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A LONG-RUNNING and hotly contested GoSafe speeding prosecution finally reached its conclusion at Tuam District Court when a prosecution Garda Sergeant admitted it was a 50/50 case.

“IS it obligatory now in this country to include your Eircode on official documentation?” was a question posed during a confusing and rather convoluted case involving a man’s misinterpretation of how a fixed charge GoSafe speeding fine should be paid.

BELIEVING you are insured is a full defence in a no-insurance prosecution, a Judge told Tuam District Court when he struck out a case against a defendant.

A TUAM man said he was totally unaware that he was illegally in possession of a stun-gun at his home in the town.

A FORMER qualified driving instructor has to re-sit his driving test, Tuam District Court heard in an unusual case which came before Judge James Faughnan.

A businessman was praised for his honesty when he told a judge it was his own fault that he risked picking up five more penalty points to add to the six he already had.

The latest figures from the Department of Housing show 5,659 children in emergency accommodation, a 13% increase from July 2025.

Two Co Galway women have appeared in court over them allegedly shouting anti-war slogans and wearing anti-war T-shirts on the 7th green at Trump Doonbeg golf course as US President, Donald Trump’s Marine One was in the air preparing to land on Saturday afternoon.

A judge described a defendant before her as a hard-working young man who had behaved “out of character” when she dealt with a public order charge against him.

A young apprentice electrician was put off the road for a year and fined when convicted of driving with cocaine in his system.