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The court room was left in utter shock yesterday as horrifying camera footage of a high-speed car chase was played out for all to see.

Driving on the wrong side of the road into the path of an oncoming Garda patrol car, landed a Moldovan man with a four-year disqualification and €900 in fines at Galway District Court this week.

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 Galway man who had continuously driven while disqualified and attempted to ‘hoodwink’ gardai ruined his chances of staying out of jail for Christmas when he walked out of court and failed to return.

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others.

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others and there was a Mayo man at the centre of them, a court heard this week.

A 26-year-old Galway man received a nine month suspended sentence and was disqualified from driving for two years for offences which included assaulting three gardai and stealing a number of vehicles throughout the city almost 10 years ago.