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The 2011 McWilliam Park Hotel Mayo Stages Rally is to become the first event to feature under a major new partnership initiative between the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Motorsport Ireland (MI).

Key health issues that are affecting teenagers in communities across Ireland are to be addressed at a conference the No Name Club, a leading national youth organisation, is holding in Tipperary on February 19.

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West has expressed his concern at the sharp increase in road deaths over the month of January 2011 compared to the same month last year.

With parts of the country experiencing heavy snow fall and sub zero temperatures affecting all areas, the RSA, is urging drivers intending to travel home for Christmas to consider using public transport, driving in daylight and car pooling in order to get home safely.

A total of 42 pedestrians were killed on Irish roads up to the end of November 2010, which compares to 36 for the same period in 2009. Both the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána are now urging pedestrians to take extra care on the roads as these road collision figures show an increase of 16 per cent more people have been killed while walking in 2010.

The topical matter of road safety will be be the subject of debate on the Saturday Forum programme on CRC 102.9fm this weekend from 11.30am when presenter Stephen Burns will talk with guests Noel Brett, chief executive, Road Safety Authority, Sergeant Donie Duignan, Garda Traffic Corps, and Noel Gibbons, road safety officer, Mayo County Council.

Gardai and the Road Safety Authority along with AA Roadwatch are stepping up their life-saving campaigns this weekend in a bid to halt the trend of deaths on the country’s roads during Bank Holiday breaks. In a concerted effort between the parties to ensure it is a weekend to remember for all the right reasons, pedestrians and cyclists using roads around Mayo are also to be issued with complimentary high-visibility vests by gardai who are to carry a supply in their vehicles.

More than 100 teenagers from the west and northwest came together in Castlebar over the weekend for an event that incorporated health workshops, a road safety presentation, cooking, and a disco.

The RSA has given an update on the measures outlined in the Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012 to enhance the way in which drivers are trained, tested, and licensed in Ireland.

As parents and children around the country prepare for the start of the school year, the Road Safety Authority and ESB have announced the distribution of 80,000 high visibility vests to every child starting school this September.