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A Galway dentist taking a case in the Small Claims Court over the disputed loss of a piece of agricultural equipment was advised by a Judge to “have a chat outside” with the man he was suing to see if they couldn’t come to some agreement rather than have the dispute go to a third day in Court.

“You don’t have to love it, but you have to pay it.” This was the message sent out clearly at Ballinasloe District Court when a number of defendants were prosecuted for failing to have a valid TV licence when an An Post inspector called.

An Ahascragh man who allegedly produced a knife in the course of a dispute has been sent forward for trial at the current sittings of Galway Circuit Criminal Court.

A Garda who had to kick in a door to rescue a woman being assaulted by a man, told Ballinasloe District Court that the man was sitting on the victim and still punching her when Gardaí pulled him away and arrested him.

A woman who was knocked to the ground by an Alsatian dog and suffered a broken leg as a result said in her victim-impact statement that the owner of the dog had never apologised to her and this “grieved her”. She said that because of his attitude she was allowing his prosecution to go ahead.

A man detained in prison since his arrest for the burglary of an Athenry pub pleaded via video link from prison to Judge James Faughnan that he was a tradesman, and if the judge let him out he would work on building sites to pay back the loss to the pub.

A man who injured a Garda while he was being taken into custody for his own safety has significant mental health issues to deal with.

Ballinasloe District Court heard that a Brazilian man who had been given time by the Court to sit his driving test had gone to Portugal to do his test because there was no language issue for him there.

A MAN who faces charges of being in possession of two sawn-off shotguns and a cocaine press had his case sent forward to the Circuit Criminal Court in Galway, when he came before Judge James Faughnan at Ballinasloe District Court.

A man with a string of convictions for driving without insurance avoided a prison sentence when he was once again convicted of the offence at Ballinasloe District Court.