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A pre-Christmas night on the town in Galway had a nasty New Year hangover for a young father when he was fined €500 for a public order offence.

A man with 160 previous convictions, who is currently serving a sentence for stealing a charity box containing €600 from an Athenry pub, was back before Galway District Court this week, where he received an additional sentence for stealing a charity box from Londis, Newcastle on September 20, 2024.

CHRISTMAS came early for one young Galway man who escaped a serious criminal conviction despite being found with substantial amounts of cocaine in his possession and facing a charge of having the drug for sale or supply.

A Clare man with no work history was advised that if he acquired a job he might be better in a position to take himself and his family out of the homeless situation they found themselves in.

Because of buying and dealing in drugs, as we’ve seen this week, people are ending up dead in their homes. This was the reaction of a Judge at Galway District Court when a defendant with a previous conviction for drug dealing came before him on another drugs charge.

A RAHOON man arrested on public order charges during Race Week was told by Judge John Brennan at Galway District Court that it was time he dealt with his alcohol issues and that Race Week was no excuse for public drunkenness.

A man who is accused of putting a nail-bar down his trousers in Woodies on the Headford Road and making no attempt to pay for it is also accused of stealing a pliers from Halford’s on the same day. He is also in custody on charges of using a lump hammer to break the lock of an e-scooter, and was again remanded in custody until the December 22 sitting of Galway District Court.

A 27-YEAR-OLD Oranmore man has spent more of his life taking drugs than he has lived without them, his defence solicitor told Galway District Court.

A LITTLE KNOWN lacuna or anomaly in the law which means a person convicted of a traffic offence cannot receive the benefit of a Garda adult caution was brought to the attention of Galway District Court this week by a local solicitor.

“Young people may think it’s just a bit of cannabis or cocaine, but they need to take into consideration what the consequences of a drug conviction are for them, not only for their health but for education and travel as well.”