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“I hope you’re turning a corner, look after yourself,” a judge told a 50-year old man who appeared before her at Galway District Court on public order charges.

A Judge told a woman who went on a thieving spree around the city that it was bad enough that one of her victims was the charity Cope, but she compounded this by stealing a wallet and other items from the Garda station where she was brought following her arrest.

I wasn’t supposed to do Transition Year (TY), but I ended up doing it anyway. I had my mind set on getting out of school as soon as possible, and with the option of skipping TY, it seemed the most appealing choice.

A woman well known to Gardaí had to be physically removed from on top of another female she was in an altercation with in full public view during rush hour at Eyre Square, Galway District Court heard. Her solicitor told the Court his client, who has 196 previous convictions, got on well in the prison environment.

A MAN found by Gardaí in a drunken state and who was threatening to kill a female, was in possession of a box-cutter knife when he was searched and was warned “never darken this door again” by a Judge when he was brought before Monday’s sitting of Galway District Court.

Homeless people could not be offered temporary shelter as Storm Debi approached Galway due to local authority staffing shortages, the Galway Advertiser has learned.

As manager for Community Catering at COPE Galway, Geraldine Ryan oversees their partnership with Tesco and Food Cloud.

It has to be the year of the Shark, that’s John ‘Shark’ Hanlon from County Carlow. He bought a horse called Hewick. He didn’t pay dearly for it (not even a thousand euro) and then won the Galway Plate last summer. He added another win at Sandown, and between the two he pocketed half a million euro. Not bad for a year’s work. But just last October he won the American Grand National at Fair Hills in New Jersey with a $160,000 dollar first prize. Now he is 33/1 to take the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. D’ya think, maybe.

This Christmas, Galwegians can buy an essential life-changing gift for people in the community who need extra help this year.

By Pat Doyle, CEO of Peter McVerry Trust