Westport gardaí delivering ‘good work’
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Superintendent in Westport has congratulated local gardai for the “great deal of good work” they do. At this week’s meeting of Westport Joint Policing Committee, Supt. Mick Murray reported that all major criminal incidents which took place in Westport over the past year have led to convictions or cases currently being processed or pending through the courts.
Read more ...Barrett calls for clearance of NCT backlog
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Labour Party Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has called for a clearance of the log jam in the NCT waiting time. “Someone must act and address the current chaos in the National Car Testing system,” he said.
Read more ...Ballinrobe musical award celebrations
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Celebrations were ongoing in Ballinrobe this week after Ballinrobe Musical Society put in a star performance winning four awards at the HB Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS).
The society was awarded best overall show, best supporting female, best technical presentation and best stage manager awards - all for Ballinrobe Musical Society’s production of the much loved The Pirate Queen.
Read more ...Mayo Student triumphs in Digital Hub competition
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A Mayo student was celebrating this week after he and his team-mates were named overall winners in The Digital Hub’s Best in Show competition, bagging a €1,000 cash prize and work placements in one of Ireland’s leading digital media companies. Aaron Chalke from Ballintubber – who has just finished his final exams in the BSc in multimedia course at Dublin City University – entered the competition along with three of his classmates from DCU. Their team was announced as category winners in the film and video production category of the Best in Show competition last week. This meant all four students will get work placements this summer with Red Diamond Media, a digital media group based in The Digital Hub which focuses on TV, radio and web production, and digital content creation.
Read more ...West council makes case for retention of WDC
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Council for the West— a voluntary, independent, non-political lobby group — is to continue to fight for the retention of the Western Development Commission following what it termed a “positive meeting” with Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Pat Carey in Dublin this week.,
Read more ...Almost two hundred Mayo motorists scrap their old cars for new
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Nearly 200 Mayo motorists scrapped their 10-year-old cars and purchased a brand new 2010 model in the first five months of the year. The scrappage scheme was brought in by the Government to help the ailing motor industry, which had seen a number of high profile closures of dealerships and massive job losses since the economic downturn.
Read more ...Pontoon Road upgrade welcomed
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has welcomed improvement works on the Pontoon Road, however his fellow town councillor Ger Deere has called on the town council to make further improvements to another section of the Pontoon Road.
Read more ...Vintners’ federation accuses Government of destroying pub industry
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The new drink driving legislation that passed through the Dáil this week lowering the legal alcohol limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100 ml blood, to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, will kill the pub industry according to the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland.
Read more ...Man pleads not guilty to manslaughter of Mayo garda
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A Donegal man has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Swinford garda Robbie McCallion, but pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of the garda, following an incident in Letterkenny last year.
Read more ...Alcohol charity welcomes new drink driving legislation
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues, welcomed the passing of legislation this week lowering of the drink driving limit and allowing for mandatory alcohol testing in injury-related accidents.
Read more ...Fire services attend two fires on Bonfire night
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A spokesperson from the Mayo Fire Service said that Bonfire Night was “very quiet”, with the fire brigade called out to two minor bonfire incidents — one in Westport and one in Castlebar, both of which were easily dealt with.
Read more ...National broadband fund rolled out
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A new European scheme will ensure that people living and working in rural areas that have not benefited under the Government’s National Broadband Scheme will be able to get broadband connected to their homes and businesses.
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