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A man who claimed he was defending a barmaid's honour was fined €750 in the District Court this week (July 8) for his part in the ensuing public order ruckus.

A man who got drunk at a house party on Connaught Street and tried to pick a fight with the tidying up Gardai was lucky to avoid a jail sentence in the District Court this week (July 8).

A number of people have lost their driving licences at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court.

Mullingar District Court heard of the destruction caused by alcohol addiction as a recovering alcoholic applied to have his driver’s licence restored.

A man who drove just 350m from the pub to his house managed to avoid a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) when he convinced a judge he had not been arrested in a public place, despite testing at nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol.

A man who was so drunk behind the wheel of a car that gardai had to break a window to get into the vehicle to wake him, avoided a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) after one of the arresting members took down the wrong registration and gave it in evidence in court.

More than two thirds of the defendants sent forward to the Circuit Court on charges relating to the Dalton Park riot will have their legal costs paid by the State.

Complimenting Mullingar’s State Solicitor Peter Jones on the manner in which he prepared the books of evidence, Judge John Neilan said he hoped the efforts would be recorded.

The Galway man who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has been remanded in custody pending sentence for raping a young French woman at knife point in 2007.

Two brothers accused of alleged theft by “deception” of €2,000 from an elderly woman have been remanded on continuing bail for service of the book of evidence.