Cocaine found on Castlebar man

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A 21-year-old man who was found in possession of €49 worth of cocaine was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Conviction for Castlebar transport company

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

An employer of a Castlebar transport company who failed to organise his employees’ work conditions to adhere to regulations was convicted and fined €500 at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Man ‘not entitled to drive at twenty miles an hour’

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A man who drove at 20 miles an hour on the main road from Westport to Castlebar in a defective vehicle, was convicted at Castlebar District Court this week.

Visa terminated for convicted man

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A Latvian man who has previous convictions has been issued with a removal order and must leave the State by August 15, it was reported at Castlebar District Court this week.

Suspended sentence for man who assaulted publican

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

A 23-year-old man from Belcarra, Castlebar, who during a drinking binge caused havoc in the TF bar and Tolster’s bar, where he struck the bar owner on the side of the head, was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Castlebar District Court this week.

Families homes in Ballyhaunis to be ‘bulldozed to the ground’

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Eviction may be a fear facing some home-owners right now but in Ballyhaunis a worse fate awaits a number of families whose homes are set to be bulldozed to the ground by Mayo County Council.

Priest to cycle through Castlebar

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Fr Gerard Byrne from Corby in England is to cycle the 32 counties of Ireland in support of Bóthar, and he will pass through Castlebar on July 21.

TG4 series in Achill

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

The second show in TG4’s popular summer entertainment series Féilte features Achill Island on Thursday July 22 at 8.30pm.

Historical journal launch

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

The annual journal of the Westport Historical Society will be launched on Wednesday July 21 at 6pm in The Helm.

Charity cycle for homeless

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Today, Friday July 16, friends Detective Garda Fergal Flynn of Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station and Paul Kelly, prison officer at Mountjoy Prison, will set off on a charity cycle from the Capuchin Day Centre, Dublin to Belmullet. Joined by a number of colleagues, Flynn and Kelly will cycle a total of 300km to raise much needed funds for The Capuchin Day Centre.

Knit your county colours

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Age Action is urging Mayo people to cast on their county colours for a great cause. The Big Knit campaign aims to get 80,000 little woolly hats knitted by the public between now and early September.