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A 42-year-old man charged last week (July 29) in Athlone with the attempted false imprisonment of a child, was remanded in custody for a further fortnight at Cloverhill District Court this week (August 3) to facilitate continued psychiatric evaluation.

Inspector Joe Doherty, responding to a question from Fine Gael councillor Michelle Mulherin about drug detection in the town, outlined the work done by the drugs squads in Mayo. He informed the Ballina joint policing committee that the number of seizures of drugs in the Ballina area has risen dramatically in the past 10 years. “In the Ballina district in 1999 there were eight seizures of drugs,” he said. “In 2009 there were 48, which included three for cocaine, four for ecstasy for sale and supply, two for possession of ecstasy, 22 for possession of cannabis resins, and three for sale and supply of cannabis resin. There were also 10 seizures for personal use of cannabis grass and one for sale and supply of cannabis grass.”

A 43-year-old, charged with the alleged sexual assault of a woman last year, has been sent forward for trial.

“It is time to take the wisdom of the Probation Service, the medical profession, and your husband,” Judge John Neilan told a woman who was released on a probation bond following conviction for stealing from her employer.

A man arrested after a high speed chase up the M6 motorway on Wednesday (September 16) after an alleged armed robbery of a sub-post office in Irishtown, Athlone was remanded in custody yesterday (September 17) after Gardai opposed bail.

A 23-year-old Kilkenny man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the murders of a young mother and her two daughters last Christmas morning.