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A Dublin mother of 17 died after drinking a toxic level of alcohol at a post-wedding day celebration.
Mary Lawrence (67), from Ardla Cottages in Skerries, Co. Dublin, was found dead in bed by her daughter on October 30 last year, a Dublin inquest heard.

Dublin Coroners Court heard her death was brought about by a combination of a toxic level of alcohol in her system and existing heart and lung problems.
[Source: Evening Herald]

FERMANAGH

Cattle rustlers have left a Roslea farmer devastated after they stole six of his livestock from a field.
Their distraught owner, Lester Downey had been away working and when he returned at around 7 p.m., he made the grim discovery that his cattle were gone.

The haul included two Limousin cows, one Charolais cow, one Hereford cow and two eight-month-old Charolais bull and heifer calves. They are thought to have been taken sometime between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Monday, August 6.
[Source: Fermanagh Herald]

GALWAY

An Garda Síochána (police) has “called time” on its lenient policing of exemptions to opening hours of the city’s late night pubs – Galway’s late bars will have to close at the legal extended time of 1 a.m. from now on, and not 2 a.m. as was widely assumed by the drinking public and practiced by publicans.

Galway Gardaí have confirmed to the Connacht Sentinel that a number of inspections have been carried out in recent weeks on city center pubs to ensure they are complying with licensing laws in relation to opening hours, and in particular late night exemptions.

A spokesperson at Galway Garda Station said that there were no prosecutions pending following the inspections carried out at night in bars and pubs in the city in the past month.
[Source: Galway Bay FM]

KERRY

The mayors of the four local authorities in Kerry – Tralee, Killarney, Listowel and the county – handed in a letter of protest yesterday to Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, over the cost of parking.

The HSE rejects claims that the charges are excessive, and says they are necessary.
The cost of parking is $15 per day.

In the letter, the four mayors said the charges were unfair on patients and people trying to visit their sick relatives at what was often a time of great stress.
[Source: Irish Times]

KILDARE

Kildare Rose Megan O’Neil is about to jet off to the U.S.A. to pursue a music career.
The 2012 Rose will head stateside in September to pursue a career in Nashville, Tennessee.

egan, from Ballymore Eustace, just completed her final year as a psychology student in UCD from where she graduated with honors. However, music has always been a passion of the 22-year-old who combined teaching piano and singing with her studies.
[Source: Kildare Nationalist]

KILKENNY

A Castlecomer woman was the key organizer of Mike Tyson’s opening night celebrations for his Broadway show “Undisputed Truth.”

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