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A 54-year-old bachelor from Sligo who was observed by gardaí driving without indication on a roundabout and then veering towards a parked car, was convicted at Ballina District Court this week for drink driving and dangerous driving.

A man who, following a domestic disturbance, was observed driving in an erratic manner and when arrested for drink driving tried to escape from the garda car and was abusive towards gardaí, was before Judge Patrick Clyne at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

An English man who urinated on an unmarked patrol car, threatened to cut the throats of garda officers and then attempted to bite one of them, was given a chance in court this week to pay €350 to charity.

A taxi driver was so intent on squirming his way into a rank space that he blocked up traffic, completely ignored a garda rapping on his window, and then dangerously edged his car in “on top” of the garda who had to take evasive action to avoid being hit.

A woman whose drunken driving caused a Garda patrol car to swerve, failed in an attempt to overturn her ban in the Circuit Court this week (December 8).

A student who took a garda’s jacket from the squad car that brought him home after a post-exam bender last May, will have to wait until March to hear the judge’s final decision after the court heard he couldn’t appear this week (December 16), as he was sitting an exam.

A student who took a garda’s jacket from the squad car that brought him home after a post-exam bender last May, will have to wait until March to hear the judge’s final decision after the court heard he couldn’t appear this week (December 16), as he was sitting an exam.

While most people prefer to stay out of a patrol car one 25-year-old man was so in need of a lift during Christmas celebrations that he drunkenly asked gardai for a lift, and when that was refused he grabbed the car handles to try to get in, the Galway District Court heard this week.