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“Who is going to do a hair follicle test in Australia? How does this work?” were questions posed by a Judge when she was told a defendant was not present in her court when his case was called, because he was in Australia.

A YOUNG tree surgeon was given a chance to avoid a drug conviction on his record when he was given the opportunity on his first offence to make a donation to the Court poor box.

A YOUNG man enjoying summer festivities in the city had a Garda sniffer dog put an end to the party when it detected cocaine on his person.

Galway Titans travel to Dublin Lions on Saturday evening for the National League play-offs.

A JUDGE told a man found in possession of cocaine that she believed everybody deserved one chance, but warned him that if he came back before her on a similar charge, he would find himself with a serious criminal record.

A DEFENDANT who was so nervous over being in Court for the first time in his life almost blew the opportunity of a chance a Judge was offering, by taking too much Dutch courage during the lunch break and disrupting proceedings repeatedly during the afternoon sitting as he waited for his case to be finalised.

John Buckley, a Cork father of four, posted a letter and a package before Christmas to a 31-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder in a Scottish jail.

A MAN convicted of stalking and harassing his former partner was warned in no uncertain terms that a suspended sentence imposed on him would be activated “without a shred of doubt” if he put the victim in fear again.

Members of the public were so concerned to see a vulnerable man very close to city waterways that the Gardaí were contacted, Judge Valerie Corcoran was told at Galway District Court when the man appeared before her on two public order charges.

"I’ve heard of people rushing to get to a funeral but why were you speeding coming from one?" a Judge asked a woman who was clocked doing 168kph on the M6.