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A judge warned at Ballinasloe District Court when he imposed a €300 fine on a woman who had been detected littering the community with her household waste, that the fine could have been much higher – in fact as high as €4,000.

A habitual criminal whose solicitor told a court had spent most of his time over the past 20 years in prison was sentenced to a further 15 months when he was convicted of a number of offences, including abusing staff at a Ballinasloe food outlet.

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.

“I know now where Phoenix magazine got their ‘Bog Cuttings’ title from” a Judge quipped when a solicitor produced two sods of turf as evidence in a case involving a dispute over the quality of turf sold and a refusal to pay for it.

A young apprentice needs to address his alcohol issues alongside the treatment he is undergoing for cocaine and cannabis abuse, a judge warned him when he came before Galway District Court.

A young father was told that he should be spending money on his children and not on drugs when he appeared before Galway District Court charged with possession of cocaine.

A final year student was warned when he appeared before Galway District Court that defendants get only one chance when they appear on a minor drug charge.

A MAN who gave a Garda a black eye during his arrest very much respects the work the Gardaí do in the community, his solicitor told Galway District Court on Monday.

A YOUNG plasterer wanted to make a clean sweep of all the traffic charges brought against him, his solicitor told Judge James Faughnan at Tuam District Court on Tuesday.