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Petrol was strictly rationed during the Emergency too, with the lion’s share being reserved for vital public transport.

Less than 36 hours after they ram-raided a Mullingar pharmacy, three men found themselves on the way to prison, convicted of burglary.

A woman who tested positive for cannabis and opiates after being stopped on suspicion of drug driving had her charge dismissed in court this week (October 5) after the judge ruled gardai had not proven her inability to drive as required by the law.

A Mullingar man who drove through a stop sign and hit a timber fence while drunk has lost his driver’s licence for two years.

A 19-year-old man who drove up the wrong side of the road before going around a junction, still on the wrong side, in Ballyhaunis was convicted of dangerous driving in Ballyhaunis District Court this week. Prior to convicting Trevor Boyle, Larganboy, Ballyhaunis, Judge Mary Devins told the court, “I’m fascinated, I don’t think he realises what he did was dangerous driving”.

A man who refused to pay a taxi fare and then held a shotgun to the neck of the taxi driver and threatened to kill him, after the driver went to his house to look for the fare, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Mercedes-Benz main dealer Joe Higgins from Cunningham Higgins, Ballybrit, is pictured here with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class coupé which has just been launched on the Irish market.

A mushroom factory worker who, when overtaking a car on a bend in snowy conditions, hit the side of it, causing damage, was disqualified for dangerous driving at Belmullet District Court on Wednesday.

Mercedes-Benz main dealer Michael Moore Jnr, Michael Moore Car Sales, Athlone is pictured here with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé which has just been launched on the Irish market.

The new Land Rover Discovery 4 has taken home two accolades at the Caravan Club's Towcar of the Year Awards 2010, which took place at the Royal Automobile Club in London recently. These are the first awarded to the new Discovery 4, which went on sale in UK dealerships this month.