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A 19-year-old man who, while on his way to Westport to celebrate Reek Sunday drove in an “intentional reckless, dangerous manner”, was before Judge Aeneas McCarthy at Ballina District Court on Wednesday.

With the Galway Racing Festival soon to get under way Galway gardai have devised a strategic traffic plan to ease traffic congestion, and to direct festival goers to the racecourse as smoothly as possible. Access to the racecourse will be possible through three entrances, there will also be temporary road closures during Race Week. Traffic measure will be in place throughout the week long festival from Monday July 26 to Sunday August 1.

A man who drove around a roundabout the wrong way was before Castlebar District Court this week on a dangerous driving charge.

There were dramatic scenes on the Castlecomer Road this week when a large lorry toppled over on the road leaving the driver and other road users aghast at the scene.

Proper and distinctive markings have been placed on the footpaths and cycle lanes from the Browne Roundabout at Corrib Park to the Morris Roundabout at the Tuam Road.

A collision between two cars on the Garrycastle interchange, in which one person was injured, has led to renewed calls for the dangerous junction to be upgraded.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane, who tabled a motion at the monthly Castlebar Town Council meeting last week calling on Mayo County Council to revert to standard road markings at roundabouts in the Castlebar, has welcomed an agreement from the town manager to erect signage on the approach to roundabouts.

A professional bus driver was disqualified for six months at Ballina District Court this week for carelessly driving his motorbike, after gardaí observed him driving around a roundabout anti-clockwise.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane has described the road markings at the roundabouts in Castlebar as a fiasco. She is calling on the National Roads Authority and Mayo County Council to revert to standard road markings for roundabout layouts in the town of Castlebar and will be putting this motion before the members of Castlebar Town Council at next Thursday’s monthly meeting. She is hopeful of their full support.  

Having community wardens or gardaí out each day at peak traffic hours trying to stop rat running is impractical. Instead a permanent barrier at the Renmore Park junction is what is needed.