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A MAN charged with the murder of his mother who appeared via video-link from prison before Galway District Court this week, was further remanded in custody by Judge Fiona Lydon.

One of two men accused of raping and falsely imprisoning a woman at Ceannt Station on August 1 last, is now also accused of a separate charge of stealing a bag and items to the value of €450 from a city centre bar.

A TUAM man said he was totally unaware that he was illegally in possession of a stun-gun at his home in the town.

THE ongoing dispute between solicitors and the Minister for Justice over payment rates for legal aid clients continues, and is having a serious knock-on impact on the administration of the District Courts.

“PEOPLE have to behave if they are getting public services and houses; there are rules. There’s a housing shortage and if they don’t behave there are other people who need those houses.”

A YOUNG driver had to give an assurance at Galway District Court that he would only collect his impounded car from the pound on the back of a flat-bed truck, would never drive it again, and sell it immediately.

“I’ve given up the drink,” said a young man who was arrested in Ballinasloe after drinking too much at a wedding in the town.

AS an antidote for the everyday blues (apart from the music of BB King, that is) a visit to your District Court to see justice being administered in your name might just do the trick. I emphasise ‘your’ as some need reminding it actually is your Court and justice is carried out, and sometimes otherwise, in your name. It’s not the Judge’s Court, although some labour under the delusion it is; they simply have the privilege of acting on our behalf. Ditto for lawyers, Gardaí and even representatives of the fourth estate.

“IN England, justice is open to all—like the Ritz Hotel.” This pithy quote, attributed to Victorian-era judge Sir James Mathew, was made to highlight the fact that the law and the Ritz were open to all in theory but, in practice, only the rich could afford them. The quote, often misattributed to Mathew’s compatriot George Bernard Shaw, seems appropriate as the current controversy surrounding our criminal legal aid system – which saw criminal practitioners strike in Tuam Court last Tuesday – rolls on.

A JUDGE refused to hear an alleged animal cruelty case after viewing photographs of the animals in question presented by the prosecution when the matter came before Ballinasloe District Court.