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A man who is currently in custody is off the drink now, his solicitor told Galway District Court when dealing with a public order charge brought against him for public drunkenness.

“If he has money for drink then he has money for fines,” a Judge said when imposing fines on a man whose solicitor admitted was a familiar face at Galway District Court.

A momentous day in the ministerial life of Deputy Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran as the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2018, originally initiated by the Athlone politician, passed all stages in the Oireachtas last week.

The sister of a 30-year-old Latvian man who was strangled to death by a fellow Latvian has said she misses her brother every day and she still cannot believe that he is dead. The testimony was heard as part of a victim impact statement read yesterday (Wednesday) to the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, where a 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering the woman’s brother.

Mullingar District Court has heard that a woman who has reported her former partner for assault causing harm, is regularly visiting him and often stays with him.

Mullingar District Court has heard that a woman who has reported her former partner for assault causing harm, is regularly visiting him and often stays with him.

A 19-year-old Rahoon man who has been charged with allegedly stealing mobile phones as well as tresspassing and stealing bags of coal from residential properties has been remanded on continuing bail.

A Galway man who is accused of causing criminal damage to a number of banks in the city during the course of two days has been sent forward for trial.

A man accused of being in posession of more than €5,700 worth of drugs with intent to sell or supply has been further remanded in custody.

A 33-year-old Turloughmore man accused of assaulting a garda during an altercation in the city last year has been further remanded on continuing bail.