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An Angolan refugee who was caught driving while disqualified was sentenced to a total of 56 days in prison at Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Sgt Kieran McNicholas told the court that at 2.40am on September 10 2011 he was on duty on Clare Street, Ballyhaunis, when he saw a car come on to the street at speed and continue on through the town. He set off in pursuit of the car and pulled it over at Abbey Street. The car was being driven by Franciso Salvador, 14 Old Convent, Ballyhaunis. He demanded the production of Salvador’s licence and insurance within 10 days which he failed to do. Following up on the investigation, Sgt McNicholas discovered that Francisco was serving a driving ban when he stopped him.

A Ballinlough man with 21 pervious convictions was sentenced to a total of nine months in prison after he pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and the unauthorised taking of a vehicle.

2011 has been quite a year for Peter Mark as they celebrated their 50th anniversary and embarked on a number of exciting projects to say a big thank you to both loyal customers and the community as a whole.

Clifden Community Arts Week, the west of Ireland’s most prominent and longest running community arts festival, will return this September for its 34th year of artistic celebration. Taking place from September 15 to 25, the festival boasts an impressive line up of national and international talent with a jam-packed programme that covers all spectrums of the arts from literature and music to theatre, film, and comedy, as well as inspirational talks and lectures and a dedicated schools’ programme.

Neither of last Sunday's hurling quarter finals was anything to write home about in terms of quality, however the victors, Dublin and Waterford, will not be too worried about that. Both teams have suffered heavy defeats in their provincial finals but they will be quickly forgotten now. The two winning managers Anthony Daly and David Fitzgerald will be heroes once again in their adopted counties. I take my hat off to both of them for different reasons.

A woman who was found kicking at a door of a house and then lunged at the occupant of the house when the door was opened was ordered to pay €75 to Hope House by July 19 and she will be given the benefit of the Probation Act, at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

An Aghamore man who made what his solicitor described as “as a foolish decision” when he attempted to drive a short distance home after being out drinking was disqualified from driving for three years and fined €500 at Claremorris District Court this week. Nicholas Cunnane, Meal Traine, Aghamore, Ballyhaunis, pleaded guilty to the charge in court.

A Ballyhaunis man who failed to get his car taxed and pay the arrears despite repeated warnings from a garda, and then declared the car was off the road for a year before he finally taxed it, was fined €400 in Ballyhaunis District Court.

An experienced casual trader who bought counterfeit clothing from the back of a van and tried to flog them at a market in Claregalway was fined €400 at Galway District Court on Monday.

A Rahoon man had just walked out of the Garda station to an awaiting van which was blocking traffic when he roared abuse at a garda, the Galway District Court heard this week.