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Transport 2008, which is a CSO thematic publication, bringing together a wide range of transport statistics mostly relating to data compiled from 2008, was published this Tuesday, which showed that more males in Mayo in comparison to females possess full driving licenses and are also the gender which obtained the most penalty points in the county in 2008 in speeding, driving without a safety belt and driving while holding a mobile phone.

A 21-year-old man who stole a mobile phone from the bag of a woman in a Castlebar nightclub was convicted of theft at Castlebar District Court this week.

A mother and son in Kinnegad have been convicted of public order offences relating to an incident during which gardaí were threatened and allegedly reported for trying to kill someone.

An 18-year-old man who stole a mobile phone and then made the injured party withdraw €700 from various ATMs in order get the phone back, was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday where he was sentenced to St Patrick’s Institution for theft. The Ballina man was also jailed for using counterfeit notes.

While much of east Galway is suffering from the effects of last week’s flooding, the danger is by no means over yet as the heavy rains are set to continue and there are concerns over high tides and rising river levels.

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A Kinvara-based entrepreneur with a fresh approach to the Recession has been unveiled as the Galway winner of this year’s Impact Media Elevate Award.

Members of Mayo County Councils Joint Policing Committee this week proposed to contact the Minister of Justice to condemn the “revolving door system of prisons” as prison sentences are not a “deterrent” and gardaí are frustrated that “criminals can act without impunity”.

Galway Mountain Rescue team leader Ronan Concannon and team PRO John Bourke would like to thank the people of Galway for their generosity in contributing to the team’s annual bucket collection held recently. The annual bucket collection is an extremely important fundraising activity for the organisation, and is used to replace rescue equipment, first aid materials, and to operate vehicles.

A man who landed a helicopter on the roof of an Athlone shopping centre in 2007 after flying just 22 kms to collect a set of keys, was fined €5,000 in the District Court this week (December 14).