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Cong village and it’s “rapidly diminishing population” is to get another set back with the refusal by Mayo County Council of a mixed use development of commercial units and apartments.

Two men who caused severe chaos at the Accident and Emergency department of Mayo General Hospital in aggressive incidents which occurred less than a week apart— in which the men were extremely abusive, were forcefully removed by security, and caused criminal damage to the outside glass door of the department, were both jailed by Judge Mary Devins at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for this “thuggish behaviour”.

THE INIMITABLE Eamonn Morrissey makes a welcome return to the Town Hall next week with his classic one-man show The Brother, based on the writings of Flann O’Brien.

While Galway United's recent form has wavered slightly, there is no disguising that an adequate start has been made to the League of Ireland season.

“The dramatic decline recorded in overseas visitors lays bare the decimated state of our tourism industry this year. These figures compel the Government and the tourism agencies to take immediate, radical and creative action to reverse this downward trend,” so said Joe O’Brien, Chairman of Irish Hotels Federation’s Midlands Branch in response to the 18.4 per cent decline in overseas visits, during May, reported today by the CSO.

Crippling local authority rates emerged as a key issue causing severe hardship for hoteliers at a recent crisis meeting held by the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF). Westmeath members expressed outrage at the exorbitant rates imposed and demanded that, due to their inability to pay in the current climate, an emergency provision should be brought in to immediately reduce rates by 30 per cent for hotels and guesthouses. This would be in line with the recent result of the revaluation of hotels and guesthouses in the South Dublin County Council area completed by the Valuation Office.

Councillor Patsy O’Brien has voiced his opposition to recent proposals regarding dental healthcare benefits in Ireland. Among the many funding cuts put forward in the McCarthy Report, one proposal currently being considered involves the ending of the Dental Treatment Benefits Scheme, otherwise known as the PRSI scheme, for which more than two million people in Ireland are eligible every year.

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Galway was reeling last evening after a day of horror on the roads on Tuesday which saw five people die in two separate accidents in a twelve-hour period.

A bar manager was convicted and fined €750 and sentenced to a three month prison sentence suspended for a year at Claremorris District Court this week. Patrick Coleman, Oughhan, Tubbercurry, Sligo, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Tom Reidy on November 15 2008, however Judge Mary Devins found that there was no doubt in her mind following the evidence that Coleman did assault Mr Reidy.