda was again caught hours later by the same Garda driving a different vehicle and she had to repeat the whole process.

A judge warned at Ballinasloe District Court when he imposed a €300 fine on a woman who had been detected littering the community with her household waste, that the fine could have been much higher – in fact as high as €4,000.

Were ponies allowed to wander illegally on the public road or was it an act of God that brought down a tree on the night of Storm Éowyn in 2025 and allowed them escape?