Search Results for 'Ballinasloe District Court'
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Early release for repeat shoplifting offender annoys judge again
Judge Seamus Hughes was again exercised on his pet hate when a repeat shoplifter told him she only spent one day from her last sentence behind bars.
Impending nuptials save unintelligible man from jail
A man who was so drunk that his arresting gardaí couldn’t make out what he was trying to shout at them, was given 100 hours of community service in lieu of three months in prison this week (April 10).
Judge worries joke may be misread during shoplifter case
A judge joked that a woman convicted of shoplifting should steal “more than €100 worth of cosmetics” next time if she wanted to leave the country as she said she would if she re-offended.
Ill mother saves handbag thief from jail for now
A handbag thief, accused by the judge of “stringing along the probation service” and of showing “hostility” to its staff, was given one further remand in the District Court last week (March 10) to see if any improvement could yet be made in her behaviour.
Judge warns woman for allowing alleged assailant off
A woman who retracted a statement of complaint against her husband after he allegedly hit her, bit her and threatened to kill her in breach of a two-year-old safety order, was heavily criticised in the District Court this week (November 25).
