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A young man was conned into handing over more than €5,000 for the purchase of a vehicle which had been up for sale on a country road and had been reported stolen in England two years previously, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A taxi driver was forced to call gardai after a young Mayo woman became abusive and refused to pay the fare. The ex-student then started “swiping” at gardai with her dancing shoes, the Galway District Court heard this week.

One Galway man will now have to spend an extra five months in jail after being found in possession of heroin and tools that could assist a burglary, before pushing over a Garda in an escape attempt.

A smart alec “good Samaritan” who attempted to stop a stranger from drink driving was fined a total of €1,000 for public order offences, including verbally abusing a garda, calling her a “stupid f***ing bitch”.

Goodlucky by name, Goodlucky by nature. An asylum seeker shoplifter stayed true to his name when he was given the opportunity of completing 120 hours of community service instead of four months in jail.

The traditional last night of freedom cost one stag and his best man €500 each for being abusive to security men and gardai after being ejected from a city centre pub.

A daddy’s little girl, who had been put up at a four star hotel during a two week visit to Ireland, had an unexpected visit to the local courthouse where she was fined €200 for the theft of perfume.

A young and abusive car dealer shoved the keys of his broken down van in the “crotch area” of his trousers and told a garda to come and get them before roaring profanities at her.

A case in which a homeless man was brought to court for stealing a southern fried chicken breast, valued at only €2.69, was described by a Galway District Court judge recently as a “total waste of resources”.

A Donegal man, who jumped on to the bonnet of a Garda patrol car causing €500 worth of damage, said that his stag do mates had dared him to do it, the Galway District Court heard this week.