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A young student became so strapped for cash to pay rent that she devised an elaborate scam to steal from her employer, Mr Price, Judge Valerie Corcoran was told at Galway District Court.

A mother of four who used a car in the process of a theft avoided being disqualified from driving but was ordered to stay out of Galway city for a year when her case came before Galway District Court.

CARRYING a Samurai sword around the streets of Galway is simply not on, a Judge told a man at Galway District Court on Monday, when she banned him from the city centre for two years and ordered the destruction of his sword.

No one in their right mind would expect to get away with leaving a supermarket with a trolley full of unpaid-for groceries, was the defence put forward by a solicitor on behalf of a client who did just that.

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.