New driver CPC — ten thousand drivers trained

Fri, May 14, 2010

CPC.ie, Ireland’s certificate of professional competence specialist, has now trained 10,000 drivers in its nationally acclaimed driver and transport management CPC courses. Kerry based CPC.ie has been delivering transport training courses for 25 years at 30 venues throughout the country.

Man whacked in face outside Supermac’s

Fri, May 14, 2010

A fisherman who struck a man in the face outside Supermac’s, Ballina, was given a suspended sentenced in relation to the matter and for a criminal damage charge at Ballina District Court this week.

Spanish holidays from sunny Knock

Fri, May 14, 2010

Holidaymakers from the west of Ireland need not worry about flight cutbacks as Ryanair this week announced a new three times weekly service from Ireland West Knock to Reus-Barcelona.

Big Brother Big Sister seeks youth mentor volunteers

Fri, May 14, 2010

Big Brother Big Sister of Ireland, a charity operated by Foróige, is inviting people to participate in its youth mentoring programme in Castlebar.

Mayo dancers help make longest Riverdance

Fri, May 14, 2010

Dancers from Mayo helped to break a new Guinness World Record last weekend when the longest ever Riverdance line-up of 392 dancers performed together. The charity event raised £10,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and will go towards training volunteer lifeboat crews in Ireland. The world record stood at 312 but 392 dancers lined the banks of the River Foyle in Derry to dance together for five minutes and smash the world record on Sunday last, it is now hoped the new record will be officially confirmed in the next few weeks.

Housing grant allocations reduced to clear backlog

Fri, May 14, 2010

The housing grant schemes introduced by the Department of Environment to codify the old emergency repair grant, disabled persons grant, and the special housing aid for the elderly in 2007 has caused such a backlog in payments and approvals that Mayo County Council is to reduce the amount of grant aid offered in an attempt to clear the backlog.

Anyone for a new dictatorship?

Fri, May 14, 2010

Looking at the Greek riots you’d wonder why there are no decent riots here in Ireland. We had the so called ‘storming of the Dáil’ earlier in the week but it was much ado about nothing. Apparently we’re a lot better off than Greece, sure aren’t we giving them a big loan. The fact that we don’t have the money ourselves and have had to borrow the money to lend it to them is only a minor detail.

Irish squad boxer in court

Fri, May 14, 2010

A boxer with the Irish squad was before Ballina District Court this week for a public order charge which arose after the 20-year-old was refused entry to a nightclub.

Man attacked car with sledgehammer

Fri, May 14, 2010

A man from Ballina who drove after a car and threw a sledgehammer at it was convicted of criminal damage and the possession of an article with intent to cause injury at Ballina District Court this week.

How low can HSE go?

Fri, May 14, 2010

Labour’s Dr Jerry Cowley has slammed proposals contained in an HSE draft document to put time restrictions on the duties being carried out by home helps.

Drop in Mayo live register figures

Fri, May 14, 2010

Last month saw the live register figures in Mayo drop by 225 from the March figures down from 13,406 to 12,821, but this still registers an increase of 1,871 from the same time last year. The figures released by the Central Statistics Office this week show that a majority of males in Mayo is still signing on with 8,536 as of last month, compared with 4,285 females.