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Gardaí are understood to have spoken to a number of witnesses following the fatal collision on Seamus Quirke Road in the early hours of Saturday.

Mayo County Council in association with AXA Insurance is issuing an invitation to the public to attend at the AXA/Mayo Road Safety Roadshow on February 9 2012 at the TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar.

With the motorsport year drawing to a close, members of Mayo and District Motorsport Club gathered at the Gateway Hotel in Swinford on Friday last to commemorate another successful year, and to present club members with awards for their achievements throughout the season.

Foxford’s James McGreal returned to winning form at Harrington’s Quarry in the third round of the Mayo and District Motorsport Club loose surface autocross. It was the penultimate round of the 2009 championship, when McGreal last won. Since then he has been pipped to the post by Eamon Mimnagh twice and Mark Donnelly once but there was nothing that Mimnagh could do to reel in the Mayo man. McGreal took the event by a convincing two second margin to his nearest rival. That rival was Damian O'Hagan from Omagh in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6. O’Hagan set consistent second fastest times all day, netting him second place overall. Next up was Andrew Mackarel in his older Mitsubishi Evo 5 gaining the last place on the podium by a scant 0.6 of a second from Mimnagh.

Many students across the country have sat the last of their Leaving Certificate examinations in recent days, and a night of celebration is likely to follow. Against this background, the Road Safety Authority (RSA), Alcohol Action Ireland, and Youth Work Ireland are urging parents and their young drivers to have a ‘Safer Driving Agreement’ in place if those celebrations include travel by car.

With a number of students across the country finishing off their Leaving Certificate examinations, a night of celebration is likely to follow.

Mayo and District Motorsport Club member Aaron MacHale finished in a strong third overall on the Safety First Galway International Rally at the weekend. The Ford Focus WRC driver overcame a puncture early in the event to overhaul the Mitsubishi of Alistair Fisher for the final podium position on the last stage.

A 22-year-old father of an eight-month-old who went on a high-speed motorcycle chase through two counties was handed three concurrent five-month sentences at Carlow District Court this week.

A 22-year-old father of an eight-month-old who went on a high-speed motorcycle chase through two counties was handed three concurrent five-month sentences at Carlow District Court this week.