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It might not be what they wanted to hear, but the reality that the breadth of crime that is investigated by An Garda Siochana is far broader than what was the case decades ago, when there was a garda in every village and living above the shop — this was the message from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to concerned councillors when he visited Galway this week to address the County Council’s Joint Policing Committee.

After a weekend of carnage on our roads, the Mayo Road Safety Working together Group have issued a road safety appeal to everyone attending the Mayo Stages Rally on Sunday, March 8, in the Castlebar area saying that road safety is everyone’s responsibility and there is one essential ingredient required for everyone’s safety and that is personnel responsibility.

News that Athlone Garda Station will not be afforded new recruits to bolster policing numbers in the community is disheartening, local Councillor, Aengus O’Rourke, has claimed.

Every year there are hundreds of incursions into roadworks which put road workers lives at risk and lead to deaths and serious injury - this has spurred one local authority to act.