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The Barna Road/Ballymoneen Road junction, the scene of a number of accidents, is to be made significantly safer after the Galway City Council gave the go-ahead for the installation of traffic lights.

While deaths due to road traffic accidents were at an all time low in 2012, seven more people have died on the roads in Ireland this year than during the same period last year, according to figures released by An Garda Síochána this week. That brings the total for 2013 to 118 deaths.

Castlebar and Fine Gael town councillor Ger Deere has placed a motion at the next Castlebar Town Council Meeting in respect of a section of road of the Rathbawn Road. The section of road in question is quite close to the Snugboro Junction where vehicles appear to lose control. A number of road traffic collisions have taken place at the location over the past number of months, with the most recent occurring last Friday morning.

From 7am on Friday May 31 to 7am on Saturday June 1, An Garda Síochána, along with other stakeholders, will run Operation Slow Down. The objectives of the operation are to raise awareness of the dangers of inappropriate and excessive speed, reduce the number of speed related collisions, and therefore save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.

From 7am on Friday May 31 to 7am on Saturday June 1, An Garda Síochána, along with other stakeholders, will run Operation Slow Down. The objectives of the operation are to raise awareness of the dangers of inappropriate and excessive speed, reduce the number of speed related collisions, and therefore save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.

Cllr Ken Glynn is calling on the council to carry out a road safety audit of the junction at Rathgowan Park and Rathgowan Wood, as he says residents are very concerned about their children’s safety in the area.

On Saturday May 11, a ‘Long Short Walk’ will take place in Mullingar in memory of road traffic victims.

Increased pedestrian safety and the improvement of pedestrian mobility are the main advantage of proposed works for Westport, according to town manager Martin Keating.

Gardai and the emergency services were kept busy over the past few days attending the scenes of a number of road traffic accidents, one of which resulted in the untimely death of a young Corrundulla man.

That fellow Napoleon has an awful lot to answer for. Not satisfied with conquering the whole of Europe he has left a legacy that divides us from the Continent and indeed from most of the world.