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A 20-year-old man who failed a roadside breath test, took off at speed, rammed a Garda patrol car and was then chased by three patrol cars, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday where Judge Mary Devins sentenced him to jail for three months.

A 20 year old Dunmore man who knocked down an elderly man in Cloonfad and kept going only to crash into the back of another car 150 meters up the road was banned from driving for five years at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

A number of people have lost their driving licences at a special sitting of Mullingar District Court.

All road users, motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists are being warned they are entering the worst time of the year for road deaths and injuries on our roads.

A 41-year-old Ballina man who refused to provide a breath sample after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was disqualified from driving at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

A man who was arrested on the suspicion of drink driving—even though he protested to gardaí that he had no intention of driving and was waiting for his girlfriend—was before Ballina District Court this week.

A Kiltimagh man was given a 28-day prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a drink driving charge after he was caught just a month after beginning a driving ban.

A man has told Mullingar District Court that he will not abuse a postponement of his drink driving disqualification.

The August Bank Holiday weekend in 2008 accounted for the second highest number of fatal collisions for a Bank Holiday period and saw four people lose their lives on Irish roads. Two of these drivers were in the 16 to 30 age group, so An Garda Síochána is appealing to all road users, and in particular young male drivers, to slow down and take care on the roads.

A Tuam man, who had 58 previous convictions which included a 40-year disqualification, was sentenced to 12 months in jail and disqualified from driving for eight years for drink driving, driving without insurance, and being drunk in charge of a vehicle.