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A man who was discovered drunkenly slumped over the wheel of his car was given a 10-year driving disqualification at Ballina District Court this week by Judge William Hamill.

The HSE West has overspent by €34.6 million in the first four months of the year and this debt could reach €100 million by December, a meeting of the HSE West Forum was warned this week.

A member of the HSE West’s regional health forum warned this week that the health authority could be €100 million over budget by the end of the year.

Married and engaged couples are being reminded to make sure that their engagement rings are adequately insured under their home contents policies.

As two Claregalway families bring a petition to the European Parliament over the lack of flood prevention in the area and compensation to help them with their financial burden following the flooding crisis of 2009, the Irish Insurance Federation has called on local authorities to stop the practise of granting planning permission on flood plain areas.

“If you have been injured, through no fault of your own, in for example, a car, motor bike crash or if you were injured at work or in a public place or injured through medical negligence, then you may have a legal entitlement to compensation” says Galway-based solicitor Brendan Burke. The following points may be useful:

A Tuam man who crashed into a wall and removed the number plates of the vehicle which he abandoned and then fled the scene was fined €900 and disqualified for a year when he appeared at Galway District Court on Monday.

“The first time I could say that it affected my life was when I was 30 years old. We were married, we had two children at that stage. I was working with an insurance company and had done very well for the first 10 years I was there. I had been given the job as an area manager and we moved to Sligo. I was only there a short time and I started feeling unwell.

In the different Ireland in which we all grew up, several pillars of the community were held in the greatest of esteem. We scampered when the garda approached, doffed our caps when we dared to address the parish priest, and adopted the grateful approach when meeting the local bank manager or insurance salesman.

With 10 minutes to get to the NCT centre a young man, doing a favour for his aunt, rushed down a road during bad conditions overtaking numerous cars, including one driven by a garda, before being stopped by waiting officers, the Galway District Court heard.