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A man has been remanded in custody after leading gardaí on a high speed car chase along the M4 on Wednesday (July 23).

A man who drove on the wrong side of the Athlone-Ballinahown road at speeds of up to 160kph whilst being pursued by gardaí avoided a jail sentence and disqualification after he proved he had been assaulted previously by a man impersonating a garda.

A woman and two men from Westmeath have been jailed for eight months for their part in a riot which saw an armed garda violently assaulted.

Plenty of photographs on the newspapers last weekend of people stuck at airports around Europe, due to the collapse of the tour operator XL.

Local Carlow charity, The Holy Angels, received the promise of a cash boost this week from an unlikely source, and as a result of the generosity of District Court Judge John O’Neill.

Seven protesters who were taking part in a peaceful solidarity protest in the Erris area, which was attended by local adults and children in support of Maura Harrington’s hunger strike, were before a special sitting of Belmullet District Court on Wednesday. During the protest a cortege of 86 vehicles travelled through the region, which was followed by an unmarked Garda car. The four uniformed gardaí were at one stage surrounded by a ‘mob’ of protesters as they locked themselves in the Garda car, the court heard.

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others.

Up to 200 “boy racers” were travelling around Galway city last August in convoys and gathering in car parks to show off their skills and their wanton disregard for their safety and the safety of others and there was a Mayo man at the centre of them, a court heard this week.

A security man who stole goods and diesel worth more than €3,000 from Dawn Dairies and then de-frauded the State of €10,527 worth in social welfare payments has been jailed for 20 months in the Galway District Court.

The scenic village of Belcarra was a hive of activity on Tuesday night but it wasn’t the Tidy Towns judges who were due to visit this mild autumn night. Someone had the idea of turning the sacred church car park into a sex fest orgy.