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A man who sexually assaulted his four young daughters in a “horror of a home” has been jailed for four and a half years. Judge Patrick McCartan said that Mayo native Bernard Cunningham (66) has never shown any remorse for subjecting his children to “unspeakable mental and physical cruelty”. Last April a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court returned unanimous guilty verdicts on eight charges of indecent and sexual assault committed between 1978 and 1992.

A Ballyhaunis man charged with the manslaughter of his infant son three years ago was released on bail, following payment of a €2,000 independent surety on Wednesday. John Tighe, with an address at Lavallyroe, Ballyhaunis, had initially appeared at Castlebar District Court on Tuesday, but was detained in Castlebar Garda Station overnight on Tuesday pending the payment and approval of the independent surety by the court.

Following an outbreak of violence on Monday morning in Ballyhaunis at the funeral of well known Traveller Martin ‘Red Breast’ McDonagh, six men from Donegal appeared at Castlebar District Court on Tuesday morning. The six men, all of whom are brothers, were released on bail to appear again before the court on July 19 for DPP directions and the possibility of further charges being brought forward.

Galwegians who have not paid the Local Property Tax are being threatened with a visit from the sheriff, the withholding of tax clearance certificates, and that money will be taken money from payments such as social welfare.

On the night of August 18, 1882, five members of one family, John Joyce, his wife Brighid, his mother Mairéad, his daughter Peigí, and his son Micheál, were murdered in Maamtrasna on the Galway/Mayo border. The motive for this multiple murder is unclear, but John was suspected of sheep stealing, his mother of being an informer, and his daughter of cavorting with the RIC who would have been the natural enemy of the locals. Two members of the family survived the horrific attack; a nine-year-old boy, Patsy, who was badly injured, and his older brother Máirtín who was working for a family in a neighbouring farm on the night.

Six men have been arrested this morning in Ballyhaunis following an number of incidents in the east Mayo town. There were up to 40 Gardai on duty in the town including members of the Armed Response Unit, while a funeral took place this morning.

Three sudden deaths that occurred in Mayo in the last week are currently under investigation. The three deaths happened in Ballina, Swinford, and Westport. On Sunday afternoon last, May 8, a fatal traffic collision took place at Ballinahaglish on the N26 Ballina to Foxford road where a male motorcyclist lost his life following a collision with a van at 3.45pm. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to Mayo University Hospital where a post-mortem was carried out. A man was arrested by gardai following the incident and questioned in Ballina Garda Station before being released without charge on Monday, with a file being prepared for the DPP.

Al Waterson claimed his seventh Rooney doubles title at the annual Ray Rooney Tournament at Galway Lawn Tennis Club recently.

Professor Mark Tushnet, a world-renowned constitutional expert from Harvard Law School, will be the keynote speaker at the seventh Annual Conference of the Irish Society of Comparative Law (ISCL). This conference, organised by the NUI Galway’s School of Law in collaboration with the Irish Centre for Human Rights, will be held from 23-24 May at Áras Moyola, NUI Galway.