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Fast and Furious blamed for increase in illegal driving stunts

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The latest installment of the high speed blockbuster franchise, The Fast and the Furious, has been blamed for an increasing number of illegal driving stunts by ‘boy racers’ in industrial estates and on rural raods across the county.

Murder investigation ‘very much alive’

The investigation into the shooting of Owen Maughan at a Castlebar filling station last December is still “very much alive”, according to Castlebar Superintendent Pat Diskin.

Traffic chaos in Mayo as serious accidents cause road closures

Commuter traffic between the routes of Castlebar/Westport and Balla/Claremorris was seriously compromised this week when two serious vehicular accidents on different days led to rush-hour road closures and long delays for motorists.

Child sex abuse images downloaded across Mayo

A shocking Prime Time Investigates programme this week, which provided a scandalous exposé of online criminals who share images of child rape and abuse, has identified Mayo as one of the counties where many such images are being downloaded. Entitled Evil Online the programme listed locations including Balla, Ballina, Ballinrobe, Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, Claremorris, and Westport as areas where individuals accessed such abuse images.

Superintendent urges residents to report anti-social behaviour

Castlebar Superintendent Willie Keaveney told the Castlebar joint policing committee that residents need to report incidents of anti social behaviour if they want to see action taken by the Gardaí to curb it in the town. The superintendent told a meeting on Monday: “We have been meeting with residents of the estates in relation to this issue and we have the powers under anti social behaviour laws to deal with issues, but it will mean that residents will have to come forward and provide evidence if we receive a complaint.”

Heroin user to go to jail or leave the jurisdiction

A man in his thirties who resides in Knock, but is from the UK, was sentenced to nine months in jail or told to leave Ireland in the next 30 days and not return to the jurisdiction for five years, after he was convicted for possession of heroin — which he was smoking outside a petrol station in Castlebar in the middle of the day.

 

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