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A man with 63 previous convictions who fought with a garda after being apprehended for joyriding around the Marist College in July, avoided any addition to his present sentence after the court heard how he had just started the Leaving Cert in prison.

A married father of 11, who was involved in a row outside a Ballina hotel and told gardaí who intervened to “f**k off”, appeared before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

The 2010 Safety Direct Galway International Rally proved a successful outing for the famed McHale family.

A man who is currently serving a two year prison sentence was before Castlebar District Court this week where he was convicted and fined €1,000 for not having insurance.

A man who is charged in connection with a shooting in the city last April which resulted in another man losing part of his hand, was further remanded in custody following his appearance before Galway District Court this week.

A champion weightlifter will face trial tomorrow in connection with a shooting in the city last April in which another man lost part of his hand.

A champion weight-lifter, who is charged in connection with a shooting in the city last April which resulted in another man losing part of his hand, was refused bail and was remanded in continuing custody at the holiday sittings of Galway District Court this week.

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.

The champion weightlifter who destroyed a man’s hand with a point-blank shotgun blast has been jailed for 12 years.