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The colourful look back on the year of sport in Galway by Ralph O'Gorman has become an iconic part of the New Year's reflection on the event on and off the field and tracks over the past twelve months. Enjoy.

Senator Michelle Mulherin this week at the Mayo Joint Policing Committee's quarterly meeting which was held in Ireland West Airport Knock expressed her concern about the lack of a sniffer dog to detect drugs on incoming flights at the airport. She criticised the Revenue Commissioners for the removal of a sniffer dog that had been previously at the airport. She was also critical that the Revenue Commissioners did not send a representative to the meeting to discuss the dog's removal.

The tight-knit community of Irishtown was stunned and saddened this week by the discovery of the bodies of a well known local couple Kitty Fitzgerald and her husband Tom at their home in Knockadoon, about 1km from Irishtown village close to the Galway border. Their bodies were found on Tuesday afternoon shortly after 3pm, with Kitty's body found inside the house and Tom's body outside the home. Their son, who was also at the scene, was brought to University College Hospital Galway before being transferred to the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin for treatment to serious injuries.

A plan to beef up the visibility of gardai in rural areas that was trialled in the Belmullet area is being currently rolled out across the county. Chief Superintendent Pat Diskin told the members of Mayo County Council this week about the project that was first carried out in the Belmullet area and how it would now be spread out across the county.

The number of detections made by gardai in Mayo in relation to drug cultivation increased by two last year compared to the previous 12 months it was revealed this week. There were 12 detections of drug cultivation in 2015 compared to 10 in 2014 the Chief Superintendent of the Mayo Division, Pat Diskin told the elected members of Mayo County Council this week. He also told the members that the number of simple possession detections had dropped from 109 in 2014 to 105 in 2015.

Gardai in Mayo have recently recovered €30,000 of farm machinery in an operation in the county.

The number of detections made by gardai in Mayo in relation to drug cultivation increased by two last year compared to the previous 12 months it was revealed this week. There were 12 detections of drug cultivation in 2015 compared to 10 in 2014 the Chief Superintendent of the Mayo Division, Pat Diskin told the elected members of Mayo County Council this week. He also told the members that the number of simple possession detections had dropped from 109 in 2014 to 105 in 2015.