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The Probation Service has been ordered to be more creative, after it emerged that a man with a bad back following a serious accident was offered nothing but litter collection for community service.

A student who caused nearly €2,000 worth of damage to a number of cars, throwing a traffic cone through one car window, has been given the benefit of the Probation Act.

The probation services is currently “stretched” to the limit which could result in court referrals to the vital service being severely curtailed, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A Ballyhaunis man who was involved in a minor accident in a supermarket car park while driving without insurance or a licence was given the benefit of the Probation Act and ordered to pay €100 to the Garda benevolent fund in Claremorris District Court.

A woman, who while armed with tools to remove security tags caused extensive damage to a dress as she attempted to steal it from a city centre store, was fined €300 and given a four month suspended sentence at Galway District Court this week.

“He needs to be brought to his senses and removed from his influences,” Judge Seamus Hughes said as he jailed a Mullingar man for four months for threatening behaviour.

A Rahoon man who, during a sudden and unexpected outburst in court told a district court judge that she should be shot when it was revealed he lied about engaging with the probation services, will now serve an extra four months in jail.

Judge Mary Devins this week refused an application by gardaí for the forfeiture of a van used in an attempted theft of diesel from a quarry in Kilkelly. Judge Devins had previously heard the case at the March sitting of Ballyhaunis District Court but adjourned the sentencing to consider the application. The State had applied to seize a van owned by Ian McHugh, Park Road, Swinford, and for a disqualification from driving to be imposed upon him for his part in the attempted theft. Giving her decision, Judge Devins decided to not grant either request by the gardaí. She convicted and fined McHugh €750 and imposed a three months suspended sentence on him for the attempted theft. For criminal damage caused to a lock on the gate to the quarry and to the tank, she convicted and fined him €500 and imposed a three month consecutive suspended sentence on him.

A Limerick man who cheekily trespassed in the staff areas of a number of Galway city centre premises, including banks, stealing wallets and other personal items, was sentenced to a total of eight months in jail.

A man who, when arrested for being intoxicated in public, urinated all over the cell door and floor in Castlebar Garda Station, was given the Probation Act at Castlebar District Court this week.