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A judge told a young man with a series of driving convictions that the “era of bringing crocks onto the roads was gone” and he should be disqualifying him from driving for a lengthy period for his behaviour.

“IN England, justice is open to all—like the Ritz Hotel.” This pithy quote, attributed to Victorian-era judge Sir James Mathew, was made to highlight the fact that the law and the Ritz were open to all in theory but, in practice, only the rich could afford them. The quote, often misattributed to Mathew’s compatriot George Bernard Shaw, seems appropriate as the current controversy surrounding our criminal legal aid system – which saw criminal practitioners strike in Tuam Court last Tuesday – rolls on.

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has prosecuted Padraic Donoghue for carrying out illegal gas works, and falsely claiming to be a registered gas installer (RGI) at Kilronan District Court.

A man who walked out of hospital in the middle of treatment had his patient ID wrist band still on when an ambulance crew came to pick him up after he was found in a paralytic condition some hours later.

“You can’t be behaving like that in public. Do it in your own home if you want,” was the admonishment issued to a 56-year-old Loughrea man when he appeared before the local court on public order charges.

A judge told a young man with a series of driving convictions that the “era of bringing crocks onto the roads was gone” and he should be disqualifying him from driving for a lengthy period for his behaviour.

A young mother who grabbed her victim by her ponytail on Busker Brown’s dance floor and bit her twice in the face was asked by a Judge if she would like something like this to happen when her children were socialising in the city when they were older.

SOLICITORS took industrial action at Tuam District Court on Tuesday, when they joined with their colleagues nationwide in a protest against reform of the free legal aid system by refusing to deal with any case which involved legal aid.

A Galway man who returned home to face the music after fleeing the jurisdiction a decade ago fell off the wagon which resulted in him having to face historical as well as new charges.

IT HAS been a bad few days for a Craughwell man who not only missed his son’s first birthday, lost his job, got dropped by his partner while in custody, and to top it all off, got a serious criminal conviction and a fine of €500.