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There has been another twist in the unfolding tale of Kilkenny’s Avondale Nursing Home, which was permanently closed this week by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

The last two remaining residents in care at the troubled Avondale Nursing Home have been transferred from the facility this week.

Mayo is just one of a number of counties throughout the country hit by ‘copper thieves’ in recent weeks with phone lines featuring as major targets. Residents and businesses are now being warned about ongoing thefts of copper from homes and premises following a spate of robberies of the valuable metal commodity.

A man who got agitated when he saw another man being arrested and tried to come to his rescue was jailed this week.

Carlow IT’s students’ union president and last year’s captain of the senior men’s football team Aindreas Doyle, had his case for charges of urinating in public thrown out of Carlow District Court this week.

A Lithuanian man, who last week bore the brunt of a frustrated judge in Carlow District Court, was put off the road for two years for drink-driving.

A young Nigerian girl, who is believed by gardaí to have been trafficked into the country and forced into prostitution, has been taken into the care of the Health Service Executive. This decision is a major step forward for the gardaí, in their attempts to quash Kilkenny’s sordid sex industry.

A Hacketstown man, who has been shuttled between Arklow and Carlow District Court in the last few months on various charges, has received a conviction of verbally assaulting and attempting to physically assault a garda at Arklow District Court.

A Carlow teenager already serving a four-month sentence was handed another two-month sentence at a special sitting of Carlow District Court this week.

At a special sitting of Carlow District Court this week, Judge David Anderson heard that the case of two Dublin men on a number of charges involved 25 gardaí.