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The harsh reality of the current economic climate was played out in public last Monday night in Castlebar as a number of car transporter trucks rolled into Casey’s Castlebar to load up cars to be taken away by creditors of the now-closed car dealership. Earlier that evening staff had been informed of the closure of the business following the decision by creditors to seek the High Court appointment of a provisional liquidator for the business, which had premises in Ballina and Castlebar as well as a car rental business at Ireland Airport West Knock.

A Tipperary woman whose daughter was awarded €4.5m for brain injuries suffered at birth, has settled a second action taken on her own behalf against the HSE and St Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny.

A Ballybane man charged with allegedly discharging a firearm, and being in possession of ammunition and a sawn-off shotgun with intent to endanger life, has been refused bail because of “grave concerns” that there would be interference with witnesses.

Municipal waste services in Athlone will cease before the end of the year after the Town Council followed the county’s lead at this month’s meeting (November 2), and conceded its inability to commercially compete with the eight private companies operating in the county.

A solicitor from Ballinrobe, who is facing an application to suspend him over lack of insurance for his practise and other issues, has agreed not to attend his office or to practise for the next week pending his case returning to the High Court, The Irish Times reported this week.

A meeting takes place in Brussels next week to find a way to avoid conflict between the EU Environment Commission, the Irish courts, and local and national Government over the future of the controversial Galway City Outer Bypass.

Hatchet horror in Heatons

Hatchet horror in Heatons

A 34-year-old bakery worker from Ballina has claimed before the High Court that his arm was broken when gardaí used excessive force to arrest and handcuff him. The incident happened during a disturbance outside a nightclub in which, he alleges, he was not involved, the Irish Times reported this week.

The Lynch Hotel Group, one of Ireland’s largest hotel operators which includes in its hotel portfolio Breaffy House Resort, emerged from its examinership process this week.