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A numbers of family members who were involved in a public spat on Linenhall Street with a man who they knew, on the morning of Tuesday March 23, were before Castlebar District Court this week.

Judge Mary Devins convicted and ordered a woman who pleaded guilty to theft to pay €100 to the Special Olympics at Castlebar District Court this week. Kathleen McDonnagh, 35 Cois Abhainn, Turlough Road, Castlebar pleaded guilty to the theft of a quilt valued at €59.99 from Guiney’s, Market Square, Castlebar.

Judge Mary Devins ordered probation reports on a mother and daughter who she branded as “reckless and a menace” at Castlebar District Court this week. Sarah Spence, Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, and her daughter Harriet Higgins, also of Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, were both in court to face a number of public order charges. Both Spence and Higgins pleaded guilty to the charges before the court.

A man who was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday and who was brought before Castlebar District Court that day was not granted bail after he made serious threats when arrested towards the complainant, who is his partner and the mother of two of his children.

A woman from Castlebar who stole a number of items from a clothes store pleaded guilty at Castlebar District Court this week.

A 21-year-old Castlebar man who was detected drink driving on the October Bank Holiday Monday was convicted, fined and disqulafied at Castlebar District Court this week.

Following the appearance of a 26-year-old Castlebar man at Castlebar District Court this week for a public order charge and assaulting two others, Judge Mary Devins urged that the two men should sort out the matter in an expeditious manner so that tensions would not escalate.

The penny pinching by the Government in last week’s budget will have a detrimental effect on the education of young people, according to two Mayo secondary school principals. Ioseph McGowen, principal of Davitt College, Castlebar told the Mayo Advertiser earlier this week: “It will seriously affect the way we run the school and it will make it nearly impossible to keep it running to the high standards we have set for ourselves.” With bigger class sizes being a reality for schools, Mr McGowen is worried that it will affect the quality of teaching that the students will get. “Having bigger class sizes is no good for either the students or the teachers, we’re looking at loosing between one and two teachers here which will lead to less subject choices for both the Leaving and Junior Certificates.”

A Lithuanian woman appeared before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday charged with dangerous driving causing death.