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Roller Skate Disco will commence in Leisureland on Saturday and Sunday Feb 13 and 14, when patrons can skate to old school 70s, 80s and 90s favourites along with current chart hits mixed by a live DJ.

A graphic film highlighting the dangers of texting while driving, produced for the Gwent police in the UK force with film-maker Peter Watkins Hughes, has become an internet hit across the globe. Although people are aware of the laws against driving while using a mobile phone, many still are not aware of the dangers of texting while driving, an offence in Ireland since July 16 2006. The film seeks to highlight this to dramatic effect as it follows fictional schoolgirl girl Cassie Cowan, nicknamed Cow. She and her friends are involved in a horrific car crash after she loses concentration behind the wheel while texting. A four-minute taster clip of the film, generally known as COW, has been seen by millions of viewers on YouTube, and has gained global attention.

A new traffic management plan for Headford will give the residents a chance to highlight road safety concerns, ease congestion, and make footpaths more accessible to pedestrians and the disabled.

Motorists on the N9 at Powerstown are attributing a design fault to the frequency of articulated lorries turning over on the road. Another driver — the fifth this year — had a narrow escape on Tuesday morning when his timber haulage truck, transporting bark mulch, turned over on its side as he navigated the double roundabout on the stretch of road that forms the soft ending of the first section of the €216.5 million Dublin to Waterford/Carlow bypass.

A young Kilkenny man has won first place in three categories at the annual truck show held in in Naas, Co Kildare, last weekend.

The Volvo Car Corporation’s vision is to design cars that should not crash, and its aim is that by 2020 no one should be killed or injured in aVolvo.

The Land Rover Discovery 3, one of the most decorated 4x4s ever, scooped yet another accolade last week, having been voted the Best Used 4x4 by UK magazine What Car?

Land Rover is investing £700 million over the next five years to make its cars greener.

Land Rover is investing £700 million over the next five years to make its cars greener.

Carlow Town Council is reviewing plans for a roundabout at the junction of the Pollerton Road and the Hacketstown Road in an effort to properly accommodate pedestrian traffic.