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A woman in her late fifties who allegedly made off in a bread van and tore the side off it when she collided with a guardrail of the Ballinasloe AIB appealed to a judge at the local court to give her a chance.

Four men are to stand trial at the nonjury Special Criminal Court charged in connection with a plot to carry out a terrorist attack on a mosque in Galway last November.

A former jockey has entered a guilty plea to a drunk-driving charge from Australia.

There was a major discrepancy in the value of drugs seized by Gardaí from a Tuam defendant, who claimed the value of the deal was only €200, while a Garda witness told a special sitting of Tuam District Court that it was €2,600.

“I know now where Phoenix magazine got their ‘Bog Cuttings’ title from” a Judge quipped when a solicitor produced two sods of turf as evidence in a case involving a dispute over the quality of turf sold and a refusal to pay for it.

A young apprentice needs to address his alcohol issues alongside the treatment he is undergoing for cocaine and cannabis abuse, a judge warned him when he came before Galway District Court.

A young father was told that he should be spending money on his children and not on drugs when he appeared before Galway District Court charged with possession of cocaine.

A final year student was warned when he appeared before Galway District Court that defendants get only one chance when they appear on a minor drug charge.

A PROMISING young entrepreneur fled from arresting Gardaí because he though they were bouncers interfering with him.

A MAN who gave a Garda a black eye during his arrest very much respects the work the Gardaí do in the community, his solicitor told Galway District Court on Monday.