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No one is entitled to be out armed with a potentially dangerous implement, said a district court judge who rubbished an excuse offered by a defendant that he had been carrying a hammer at 4am because he had been doing household work.

A further compensation of €1,000 will have to be paid by a young man who headbutted another man, breaking his nose during a fight in the early hours of the morning.

A 21-year-old Ballybane man who assaulted a garda by punching her in the stomach and broke another garda’s finger as they attempted to arrest him will have to serve an extra five months in jail.

A cash-strapped man who was caught swapping the price tags on a frying pan was advised by an amused judge to “use the grill next time”.

A man has been fined €50 for selling lottery tickets for a charity without being authorised to do so.

A Ballybane man who threatened to shoot an unnamed garda, during an altercation with his wife, has received a three month suspended sentence and was fined €500.

A Book of Evidence in the case of a Dublin lorry driver charged with dangerous driving which caused the death of a local woman last year is not yet ready, Galway District Court heard this week.

Two men were each fined €500 and received suspended five month sentences for brawling with a number of others at the Huntsman Inn.

A 25 years old man who admitted making rude gestures to staff at Brown Thomas and to threatening to put their photos on the internet, has been remanded on bail for the preparation of a probation report.

The licensee of an Oranmore pub was told to pay €500 to charity to avoid a conviction after a group of debutantes were caught drinking on the premises at 9.30am.