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A former Garda sergeant and Moate native attempted to pay prostitutes to get children as young as five for sex a year after he had been released for a similar offence, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard this week.

Cyclopes on our roads — which are vehicles with one failed headlight — are presenting a danger according to road safety officer Noel Gibbons, who said that “sadly, it is far too evident that many motorists are not checking that both of their vehicle’s headlights are working correctly.”

Concerns are currently being raised that the Corrandulla area will be left without a garda.

Retired school principal and prolific Shell to Sea activist, Maura Harrington, Tullyaghanbawn, Geesala, Belmullet, was sentenced to 28 days in jail and recommended to undergo psychiatric assessment, by Judge Mary Devins at Belmullet District Court on Wednesday, after Harrington was convicted of a section two assault on retired garda Eamon Berry on June 11 2007 during a protest at Pullathomas Pier. The defendant, who was also bound to the peace for 12 months for a public offence on a different date, failed to sign the bond. Due to her contempt of court Harrington was sentenced to jail a further two days concurrent.

A 31 per cent increase in the number of people failing breath tests over the month of February in County Mayo, shows the battle against drink-driving is never ending. If St Patrick's Day revellers decide to drive drunk, they had better have more than the 'luck of the Irish' to cover the financial consequences of a drunk driving arrest. A campaign is being launched in Mayo which will tie into the Road Safety Authority’s message to “Never, ever, drink and drive”.

Castlecomer District Court has charged 18 year old Caroline Brennan with the murder of her brother at a house party last December.

Normally in the business of incarcerating others, Sergeant Gary Gordon is to incarcerate himself for a change by spending 30 hours in a display window in MacDonagh Junction today.

A Westmeath man who evaded Gardaí on his motorbike travelling at over 100 miles per hour into the Offaly village of Clara on St Patrick’s Day has been sentenced to five months imprisonment.

A 29-year-old Killala man who was intoxicated in a public area and failed to comply with a garda direction was convicted and fined €500 at Ballina District Court this week.