Search Results for 'Valerie Corcoran'

A 31-year-old Galway man, with chronic difficulties with substance addiction and mental health issues, has been given his last chance to escape jail and complete a treatment course.

A Gort man who dangerously swerved in front of a 40 feet articulated lorry at a busy traffic junction before flicking his middle finger at the driver was fined €600 and disqualified from driving for two years at Galway District Court this week.

A farmer who owns lands where a number of sheep carcasses in various stages of decay were found has been warned by a district court judge to dispose of animal remains properly in future.

A Ballybane man will have to serve an extra three months in jail for trying to hot wire a car and take unlawful possession of it.

Two men, who incensed by racist comments became embroiled in an altercation at Eyre Square, were both fined €350.

A Bohermore man who drunkenly screamed abuse at staff demanding his money back and putting members of the public in fear has been banned from entering any Mulholland’s Bookmaker branches and received a two month suspended sentence.

People must not think that the courts are soft in relation to compensation, according to Judge Mary Fahy who imposed a seven month sentence on a 27-year-old man who failed to cough up more than €2,000 in compensation for an assault and criminal damage incident that took place in late 2008.

A drunk driver who wrapped his 3 series BMW around a telephone pole while over twice the legal limit failed to contest the charges at Galway District Court this week and was fined and disqualified from driving for three years.

A 23-year-old man whose aggression after being cut with a blade led to an altercation, was fined €400 and given a stern warning that next time he might not be so lucky.

A Moycullen man who committed a “huge breach of trust” by robbing an elderly and vulnerable man on his way to the shops has received a seven month suspended sentence.