Kilconly man gets another prison warning

A KILCONLY man who is well known to Tuam Court and Tuam Gardai was warned that if he gets into trouble in the next two years he will be going to prison Packie Devaney of Lissananny has a number of convictions for public order and was before the Court again on November 22 charged with damaging a Garda jacket. [private] One of Devaney's previous convictions relates to an incident where he went to Tuam Garda Station and made such a nuisance of himself, he had to be arrested. Eric Gleeson solr (defending) said his client had a severe problem with alcohol but has now been off the drink for eight months. Judge Geoffrey Browne heard that Devaney had a long list of previous convictions, mostly for public order The Judge imposed a one-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, provided he enter a bond to keep the peace for that period. A fine of €250 was also imposed and the defendant had to pay €45 in compensation for the damage to the Garda jacket. 'If he gets in trouble in the next two years he's going to go to prison,' he warned. [/private]