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A 59-year-old Claregalway man, who after failing to get rid of the noisy antisocial tenants living in a granny flat produced a shotgun to scare them into leaving, was given a four month suspended sentence this week.

Taxi driving is an honourable profession and the court expects drivers to behave in a respectable manner, said a district court judge before imposing a six month sentence on a man who demanded more money from a passenger, despite setting a fixed fare, and then proceeded to viciously punch and kick him, leaving the wounded man on the side of a dark dangerous country road.

A Rahoon man who, during a sudden and unexpected outburst in court told a district court judge that she should be shot when it was revealed he lied about engaging with the probation services, will now serve an extra four months in jail.

Two men received prison sentences this week for launching an unprovoked attack on three students who were forced to split up and run away in fear.

A 25-year-old man who broke into a city national school while on a concoction of alcohol and medication has been sentenced to six months in jail.

One of the men arrested as part of Operation Foolscap, the biggest investigation into organised crime in the west, was further remanded on continuing bail following an alleged assault on Halloween night which resulted in his being hospitalised and unable to attend court.

Hurling abuse at gardai will not be tolerated said Judge Mary Fahy this week after hearing how a teenager shouted personal insults after trying to help his brother during a fight in Eyre Square.