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The Sword of Damocles hangs over a young city man, as it has to be decided whether an offence committed four months after he received a suspended sentence for theft should be activated following his conviction for a public order offence at Galway District Court this week.

‘No painting, no job' was the predicament a young house painter found himself in when told by his employer to drive a van, as described at Tuam District Court by his solicitor.

A WILLIAMSTOWN garage owner appeared before Tuam District Court charged with threatening to kill a client who refused to pay the amount demanded for repairing his vehicle.

A JUDGE told a defendant who pledged to live in Waterford with his father, that he had to understand that one of the conditions on which she was suspending his prison sentence was that he “keep out of this neck of the woods.”

A WOMAN who was sipping wine while cooking transpired to be almost four times over the legal limit when she was caught driving to the shops to pick up some missing meal ingredients.

A man who had 103 previous convictions appeared before Galway District Court following a shoplifting spree around the city, which included stealing perfume and aftershave to the value of €1,000 from one pharmacy.

“I hope you’re turning a corner, look after yourself,” a judge told a 50-year old man who appeared before her at Galway District Court on public order charges.

An Oranmore man is to be tried for an assault which allegedly took place in the Nut Hut Chinese restaurant on Bridge Street, Galway on February 9 last.

“Some people think all their geese are swans,” a Judge quipped when he was told that the owner of a seriously defective car thought it was just fine.

A visit to the city’s Christmas market proved costly for a man who had to be arrested for his own safety and the safety of the public.