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A further €300,000 has been granted by the Department of Transport for flood-damaged roads in Westmeath.

of Carraroe’s new fire station took place on Tuesday .

The volunteer lifeboat crew from Lough Ree RNLI was called to assist eight people last Wednesday afternoon, May 25, after their motor cruiser ran aground on a shoal north of Inch Turk on Lough Ree.

Mayo County Council's road safety office is encouraging motorists to take part in National Slow Down Day which takes place this year between 7am today Friday May 27 and 7am on Saturday May 28. Signs will be put on display around the county with the message "Drive slow - See Our County - Drive fast - See a Summons".

The long-awaited review of the National Ambulance Service highlights significant problems with ambulance response times in Roscommon, Galway, and Mayo, according to local Minister for Communications, Denis Naughten.

A public consultation day will be held in Athlone Civic Centre from 2pm to 7.30pm on Thursday, May 26, in relation to preliminary Shannon catchment-wide options to manage flood risk including summer flooding in the Shannon Callows.

The tyres are the only parts of your vehicle that come in contact with the road yet for many of us, they are not high on the agenda when comes to our cars' safety and performance. However, making sure that your tyres are fit for purpose could be the difference in saving your life and the lives of other road users.

Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). If it is true in Britain, it is at least similar, if not worse, here in Ireland.