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An 18-year-old man who interfered with a Garda arrest of a 16-year-old girl, who was intoxicated, appeared before Ballina District Court on Tuesday for the public order offence.

A Chinese woman, who was presented with a book of evidence at Ballina District Court on Tuesday, has been sent forward for trial to Castlebar Circuit Court in April on four counts for possession and the unlawful sale or supply of €150,000 worth of drugs, which were detected in the Crossmolina area in November 2008.

Two women from Spain were brought before Ballina District Court on Tuesday following charges brought against them for offences against Section 11 of the Criminal Sexual Offences Act 1993, for running a brothel in the Quay area of Westport.

A drunk 20-year-old who head-butted a Ballina garda was convicted of a public order offence at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A part-time shop assistant from Foxford, who when arrested on suspicion of drink driving became agitated and uncooperative and lashed out at gardaí — where he tore the shirt of one garda — and failed to give a sample, was disqualified from driving for four years at Ballina District Court this week.

A woman who was before a court for parking on double yellow lines in Castlebar had her case struck out, as it emerged at Castlebar District Court this week that the local authority managerial order which governed this illegal parking came into effect after the offence occurred.

Five women and four men, with addresses in Ireland, the UK, and France, appeared before a special sitting of Ballina District Court on Monday evening, arising out of public order charges following a Shell to Sea protest at Glengad last Sunday. Seven of the nine were remanded in custody until today (Friday July 3).

A 27-year-old man from Ballina, days after buying a van in order for him to set up his own business, was arrested for drink driving and for driving without insurance.

A Ballina man who has 38 previous convictions was sentenced to 28 days in prison at Ballina District Court on Tuesday, for criminal damage to a phone box.

A 26-year-old man who, while intoxicated, kicked the front door of his ex-partner’s house and smashed in her window as he was upset that she was in a new relationship was before Ballina District Court this week for criminal damage and public order charges.