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A man was sentenced to two months in prison for collecting for a charity without authorisation.

THE WAY Back, the new film starring Jim Sturgess and Ed Harris, along with Irish actors Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan, comes to cinemas on St Stephen’s Day.

A 28-year-old homeless man who concerned gardai found in a heavily intoxicated state with half of his body lying over the edge of a canal bank has been remanded on his own bail and placed under the auspices of the probation services.

Judge Conal Gibbons, convicted and fined a youth who stole €100 from a nun in Ballina District Court this week. The previous week Judge Gibbons had remanded the youth in St Patrick’s Institution for a week, so he could hear from the probation service which had been working with the youth previously.

A 21-years-old Shantalla man who stole over €3,000 from his employers over a three-week period was placed on probation for six months at Galway District Court yesterday.

Described as being “at large” for two years, a defendant was told that his lack of cooperation with the probation service meant a remand back to custody until the next sitting of Carlow Circuit Court.

A “troubled” woman, who was found with more than €1,000 worth of clothing stolen from two retail stores, was granted bail and ordered to co-operate with the Probation Services.

In a very rare move, a sitting judge asked the Probation Services to report back to him on the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the case of a teenage girl who had no previous convictions until she went into voluntary care.

In a very rare move, a sitting judge asked the Probation Services to report back to him on the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the case of a teenage girl who had no previous convictions until she went into voluntary care.

A woman who stole €25 worth of perfume was sentenced to 22 months in jail this week (April 22) after an unfavourable probation report was submitted to the judge.