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A man given 22 months in jail for defrauding the State out of €3,400 by signing for his dead brother's dole, had his sentence suspended last week (July 21) when he offered restitution and said he wanted to change for his four-year-old daughter.

“You’ll see me back here when I’m out,” a persistent offender told Judge Neilan after he sentenced him to 22 months imprisonment despite his pleas that he had never been given a chance to come good.

The decision by the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern TD, not to reopen Harristown House as a treatment centre for people with addiction problems has been described by Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony as a major blow to many young Mayo people.

A man who has failed to complete community service has been accused of “appalling arrogance” by Judge John Neilan.

A heroin-addicted mother was jailed for 22 months this week (November 18) after a doctor's letter she forged declaring herself to be drug-free, was contradicted by a probation report in which she admitted to still smoking heroin.