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The jury in the trial of a 21-year-old Spiddal man charged with dangerous driving causing death of a woman at Inverin, in the summer of 2008, failed to reach a verdict on the charge.

A 36-year-old Galway man charged with three counts of sexual assault has been sent forward for trial.

A Galway builder is the first person to be convicted by the Pension Ombudsman.

The women of Galway seem to be far more proactive then men in seeking a judicial separation or divorce, the Court Service Annual Report for 2007 has revealed.

A man who has had a “career in criminality” was sentenced to two months in jail for threatening and abusive behaviour at Supermac’s where he stood at the door and refused to leave or let other customers get by him.

A 32-year-old Galway woman, charged with harassing two people over an eight and four month period and with making nuisance phone calls, has been sent forward for trial.

A witness has told a jury that the man accused of a shooting in Galway city earlier this year arrived at the witness’s house that same night asking him to mind a backpack containing a “sawn-off shotgun”, to burn a car used in the incident, and to act as an alibi.

Records taken from the mobile phone of a man suspected of carrying out a shooting earlier this year have shown that there were at least two of the calls made near to the time and in close proximity to the incident.

A homeless alcoholic, who had been “an absolute menace” to members of the public when drinking in a bus shelter, was given the chance not to serve a two month sentence by staying off drink; however, if he fails he could face an even longer spell behind bars.

A young Galway man has been found guilty, by majority verdict, of one count of sexually assaulting his niece during a visit to her granny.