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An elderly farmer who drove a digger at neighbours and Gardai, dug up a road and knocked down an eircom pole on account of a 25-year land dispute, was partially successful in the Circuit Court this week (July 21) when he had a decision on his 15-year driving ban postponed until next June.

Westport solicitor Seamus F Hughes, who also acts as a State solicitor, is to be appointed as a District Court judge.

The Dublin Road is to get its 15th licenced premises soon, after an application to add an off-licence to a supermarket was upheld in the District Court this week (September 2).

A judge lambasted the local council this week (September 4) for pursuing an eviction against a mother of four over arrears in the present economic climate when “€90 billion of taxpayers money is being used to bail out those who fly in helicopters and bathe in sunlight”.

A man with 150 previous convictions over the last 27 years due to his alcoholism, told a judge “I want to die” and asked for the electric chair or gallows before being told they “had long been taken from the statute books”, in the District Court this week (September 9).

Judge John Neilan has jailed a woman with 127 convictions, saying that he must seek to reassure members of society.

A pregnant mother of nine avoided a 22-month jail sentence in the District Court this week (September 9) for shoplifting only because she has other outstanding charges to face in Mullingar on October 8.

Judge John Neilan has lashed out at businesses who don’t adhere to company law, saying failure to comply is one of the issues which has brought the country to its knees “flat out into the mud”.

Judge John Neilan has said District Court staff in Mullingar are overwhelmed with the volume of work they have to do.

A young woman chose nearly a year in prison rather than deal with her addiction through the Welfare and Probation Service (WPS) after being convicted in the District Court this week (September 23) of just €10 worth of shoplifting.