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A tractor driver from Castlebar has been banned from driving and fined €300 after he caused a seven-mile tailback on the Westport Road last June.

Hefty speeding fines were handed down by Judge John Coughlan at Wednesday’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

One Graiguenamanagh man’s enthralling journey has taken him from the pristine greens of Mount Juliet to the well-groomed pitches of South Africa’s world cup stadia, via the hallowed turf of Croke Park.

A man who was summonsed to court for not having tax, insurance or a driving licence, nor having front or rear licence plates was convicted and fined a total of €700 at Ballinrobe District Court on Tuesday.

A Newport man on his way home from the mart, who according to Judge Mary Devins was only concerned with his own business on the roads rather than anybody else’s, was disqualified from driving after he caused a tail back of up to 20 cars behind the tractor he was driving.

Good manners might seem old fashioned to some but they cost nothing and show you have an air of grace. However, good manners seem to be lost on many of this county’s drivers.