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As St Patrick’s Day approaches, the Road Safety Authority is renewing its message to “Never, ever, drink and drive.” In the past 10 years a total of 34 people have been killed and 146 seriously injured on Irish roads during the St Patrick’s holiday period.

The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI), which represents some 5,000 publicans throughout the country outside of Dublin, has expressed concern at recent attacks on publicans and is urging all its members, and especially those located in rural areas, to remain vigilant. 

The people of Carnacon paid special tribute to retiring Councillors Paddy McGuinness and Johnny Mee at the Castlebar electoral area meeting held in the village last Friday night. The area meeting was moved out of the county town to pay tribute to the Carnacon ladies’ GAA team who captured their third All-Ireland senior football last year. Walter Hughes from the Carnacon Community Council welcomed the members to the village saying: “It’s a rare and unique achievement for a rural area to see All-Ireland titles come our way. We are delighted to have such an occasion to recognise the achievements and the honour the girls brought to the area.”

Leenavesta is a serenely beautiful townland nestled at the foot of the Sheaffrey Hills between the well known towns of Westport and Louisbourg. Croagh Patrick stands guard to the north and the Owenmore River threads its way though the valley as it flows down to join the Erriff. This is superb fishing country. Salmon, brown trout, and sea trout are the main quarry, but the sea angler also has Clew Bay, famous for its beauty and its international sea angling competition, within a few minutes’ drive.

The kitchen is sometimes described as the soul of the house. It is where food that nourishes the residents get cleaned, prepared, cooked, and stored.

A Dublin woman died from injuries she sustained after slipping into a ravine while climbing Mweelrea Mountain in south Mayo on Tuesday evening. The woman who was named as Margaret Sweeney (50) from Annaville Park, Dundrum, Dublin, was the mother of three grown up children.

A man who drove just 350m from the pub to his house managed to avoid a driving ban in the District Court this week (July 13) when he convinced a judge he had not been arrested in a public place, despite testing at nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol.

THE WEST of Ireland is about to become a busy place for filmmaking over the coming months so now is a good time to enrol in a Galway Film Centre course.

Moycullen have a two-week respite following their baptism into Superleague basketball.