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An old row between two cousins had been “festering” before it erupted at a christening party resulting in gardai being called to bring order, the Galway District Court heard last week.

Gardaí have appealed to residents and businesses in Shantalla and Newcastle to check their CCTV systems for footage of an attacker who broke into the home of an elderly woman and attacked her in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Elderly people, particularly those in isolated rural areas, are living in constant fear of attack and robbery because of a phenomenal growth in the number of totally unregulated cash for gold schemes, according to Kilkenny Fine Gael senator John Paul Phelan.

A 21-year-old, self-professed car dealer who had never held a driving licence but who was caught driving without insurance four times last year, was given a 10 month jail sentence and was banned from driving for seven years in the District Court this week (January 6).

Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, is calling for work to commence immediately on Foxford Garda Station, which was damaged over the Christmas period.