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A district court judge has described as “outrageous” the words used by an irate taxi driver who after being told to move on from an illegal parking space shouted at a garda that it was a pity more officers were not shot in an incident, only three days earlier, when a Garda sergeant was murdered in Dundalk.

A judge used some advice from a prison officer this week (September 19) to ensure a sentence given to a shoplifter could not be cut short by the governor.

A district court judge told a persistent burglar, with 95 previous convictions, to get a job and live in the real world, before imposing the maximum sentence of 22 months for stealing more than €2,000 in cash during a series of burglaries committed over the course of four months this year.

A judge criticised the prosecution policy of major retailers in shoplifting cases when he noted that the bus fare for the accused to get to court cost more than the value of the stolen item.

A man charged with dangerous driving after he crashed whilst texting was fined a total of €450 in court this week (September 11).

A man charged with the possession of €20,000 worth of cannabis resin was remanded on continuing bail until October 16 for presentation of a book of evidence.

By Kernan Andrews

A judge suggested a drugs conviction might benefit a local football team in that the subsequent travel restrictions on its clubman would at least stop the club from losing one more player.

A teenager has admitted criminal damage to a shop window and till at a Westmeath pub.

A probation report has been ordered in the case of a Mullingar man who attempted to gouge out a garda’s eyes during a public order incident.