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A young driver who was found to be driving without insurance relied on the defence that he firmly believed he was, in fact, insured when his case came before Judge James Faughnan at Tuam District Court.

BELIEVING you are insured is a full defence in a no-insurance prosecution, a Judge told Tuam District Court when he struck out a case against a defendant.

A judge described a defendant before her as a hard-working young man who had behaved “out of character” when she dealt with a public order charge against him.

Striking solicitors are hoping that a proposal by the Law Society to the Minister for Justice that an independent arbitrator be appointed to try to break the ongoing impasse which is grinding the District Courts to a virtual standstill.

THE ongoing dispute between solicitors and the Minister for Justice over payment rates for legal aid clients continues, and is having a serious knock-on impact on the administration of the District Courts.

“I COULD be here for the next hour,” a prosecuting Garda Sergeant told a Judge when he was attempting to list a defendant’s previous prosecutions.

A WOMAN who had all her assets frozen by the Gardaí appealed to be allowed withdraw €20,000 for living expenses at Tuam District Court.

A former jockey has entered a guilty plea to a drunk-driving charge from Australia.

There was a major discrepancy in the value of drugs seized by Gardaí from a Tuam defendant, who claimed the value of the deal was only €200, while a Garda witness told a special sitting of Tuam District Court that it was €2,600.

A DEFENCE solicitor said his client’s arrest for possession and the sale and supply of cannabis was, in his own words, the best thing that ever happened to him.