Community service order

RONAN GODKIN (22) of 6 Ard Alainn, New Ross agreed to carry out community service rather than go to jail for a month for having €25 worth of cannabis herb.

The District Court sitting in Wexford heard that Godkin had seven previous convictions for drug related offences and that he was already on probation.

The latest prosecution followed a garda stop-and-search at South Street in New Ross last year.