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IT HAS been a bad few days for a Craughwell man who not only missed his son’s first birthday, lost his job, got dropped by his partner while in custody, and to top it all off, got a serious criminal conviction and a fine of €500.

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing USB sticks and hard drives to the value of €489 from Curry’s Galway Retail Park, Headford Road, in 2019 was told at Galway District Court that she had had enough time to accumulate compensation by now.

A Skibbereen-based woman had to set out from home at 4am to make it to Galway to face her public order charge, the local district court was told this week.

“WHAT sort of example is he setting for his children with his recreational drug use,” a Judge asked at Galway District Court when a father of four appeared before him on a cannabis related charge.

A young man who allegedly allowed his bank account be used in a phishing fraud has until June to decide whether he is going to plead guilty to the charge or have a date set for the hearing of the case.

“He’s only playing games with the Court,” was the response from a Judge at Galway District Court when a young father appeared before him pleading that he didn’t have the money to pay fines and asking to do community service instead.

A week spent in prison has been a “sobering experience” for a man with addiction issues, his solicitor pleaded, when he appeared again before Galway District Court on theft charges.

A young Galway man has avoided a drugs conviction on his record, which could have stymied his ambition to live abroad and teach English.