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A man who acted in an aggressive manner towards staff at Mayo General Hospital, after his father asked that he be removed from visiting him in the ward, was before the holiday sitting of Castlebar District Court this week.

A man already serving a two year sentence had it extended by nine months in the District Court this week (April 20) after being found guilty of possession with intent to supply €1,200 worth of heroin, despite being found with nearly €3,000 worth.

A spokesperson for Castlerea Prison has responded to allegations by Fine Gale councillor Brian Walsh, regarding the recent escape of a prisoner from University Hospital Galway.

Fine Gael councillor Brian Walsh has condemned as “outrageous” an incident which saw a prisoner abscond from University Hospital Galway after prison warders, who refused to work overtime, sought a temporary release for him.

A motorised convoy took part in a rally on Sunday in support of jailed Shell to Sea protester Pat O'Donnell. The rally went from Mr O'Donnell's home place at Porturlin, travelled through much of Erris, and finished at Ballyglass Pier fishing port. Mr O'Donnell was sent to Castlerea prison recently for seven months for breaching the peace and obstructing gardaí.

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.

Martin Reilly, a native of Mayo, has taken up the position of governor at Castlerea prison following the retirement of governor Dan Scannell last week.

One of the men bailed in Mullingar on Monday (February16) for his part in the Dalton Park riots, was remanded to Castlerea Prison from the District Court in Athlone on Wednesday (February 18) after being arrested drunk in Longford on Tuesday night with his trousers around his ankles.

A Connemara man who allegedly made 1,400 menacing and abusive phone calls to a number of health care workers and rape crisis centres has been remanded in custody for the purpose of being assessed by the Central Mental Hospital as soon as possible.

A man who put his ex-partner in fear for her life when he breached a safety order to tell her he'd cut her throat, was jailed for 11 months in the District Court this week (May 27).