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A lack of funding will see community warden patrols finish before dark on Halloween night, leaving bonfire safety to the Garda, and fire services, according to chairman of the joint policing committee, Councillor Padraig Conneely.

Remember last Christmas? Fighting traffic, stuck in shopping centre car parks? Fighting with the other harried shopper over the last bath set at the chemist on Christmas Eve? Wracking your brains trying to remember who you forgot? And then realising you forgot someone very important in the stress of it all?

Hallowe’en can be great. It’s the last holiday before the roll-out (be it premature) of everything Christmas. Not to mention we get a bank holiday, kids get a couple of days off, we all get to eat sweets, play Hallowe’en games, and everyone can dress up without being judged (mostly)!

The town of Ballinrobe, which has a long and close association with Santa Claus, has received an incredible request from the big man’s wife: help him to lose weight, or he might not be able to get down the chimneys this year.

No less a figure than Santa Claus has thrown his considerable weight behind the campaign to make Ireland’s roads safer. All primary schools students in Co Mayo and parents are asked to download a Christmas card featuring the man himself taking due care and attention before setting out on his epic annual voyage.