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At this week’s meeting of the Castlebar Joint Policing Committee Inspector Martin Byrne warned members of the public to make sure that they don’t leave valuables in their cars at night.

Local authorities in Mayo, Galway, and Sligo are working together to tackle the main causes of collisions. The message of this year's campaign is simple — Get Home Safely.

Suddenly Christmas and the festive season are upon us once again. It is a time for peace and goodwill, a break from work, time to relax with our families. We might go away and if we do, we will probably drive.

A 38-year-old man who was detected driving — while he was disqualified — twice in a space of six months, and who already has 19 road traffic convictions, was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Gardai in Castlebar have issued over 200 speeding fines on the stretch of road between the McDonalds roundabout and the Westport road roundabout in the town over the last 18 months. Inspector Martin Byrne told the meeting that the Gardai had been making efforts on the stretch over the past number of months. The issue came up after Cllr Eugene McCormack asked could the Gardai take over the monitoring of the CCTV camera at the Mayo Peace Park as part of their monitoring system in the town. The CCTV is currently being monitored by the Peace Park committee. Superintendent Willie Keaveney told the meeting that he would look into it.

Mayo's Vincent Moran failed in his bid to capture a first ever All-Ireland senior singles hardball title at Mullingar on Saturday evening but he made the eventual winner — Eoin Kennedy of Dublin — work hard for his win. Kennedy dominated from the off and took the first game surprisingly easily on a 21 aces to six scoreline. However the Ballaghaderreen man came good in the second, playing some fantastic handball, and he won it 21 aces to 12. Kennedy raced into a commanding 11 aces to one lead in the deciding third and, despite Moran's best efforts, he was unable to recover from that bad start and lost it 21 aces to 10.

A local councillor has called for more regulations to be imposed on cash for gold shops amid concerns that some of the jewellery being offered by punters may not actually belong to them.

There were no real surprises in the two provincial senior finals at Ballaghaderreen on Saturday afternoon as all-Ireland senior doubles champions Dessie Keegan and Joe McCann maintained their unbeaten run to take the provincial title at the expense of fellow club mates Vincent Moran and Campbell Brennan. The champions were in devastating form in a very one sided opener and they won it for the loss of just two aces. Moran and Brennan finally got around to playing some handball in the second and the duo, to their credit, made a real fight of it and it looked like the game could go either way at one stage. However Keegan and McCann did just enough to see off the challenge as they won the second 21 aces to 17. Marianna Rushe ran out the expected easy winner of the ladies’ senior singles final with an easy two games to nil victory over fellow St Coman’s contender Leona Doolin.

Judge Mary Devins ordered probation reports on a mother and daughter who she branded as “reckless and a menace” at Castlebar District Court this week. Sarah Spence, Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, and her daughter Harriet Higgins, also of Cosy House, Newtown, Castlebar, were both in court to face a number of public order charges. Both Spence and Higgins pleaded guilty to the charges before the court.

A 25-year-old manager of Mocha Beans, Ballina, contested a dangerous driving charge, following a road traffic accident, at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.