A driver of a car was hospitalised for treatment of non-life threatening injuries following a collision with cattle in Co. Galway.

Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of the road traffic accident on the R348 road at Raford, near Athenry.

The collision occurred shortly after 6:00p.m yesterday (Monday, November 9).

Gardaí confirmed that the collision involved a car and cattle.

The driver of the car, a man in his 40s, was brought by ambulance to hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, gardaí said.

Shed theft in Galway

Separately in Co. Galway, gardaí are understood to be seeking information in relation to a theft from a shed in a rural area of the county.

A number of items were stolen, including a cattle clippers and a power washer.

An adjacent home was also burgled.

The incident is understood to have occurred in the area of Laurencetown, a village in the east of the county on the main road between Portumna and Ballinasloe, on October 22.

The theft is understood to have occurred sometime between approximately 3:30p.m and 7:00p.m that day.

The homeowner had been away, and a family member had visited the property at around 3:30p.m.

Agriland understands that, on returning to the property later in the evening, the family member discovered that the door to the house had been forced and the property ransacked.

The thief or thieves also gained entry to an adjacent shed, from which a number of items were also stolen, including the cattle clippers and the power washer.

It is understood that the family member who visited the house had been keeping some of his own equipment in the shed, and that some of his property were among the stolen items.

It is understood that gardaí at Portumna Garda Station took charge of the inquiry, and were seeking any information on the incident.