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A 24-year-old man who had to slam on his breaks to avoid his tractor and trailer colliding with an oncoming car received a €150 fine at Kilkenny District Court on Monday.

A Newport man on his way home from the mart, who according to Judge Mary Devins was only concerned with his own business on the roads rather than anybody else’s, was disqualified from driving after he caused a tail back of up to 20 cars behind the tractor he was driving.

Judge Olive Buttimer told a Castlecomer farmer suffering from a “persecution disorder” that stealing tractors was mean, at this month’s sitting of Kilkenny Circuit Court.

The Western Vintage Tractor and Engine Club will hold its 18th annual vintage rally on Sunday, July 5, on the grounds of the Country Club at Hollybrook, Hollymount.

Good manners might seem old fashioned to some but they cost nothing and show you have an air of grace. However, good manners seem to be lost on many of this county’s drivers.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) are urging road users to take extra care as the number of tractors, trailers and other farm machinery using the roads increases over the summer months.

A farmer from The Neale, who made an error of judgment while turning right, causing an accident, was convicted and fined at Ballinrobe District Court last week.

The AA reported very severe traffic disruption in Kilkenny on Monday last following the protest carried out by Kilkenny farmers about recent cuts to their income.

A Ballinasloe man has been charged by the PSNI in relation to the theft of €40,000 worth of steel crash barriers from a N6 construction site.