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Council is rubbished by judge
Athlone Town Council got a second judicial ear-bashing this week (September 4) when it failed in its attempt to prosecute a seven-year-old child for littering after her dental appointment card was found on the street.
Castlebar Town Council withdraws part of McHale Park planning permission
Castlebar Town Council withdrew part of the planning permission for McHale Park at its monthly meeting last Thursday. The meeting, which was attended by a large number of the residents of McHale Road, but not by members of the Mayo County Board, saw a motion put forward by independent councillor Frank Durcan and seconded by fellow independent councillor and Mayor of the town Michael Kilcoyne passed by six votes to three in the chamber.
Westport Town Council briefs
Councillor Myles Staunton, Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, put forward a proposal at last week’s meeting that any conferences which councillors attend must be relevant; that a summary report of what councillors attended is given; that a catalogue of conference information is available to the public; and each councillor will be given €2,000 to attend conferences during the year.
Castlebar Tidy Towns presentation night
Local businesses, sporting organisations, clubs, estates and schools in Castlebar will be awarded their Tidy Towns prizes at a special presentation night in the TF Royal Hotel on Friday November 6 at 8pm.
Private sector to take over Athlone’s rubbish collection
Municipal waste services in Athlone will cease before the end of the year after the Town Council followed the county’s lead at this month’s meeting (November 2), and conceded its inability to commercially compete with the eight private companies operating in the county.
Westport Town Council briefs
Local groups benefit from grants
Westport Town Council briefs
Leisure centre in Westport needs to be supported
Ballina mayor appointed to RAPID implementation team as programme gets funding boost
Ballina will get a €250,000 boost for RAPID prorgrammes following an annoucement this week by Minister for Community, Rural and Gaelacht affairs Éamon Ó Cuív. The funding is Ballina’s share in one-off funding announced for the five new towns which were given RAPID status this year. The towns will share in €1.25 million from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The funding will be drawn down over two years and will be used for stand alone projects such as playgrounds, improving disabled and community facilities, and enducation and environmental improvments.
Ballina councillors strike rate at first attempt
A lot of behind the scenes work among the elected members of Ballina Town Council over the past week saw the elected members and the Town Council management agree to a tiny reduction in the rate for 2010 at the annual budget meeting which was held in Ballina on Tuesday night.
Town council fights back against IBAL litter criticism
In a week in which Athlone just managed to scrape into the top 30 in the Irish Businesses Against Litter (IBAL) survey, the town council was serendipitously proactive at its first monthly meeting this week by adopting the latest draft litter management plan.