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From May 1 learner drivers paying for driving lessons should only use an approved driving instructor who registered with the Road Safety Authority.

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”.

A 20-year-old man who pleaded guilty to careless driving and driving while using a mobile phone was handed a €200 fine in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

From the beginning of this month learner drivers paying for driving lessons should only use a full permit holding approved driving Instructor registered with the Road Safety Authority.

A dangerous driver was travelling a such high speeds on a carriageway that a garda patrol car sruggled to keep up with it, the Galway District Court heard this week.

Fine Gael’s Cllr John Naughten has this week called for repairs to be carried out as a matter of urgency on the traffic lights at St Coman’s Park and Oakdale in Monksland.

A careless driver, who during a lapse of concentration knocked down a traffic warden, was fined €500 at Galway District Court last Monday.

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.

The Westport town councillors were informed by the town architect, Simon Wall, about proposed environmental improvement works to Mill Street and Upper Fairgreen at their monthly meeting last week.

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.