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Drug related intimidation in the city and county is forcing frightened families to risk committing crimes in order to pay off debts run up by loved ones.

Galway gardai, along with the help of Crimestoppers, have renewed their appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of valuable paintings which were stolen from a church in Athenry last month.

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A man who indecently assaulted and raped a 10-year-old boy in Galway city 35 years ago while he was a Redemptorist student priest has been sentenced to five years in prison, with the final two and half years suspended.

A man charged with operating a hydroponic cannabis growing factory and cultivating in excess of €50,000 worth of the drug has been refused bail.

A Kildare man who carried out credit card fraud “almost nationwide” will now have to serve an extra six months in jail on top of an already lengthy sentence for a similar scam at a Galway city hotel.

Financially crippled and struggling to pay off debts, a Loughrea man walked into a credit union pretending to be a relative of his wife and tried to withdraw €6,500, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A man has been further charged in relation to a crash which left three people seriously injured in hospital.

An ex-chef, who displayed a remarkable fondness for takeaways despite losing his sense of taste and smell, was fined at Galway District Court this week for being a danger to traffic and throwing a pizza all over a taxi driver.

A 36-year-old Galway man charged with three counts of sexual assault has been sent forward for trial.