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A JUDGE told an irate man who just had his case dismissed that he needed to be sure if he wanted to appeal his dismissal to a higher court.

District Court convictions for drug-related offences fell by 10 per cent last year in Galway city.

A CITY-centre shopkeeper who was threatened with being “bottled” by a man who had previously been barred from the shop, did not wish to make a victim-impact statement but asked that the habitual criminal be permanently barred from the shop when the case came before the local District Court.

A YOUNG man enjoying summer festivities in the city had a Garda sniffer dog put an end to the party when it detected cocaine on his person.

A JUDGE in the District Court has refused jurisdiction in the case brought against a Headford man who is charged with cultivating cannabis plants in his home.

A city-centre shopkeeper who was threatened with being “bottled” by a man who had previously been barred from the shop, did not wish to make a victim-impact statement but asked that the habitual criminal be permanently barred from the shop when the case came before the local District Court.

An Oranmore man is to be tried for an assault which allegedly took place in the Nut Hut Chinese restaurant on Bridge Street, Galway on February 9 last.

A man who has more than 60 convictions, mainly for being drunk and being a danger to himself around the city, was given bail at the District Court on Monday on condition he remain in an intoxicant-free state.

A slash hook found in the boot of a young man’s car was for clearing hedges in a field where he kept ponies, he told Gardaí.

A Tuam man who received 13 months in prison at the local District Court was told by a Judge that he could appeal the sentence to the Circuit Court, where he ran the risk of having it doubled.