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An operation by gardaí in Ballina to clamp down on modified cars between September 26 and October 10 saw the gardaí in the north Mayo town intercept 63 cars, Sgt Tony Lavelle told a meeting of the Ballina Joint Policing Committee this week.

“Ballina is a much safer place” was the message from Inspector Joe Doherty to the members of the Ballina Joint Policing Committee this week who reported a reduction in assaults in general by 24 per cent; assaults causing harm down 37 per cent, assaults on gardaí down 40 per cent and theft from persons fell by 50 per cent, with thefts from vehicles down 11 per cent on last year.

A 31-year-old man from Ballina was disqualified from driving for four years after being detected driving while under the influence of cannabis.

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.

A Ballina man was before court for being threatening and abusive following an incident where a garda intervened when he observed the man strike a woman—who was the defendant’s girlfriend.

A 19-year-old man who, while on his way to Westport to celebrate Reek Sunday drove in an “intentional reckless, dangerous manner”, was before Judge Aeneas McCarthy at Ballina District Court on Wednesday.

The case in which a women admitted driving a car through a junction and straight into another car was dismissed this week after the defence raised sufficient doubt about the visibility of the junction signage and road markings at the junction.

A father, who drove drunk while he had his 10-year-old son in the car, was sentenced to three months in prison at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

Drunk driver who had son in car sentenced to prison

A Shell to Sea activist has been given a five month prison sentence after he was found guilty of assaulting a garda, a sergeant, and an inspector at Belmullet Courthouse last year.