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A tattooist who took part in a punishment beating along with other masked members of a now disbanded biker gang has been given a five year sentence suspended on strict conditions and ordered to pay a further €6,375.

A traveller’s cheque scam was so sophisticated that it not only duped an Athenry man struggling under the pressure of financial difficulty but also managed to pass the anti-fraud measures of two financial institutions a number of times before being detected, the Galway Circuit Criminal Court heard this week.

A former bike repair business owner has been left too terrified to return to Galway after masked members of a biker gang entered his premises to deliver a ‘punishment beating’ for an unpaid loan using pepper spray and iron bars to inflict injuries including a number of cuts and broken limbs.

A 49-year-old Oughterard man, who because of severe financial difficulties agreed in desperation to act as a drugs mule - attempting to transport nearly €6,000 worth of cannabis resin to Dublin - told gardai when charged, “It was the worst mistake of my life”.

A 26-year-old man was ordered to pay €15,000 in compensation for a Mike Tyson-like assault during heated five-a-side football tackling in which he bit a fellow player’s ear.

A man who had been found drunk, standing next to his car with the keys in the ignition after gardaí received reports that a traffic island had been hit, had his case dismissed last week on the grounds of unlawful detention, no evidence that he had been driving or intended to do so, and that a member of the Gardaí had not informed him that he was trained in the use of an intoxiliser machine.

A homeless alcoholic, who had been “an absolute menace” to members of the public when drinking in a bus shelter, was given the chance not to serve a two month sentence by staying off drink; however, if he fails he could face an even longer spell behind bars.

A young teen who assaulted a man with a glass bottle in an unprovoked attack last year has been warned that if he steps one foot out of line while out on bail the judge will be waiting for him.

A young teen who assaulted a man with a glass bottle in an unprovoked attack last year has been warned that if he steps one foot out of line while out on bail the judge will be waiting for him.