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Parents in Westmeath are being urged to have their child’s car seat checked, as research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) indicates that as many as four out of five child car seats are incorrectly fitted.

Gardaí from Claremorris are appealing for witnesses to a single vehicle fatal traffic collision. At approximately 8am a 35-year-old male died when his car left the road on the R327 near Cloonfad and entered the Dalgan River. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has since been removed to Mayo University Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

DEAN STRANG, the Wisconsin attorney who was one of the trial lawyers for Steven Avery in Making A Murderer, the Netflix documentary which has become an international phenomenon, will be in Galway in the autumn where he will give a public interview.

Home Rule was once the goal of Irish nationalism, but continual opposition from the House of Lords and the threat of violence from Ulster unionists dogged and delayed its achievement.

A conference on surrogacy will be hosted by the School of Law on Saturday at Aras Moyola, NUI Galway.

From the long Saturday night, and into the long Sunday of in the Galway West count, in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway, here are the results, count by count.

The primary duty of any government is to keep its people safe, yet, at present, many Irish citizens are living in fear as serious violence escalates across the country says Renua candidate for Mayo Michael Farrington. The candidate for next weeks election said that "The front pages of our newspapers are dominated by graphic images of violent and deadly crimes and, more recently, the funerals of some major Irish criminals, who believe that murder is an acceptable way to end a dispute. It is somewhat ironic that these criminals have no respect for the laws of this country and, no respect for the lives of the many innocent people their behaviour puts at risk, and yet they will have no trouble hiding behind our laws, demanding its protection and “their rights”.The attitude of the late Coalition towards criminality has been characterised by inactivity and apathy."

BY DECLAN VARLEY

Mayo recorded the larges drop in burglaries in the country between 2008 and 2015 it was revealed. In the seven year period the number of burglaries in the county dropped from 468 to 306 according to the Central Statistics Office, the Chief Superintendent of the Mayo Division told the elected members of Mayo County Council at their February meeting.

The body of a woman was found in Merlin Woods yesterday afternoon during a search for missing woman Mags Berry. Friends had been frantically searching for Ms Berry since her disappearance last week. The 35-year old left Grattan Court in Salthill at 4pm on Wednesday February 3 and travelled to Renmore, but had not been seen since.