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Burglary in Claremorris

The identity of a woman who claims to be called Edith Jonho—a Nigerian woman who has been in custody since November—still remains in question after it was heard at Castlebar District Court last week that the passport which she furnished to gardaí was a forgery, following garda examination.

The sister of murdered Michael Brennan is to be sent forward for trial for his murder at a house party in Castlecomer.

An immigrant father-of-one involved in a “phishing” scam on a Kilkenny bank customer has escaped jail after Judge Desmond Hogan gave him a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Kilkenny doctor was the victim of a scam at a Thai airport in which visitors are falsely accused of shoplifting and have to pay large sums of money to police to be freed.

A Claremorris man was convicted and fined €200 for two public order offences in Claremorris District Court this week.

A man has appeared before the District Court charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a female.

A 33-year-old unemployed carpenter from Castlebar was given a three month prison sentence for drunk driving and driving with no insurance. Stephen Munnelly, Rocklands, Castlebar pleaded guilty to all charges in Castlebar District Court this week.

A Mullingar man has been charged with assaulting a man with a machete, causing him harm.

If crimes are ever scaled on the amount of horror and anger they provoke, then the sexual assault of children is one that is often near the top. There are few offences that cause this sort of outrage in a community, that go to the heart of every family, that cause such division. It is the fear of such an allegation that has sadly led to a reluctance by many people to become involved in activities that bring them into contact with children in intimate situations, for fear that such an allegation may be made in these increasingly litigious times.