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The future of two head shops in Kilkenny city remain uncertain following the introduction of new legislation banning a number of popular legal highs.

An elderly woman from Ballina was killed after a truck struck her on O’Rahilly Street, Ballina, on Tuesday morning, while a motorcylist was injured following a collision in Manulla on Tuesday afternoon.

One death is too many, a Garda spokesperson confirmed this week as Kilkenny registered its first road traffic fatality in over seven months.

An outbreak of gorse fires blazed throughout Mayo over the past number of days which led to the county’s fire services tackling extensive fires in Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, Louisburgh, Kiltimagh, and Ballinrobe. However according to a Garda spokesperson the fires were not suspicious in nature.

The Garda helicopter will travel to Galway tomorrow to participate in the search for a man who went missing in Galway last December.

Three investigations have been launched, and efforts made to put fencing around a waterlogged ditch at a temporary halting site, following an accident last weekend which has left a toddler on life support.

Gardaí have denied claims made last week that a young woman who was pulled unconscious out of the River Corrib was pushed into the dangerous waters.

A 66-year-old man died tragically last Friday evening in a farming accident in which he became entangled in machinery.

Gardaí are continuing their investigation into an alleged sexual assault that took place in a Galway town last week.

A woman was arrested yesterday after a man was found dead following what gardaí believe to be a hit and run traffic collision.