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“The only thing that’s keeping you in prison is your refusal to sign a bail bond,” Judge Adrian Harris told a defendant who appeared before him at Galway District Court on Monday via video-link from custody.

A Lavally man accused of assaulting his uncle may be facing more serious charges, Tuam District Court was told when the defendant appeared before it from custody.

A DEFENDANT asked if curfew conditions as part of his bail be dropped, as he was afraid his landlord at the Red Gap might evict him if any more Guards with flashing blue lights arrived out to check on whether he is at home or not.

The heart-rending tale of a prospective bridegroom being separated from his fiancée by what he regarded as over-onerous bail conditions being imposed on him by Gardaí standing in the path of him and wedding bliss took another turn at Ballinasloe District Court.

A Malawian man with multiple convictions arising from his public drunkenness, who was once described by his solicitor, John Martin, as a “nuisance but not a menace” will no longer be either a nuisance or a familiar sight to the Gardaí and the citizens of Galway, as he is being deported home.

A JUDGE dealing with the case of a man accused of murdering his mother refused to make his next appearance before Galway District Court peremptory against the State, but she noted the concerns of his defence team that he was now five months in custody and still had not been served with a Book of Evidence.

Two men accused of the rape and false imprisonment of a woman at Ceannt Station on August 1 last, came before Galway District Court on Monday and had their cases put back until the October 12 sitting, when they will have the option of pleading guilty to the charges or of opting for a book of evidence in order to assist them in defending their case.

A man who was brought before a specially convened sitting of Clifden District Court on Saturday morning and was remanded in custody, told Galway District Court on Monday morning that he wasn’t interested in getting bail and wanted to get his prison sentence over with.

Two men accused of the rape and false imprisonment of a woman at Ceannt Station on August 1 last, came before Galway District Court on Monday and had their cases put back until the October 12 sitting, when they will have the option of pleading guilty to the charges or of opting for a book of evidence in order to assist them in defending their case.

Irish citizenship by naturalisation is a privilege, not a right, and it is appropriate that the conditions of citizenship are reviewed from time to time.