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A 38-year-old local man appeard in court this week in relation to a robbery at a bookmakers in Baylough last weekend.

With Cheltenham only days away, eager punters will be gathering their tips, guarding them as if they were pure gold while pondering the usual each-way forecast, or place it-on-the-nose dilemmas, and with questions like those to consider what better place to have the craic, get a few wins in, and truely enjoy this great horse-racing festival than at Brian Fahy Bookmakers.

A three-year jail sentence was handed down at Galway Circuit Criminal Court this week to a man who terrified a city centre bookies’ clerk during a robbery in which he stole up to €800 in cash and brandished a scissor blade.

The Celtic Bookmakers betting shop on the Castlecomer Road has become one of 16 casualties of the recession, shutting its doors for business this week.

John Mulholland has opened a book on candidates’ chances in the upcoming General Election, with Minister Éamon Ó Cuív the odds-on favourite to retain his seat in the poll.

Many businesses in Mayo are expected to close down or cease trading over the coming weeks following the poor Christmas trading period which some had hoped would throw a commercial lifeline to take them through 2011. Those most likely to be affected are operators in the hospitality sector including pubs, hotels and restaurants, which are not applying for renewals of property leases and pub licences.

Bet Settler, the debut iPhone application release from Athlone-based company Moonswing, has been named App of the Week on the website of Business Traveller - the world's leading magazine for the frequent business traveller.

Westmeath’s bookmakers are fearful for the future of their businesses following the doubling of betting duty announced in this week’s Budget, with a number fearing they may have to let staff go.

Members of Ballina Town Council this week tried to block the opening of a new bookmakers in the town as they agreed the new development plan for the town.

Two men who robbed nearly €2,000 from punters at a number of bookies were brought before Galway District Court last Monday.