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Violence against women will be the focus of a major conference to be held by Amnesty International Ireland in NUI Galway next week.

A 30-year-old man has been sent forward for trial to the next sitting of Galway Circuit Criminal Court charged with one count of sexual assault.

A 23-year-old Newcastle man charged with being in possession of a sawn-off shotgun at a house in the west of the city last year was granted bail at Galway District Court this week.

A neighbourhood watch scheme for the town of Westport has been rolled out, with a text alert system to also be implemented in the Westport area in the coming month.

Mayo and Donegal football managers have kick-started a campaign to encourage motorists to watch their speed and be aware of driver fatigue. The football managers took time out from preparation for Sunday's big game to show their support for Mayo and Donegal county councils’ You Snooze You Lose campaign, which aims to bring down traffic speeds on our roads and make motorists aware of driver fatigue, as the big game takes place over one of the busiest bank holiday weekends on the roads.

Local road safety group Cosain is calling for the introduction of fixed speed cameras on the west side of the city after surveys showed speeding to be “out of control”, with the highest speed recorded being a taxi travelling at a shocking 94km/h in the middle of the afternoon.

The speed limit on the road from Galway Airport to Ballintemple is to be increased from 60kmph to 80kmph.

We have to be thankful for small victories when they come along these days. We have become used to the language of recession and scarcity. When we look back on the amount of money that we had to spend during the boom years it really does feel like a different country.

The speed limit on the road from Galway Airport to Ballintemple is to be increased from 60kmph to 80kmph.

We have to be thankful for small victories when they come along these days. We have become used to the language of recession and scarcity. When we look back on the amount of money that we had to spend during the boom years it really does feel like a different country.