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A Mayo man, who repeatedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy, broke down and told gardaí that he had been sexually abused himself as a child, The Central Criminal Court has heard.

Garda Commissioner Noirín O’Sullivan is to deliver a talk in Turlough on the role women have played as members of An Garda Síochána since 1959.

This Sunday November 16, the victims of road collisions will be remembered on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

THESE DAYS, if an aspiring author is a good editor of his/her own work, and has a talent for self-promotion, it is possible to flog as many copies of a self-published effort – with a little help from Amazon – as the average first book of literary fiction from a mainstream publisher would sell the traditional way.

Mayo TD Michael Ring has welcomed the provisions in the Budget dealing with the Department of Justice, which will allow Garda recruitment to begin again next year, and for the purchase of hundreds of new Garda cars.

A Ballina man who denied obstructing a garda during an arrest had his case dismissed at Ballina District Court this week.

Since the Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012 was introduced in 2007, road deaths have dropped by 50 per cent. When compared to the year before the introduction of the first ever road safety strategy in 1998, deaths have fallen by 59 per cent.

A 25-year-old man charged in relation to an arson attack on a garda station last weekend was refused bail and remanded into further custody to appear again at Harristown District Court today (Friday).

The Road Safety Authority, Mayo County Council, members of An Garda Síochána, the Emergency Services, and PARC Road Safety Group are asking people in Mayo to remember the victims of road collisions on World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday November 20.

A woman who under the influence of alcohol and antibiotics, whacked a garda around the head as he tried to arrest another person, was convicted of assault at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.