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Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar has appealed to Leaving and Junior Cert students to be road safety conscious at all times when celebrating the end of their exams.

An unaccompanied learner driver, who had no L plates displayed, was disqualified from driving for one year at Wednesday’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

The Audi Q3 has been rated best in class in the ‘Small Off-Road 4x4’ category by the European consumer protection initiative Euro NCAP.

The Volkswagen Up is now on sale in Ireland, with a starting price of €10,995.

Euro NCAP, Europe’s leading authority (indeed standard) on auto safety, has named the Ford Focus the Best in Class small family car in recognition of the vehicle’s crash test rating and advanced safety technology.

A father of five from Pakistan was disqualified from driving for one year at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

An 18-year-old footballer for Dundalk FC appeared before Castlebar District Court this week after he admitted hitting a parked car and then driving away from the scene of the accident.

A man who persistently drove with a counterfeit Romanian driving licence, once driving into a roundabout while drunk, has been jailed for eight months and disqualified from driving for six years.

Named as Continental Irish Compact Family Car of the Year 2012, the new Ford Focus has become the first car to receive four Euro NCAP advanced safety rewards after its driver alertand forward alert technologies were honoured this week.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists has issued advice on driving in snow and ice as freezing conditions can spread across the country this Christmas.