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With thousands of accidents caused every year by tired drivers falling asleep at the wheel, Ford's new driver alert safety system could prove to be a genuine life-saver.

A meeting between the Galway City Council and Dominick Street businesses is vital to allay concerns over road closures during work to connect the area to the city’s main sewage discharge pipes.

The people of Claremorris are up in arms about damage that has been caused to the local playground at Lower James Street, Rooskeybeg and the local council engineer has condemned the act.

Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) will play its part in supporting the continued development of the region, according to Michael Carmody who recently took up his new position as the GMIT president.

A three-person Private Residential Tenancies Board tribunal this week heard a case between Westport based auctioneer Olivia Needham and a former tenant, Joseph Sweeney from Castlebar. After a day of evidence and questioning the tribunal, chaired by John Tiernan, closed to consider their findings. Mr Sweeney was the appellant in the case against Ms Needham in relation to a number of incidents that occurred at a property he had rented from her at No 15 The Post-box, Knockthomas.

US President, Barack Obama, has been formally invited to visit Callan where he is being encouraged to view various landmarks, chief among them the homestead of James Hoban, the architect who designed the White House.

Castlebar Town Council has allocated €216,000 to be spend on the roadworks programme in the town this year. The programme was down for approval at the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week.

Fine Gael Ballina Town councillor Mark Winters demanded answers why a motion he submitted to the town council to change the standing orders of the meetings to include an item called either engineers report or questions was ruled not valid by the council.

Westport area councillors noted their dismay at the state of roads in the area following the extreme cold weather.

Despite ending their contract with Airtricity in December, Athlone Town Council has moved to reassure members of the public that any public lighting which is not working will be fixed as soon as possible. Repairs to lighting are currently being undertaken on “an ad hoc basis” by local contractors, it emerged this week.