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Féile na Tuaithe 2009 is going to be bigger and better than ever before. That was the message from the launch of National Museum of Ireland — Country Life’s popular family festival.

During a discussion on the development row at McHale Park at last week’s Castlebar Town Council meeting, Mayor Michael Kilcoyne told the meeting that he was disgusted that the council did not seek to get a High Court injunction following the breach of a warning notice issued by the council.

A lorry driver, with a large load of logs and a trailer attached, who tailgated a bus — carrying 20 school children — dangerously overtook the bus while was there was oncoming traffic, and then cut directly in front of the bus, causing the bus to swerve onto the hard shoulder, was disqualified from driving by Judge Mary Devins at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for the incident which she described as “so shocking”.

Two Castlebar men, who got into an altercation with each other outside the Half Cut bar in Castlebar on Christmas Eve, faced public order charges at Castlebar District Court this week.

On December 10 at 8.30pm a table quiz will be hosted by the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce in The Welcome Inn.

An 18-year-old Fás student, who pleaded guilty to a Section Two assault on a man outside Top Nosh, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Celebrating success at the 2009 Dunlop National Rally Championship Awards night at the Clayton Hotel in Galway were Kenneth McHale from Knockmore and Derek McCarthy from Ballina, who claimed first in class one in this year's 10-round series. Other Mayo winners were Bekan's Sean McHugh, who finished third in class 14 in the championship, and Gerry Casey from Castlebar and Peter O'Toole from Claremorris, who won the class 13 award.

Two teams from Mayo won national awards at the Honda F1 in Schools Technology Challenge 2009 which took place this week in Griffith College in Dublin.

An 18-year-old woman from Dublin who stole 55 packets of men’s Gillette razor blades appeared before Castlebar District Court this week.

A man from Mayo Abbey who, on seeing a Garda checkpoint, reversed his van around the corner, and then failed a breath test, was convicted and disqualified from driving at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.