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A man convicted of theft from the cars of five TriAthlone competitors nearly four years ago who was subsequently jailed for six months, walked free from the Circuit Court this week (March 5) after a judge decreed he should be treated like his co-accused.

Archaeologists, history buffs, trad musicians, bon viveurs, and imbibers of all shapes and requirements can breathe a big sigh of relief this week (March 5) with the news that the oldest pub in the world - Sean’s Bar on Main Street - has been given back its licence to trade.

A Romanian teenager who gave a false name but his correct address after being caught driving a car without insurance was told “he can tell that to Borat or whoever” in the District Court this week (February 27).

Two sets of parents - whose children have missed up to 80 per cent of their schooling since Christmas - were warned that the fathers would face up to a month in jail if their offsprings’ attendances were not perfect by March 20.

The driver of the speedboat that crashed into the White Bridge in July where a passenger was seriously injured, was remanded on continuing bail in the District Court this week (February 27) to re-appear on April 24 for a book of evidence.

Mullingar District Court has heard how a man who resented his local residents’ association taking over grass-cutting on his green, responded by wielding a Samurai sword.

A judge did as much he could to lessen the social effects of the publicity involved in the assault of a teacher on his principal in 2011 by giving him the benefit of the Probation Act in the District Court this week (February 20).

A schoolteacher who threw his principal to the ground by her hair in a row over an afterschool homework club, avoided a jail sentence in the District Court in Athlone yesterday (February 13) after the victim accepted an ex gratia payment of €2,000.

A man who was arrested on three consecutive days last week, and who threatened a garda inspector with death, was escorted by three gardaí to another fortnight’s custody from the District Court this week (January 16).

Mullingar’s District Court judge has questioned the actions of financial institutions which in the past refused payment offers from debtors but are now willing to accept them.