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A teenager who banged on the door of a taxi and then assaulted the driver during an argument with his girlfriend was ordered to pay compensation at Galway District Court this week.

A man who spat blood at two gardai, hitting one in the face, while being held in a station cell has been ordered to pay them €1,000 each in compensation.

A man, with three different aliases, was jailed for seven months this week for using a tin-foil lined bag to steal designer sun glasses from a city centre pharmacy.

Five months in jail was imposed on a Limerick man who obstructed a garda in the foyer of the Galway courthouse by putting his elbow to his face.

The closure of Harristown House has meant that many defendants with serious alcohol addictions are now left with little or no option other than a term in prison to get the period of sobriety and the help that they need, according to a district court judge.

A delivery driver accused of allegedly producing the handle of the car jack during the course of an assault has been refused bail and remanded in custody.

A hearing date has been set for the man who is accused of assaulting two gardai, a woman and a juvenile.

A young father was given a total of nine months detention and was disqualified for two years for attempting to break into a car, being drunk in charge of a vehicle, and being in possession of a flick knife.

A beggar who wilfully obstructed an elderly wheel-chair bound man and then abused a garda, calling him a “piece of s**t”, received a five month suspended sentence at the Galway District Court this week.

A woman who, while nearly three times over the blood alcohol limit crashed into the back of a car causing a “knock-on” effect, received a five month suspended sentence and a six year disqualification from driving at Galway District Court last Monday.