Game set and match at mock wedding

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

A very eventful wedding took place at Castlebar Tennis Club on February 19 where two distinguished tennis players came together to tie the knot.

Castlebar Town Council to spend more than €200,000 on roadworks this year

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

Castlebar Town Council has allocated €216,000 to be spend on the roadworks programme in the town this year. The programme was down for approval at the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week.

When the item came up it was proposed by Fianna Fáil councillor Blackie Gavin and seconded by Independent councillor Frank Durcan. However, Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston raised the issue of postponing the adoption of the scheme until there was some work done on the old Moneen Road, which goes from the NCF stores down to the link on to the N5. “I’d like the town engineer or anyone to take a walk down that road and see what it’s like,” she said. “There is an estimate of €25,000 for carrying out the work and there is €16,000 allocated for it in the budget. The road is in a terrible state, and we need to do it.” Cllr Frank Durcan told the meeting that, “we need to get on with the work because we are coming into fine weather and we can’t waste another month.”

Five years off the road for man caught driving while banned

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

A Claremorris man was given a five year disqualification from driving after being convicted for driving while disqualified in Claremorris District Court, sitting in Kiltimagh this week.

Teacher convicted of drink driving

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

A teacher was disqualified from driving for three years at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court after he pleaded guilty to drink driving.

Heston questions length of time Newtown traffic lights were out

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

At the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week, Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston raised the issue of why the traffic lights in Newtown were out of order for so long. Cllr Heston told the meeting: “It is an important issue, I know it’s a county council matter, but the lights were left out of order for a very long time and there were a number of accidents there. There should have been a member of the Gardaí or a traffic warden placed at the lights because it was very dangerous.” Cllr Heston said that she had been in contact with the gardaí about the issue and was told that it was a matter of resources that they couldn not post someone there all the time, while the council said it was a similar issue for them.

€40,000 for Claremorris Golf Club entrance

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

A sum of €40,000 has been allocated from Mayo County Council’s Low Cost Safety Fund for improvement works at the entrance junction to Claremorris Golf Club. The works will help to alleviate what has been described as the “dangerous situation that exists there for many years”.

Gardaí commend locals as search of River Moy continues

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

A full scale search and rescue operation is continuing in Ballina for a man who was seen in difficulty in the River Moy at around 6.30am last Sunday morning.

As the search operation enters its sixth day, hopes of finding the man alive have faded.

Kenny answering ‘Ireland’s call’

Fri, Mar 11, 2011

“Honesty is not just our best policy, it is our only policy” — poignant words echoed by the new Taoiseach of the country, Enda Kenny, as he made his acceptance speech at the first session of the 31st Dáil.

IWA in Ballina

Fri, Mar 11, 2011

The Irish Wheelchair Association in conjunction with Ballina Family Resource Centre is operating a new day service in Ballina Family Resource Centre every Thursday from noon to 4pm.

Parenting alone

Fri, Mar 11, 2011

Ballina Family Resource Centre will be running a six-week programme for parents who are parenting alone. This programme will be held on Wednesday mornings 10am to 12 noon.

Community orchard for Castlebar

Fri, Mar 11, 2011

Are you interested in playing your part in Castlebar’s first community orchard? If so, why not go along to Lough Lannagh tomorrow (Saturday) and be part of a team of volunteers planting fruit and nut trees at Lough Lannagh as part of a new dynamic project.