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Mayo County Council is to proceed with the twinning of Ballinrobe and Luzinay, France, after moves to formalise the ties between both towns was supported by all the members of the Claremorris Electoral Area (which covers Ballinrobe) this week.

Local man Eddie Sheehan has made history by becoming the first man from Western Europe to win a gold medal in Russia in the sport of kettlebell lifting.

Ireland has made remarkable road safety progress over the last decade, and is now the sixth safest country out of 27 EU member states.

Fine Gael Cllr John Cribben took over the chairmanship of the Claremorris Electoral Area Committee this week for the upcoming year. The Ballyhaunis councillor took over from Cllr Patsy O’Brien who said while he enjoyed chairing the meetings he was looking forward to getting back to just being a councillor at the meetings and not having to be as restrained as he was in the chair when addressing issues.

Ireland has made remarkable road safety progress over the last decade and is now the sixth safest country out of 27 EU member states.

A garda was congratulated by both the judge and his inspector for his “professionalism and diligence” when the four-man burglary gang he apprehended on a roadside, in the early hours, on his own, was jailed for between four and seven months apiece in the District Court this week (May 27).

A married father of two from Lithuania was sentenced to five months in prison this week after he was convicted of road traffic offences.

Loreto Secondary School Kilkenny are the winners of the fifth annual Model EU Council which took place on March 11 in Dublin Castle. Secondary school students from across Ireland role-played as European politicians in a debate on a mock EU directive as Enda Kenny joined EU officials in Brussels this week.

Classic Tennessee Williams play comes to Castlebar

Three Lithuanian men have had five-year sentences for robbery suspended on condition they go home and don’t return to Ireland for 10 years.