CONCERN OVER GALWAY COURT APPEARANCE BY MAN WITH TB

Date Published: 23-Oct-2008

A city man who has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis has been remanded on continuing bail following his brief appearance before Galway District Court The man’s case was called first on the list so that he would not have to stay long in the packed courtroomHe faces charges of being drunk in public and breaching the peaceJudge Mary Fahy remarked that the man had a particular medical condition which is not conducive to him being present in a large crowd of people