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A man was warned when he came before Galway Court on a cannabis possession charge, that getting the benefit of the Probation Act meant he was now “on the radar” and if he reoffended, there would be much more serious consequences for him.

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“There are ideas sitting in sheds and notebooks all over the West of Ireland,” says Kathryn Reynolds of Ardán. “We exist to make sure those stories find their way to the screen.”

In the hub of Galway’s creative quarter, within the CREW Enterprise and Innovation Hub, Ardán is quietly transforming the landscape of the Irish audio-visual industry. Its name — the Irish for stage or platform — perfectly captures its purpose: to lift up creative voices and give them a place to be heard.

Crá, beginning Monday, November 11, is a six-part crime mini-series on Garda Conall Ó Súilleabháin’s forbidden investigation into the murder of his mother, whose body is discovered 15 years after her disappearance.

It’s a long way from driving articulated dumper trucks and tippers, but ultimately, it was the career progression opportunities that attracted me to An Garda Síochána.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in relation to the stabbing of a Defence Forces chaplain in Renmore in August.

A 48-year-old Lettermullen man has promised to stay off social media after being charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the Taoiseach and his family.

Galway’s hard boiled writer of detective fiction Ken Bruen has had his latest offering, Galway Confidential, included in internet giant Amazon’s ‘2024 Best Book of the Year So Far’.

Local Fianna Fáil councillor, Aengus O’Rourke, has this week called on Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to resign his post for the manner in which policing in Athlone is resourced.