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Philip Rice, Instructor and Managing Director of Advance Drive School of Motoring in Salthill, Galway has won the prestigious Leading Lights in Road Safety Award for Approved Driving Instructor of the Year 2014 for the Truck Category.

Morgue workers are not usually thrust into the spotlight, but there are two in Mayo who are gaining national exposure in their aim to save lives with a chilling road safety message.

The long-awaited N59 Maam Cross to Oughterard road improvement project is to be progressed under the National Road Authority (NRA) Minor Works Scheme for 2015, details of which were announced last evening.

The Road Safety Authority this week announced the call for nominations for its annual Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards.

There has been an alarming increase in the number of child, cyclist, and pedestrian casualties on Irish roads, according to a review of Ireland’s road safety performance in the first seven months of 2014, published by the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána.

Thirteen children were killed or seriously injured on Mayo’s roads over a six-year period from 2006 to 2012.

A number of new of penalty point offences came into effect on August 1.

A number of new penalty point offences came into effect on August 1. Penalty points for speeding, holding a mobile phone while driving and not wearing a seat belt or not using child restraints have increased from two points to three, provided the fixed charge is paid within the stipulated period. For those who do not pay the fixed charge and are subsequently convicted in court, the points have increase from four to five.

From the World Cup-winning German football team, to Barack Obama, to the Pope, nearly everyone it seems has been caught up in the incredible rise of the ‘selfie’ - self-portraits snapped from smartphones.