Appeal for information on Castlebar Song Contest
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Information and data relating to the one-time hugely popular Castlebar International Song Contest are being sought as part of a plan to compile a history of the event.
Read more ...Small crowd for Jesus no-show at Knock
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Approximately 150 people turned up at Knock this week in the hope of witnessing a new miraculous apparation after self-proclaimed visionary Joe Coleman forecast another apparation, this time not of Our Lady, but Jesus Christ.
Read more ...Gruane Pet Farm Open Day
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Gruane Pet Farm, Graune, Ballyhaunis, is having an open day on Friday July 23 next. The MWR Roadcaster will be doing a live broadcast on the day and a number of special events are lined up for all the family. Go along and enjoy a great day out for young and old.
Read more ...Ballina school receives funding boost
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
St Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina is to commence construction shortly on three new mainstream classrooms, one resource room and a new toilet suite after being granted funding under the 2010 Additional Accommodation Scheme. News of the funding was confirmed by local Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State Dara Calleary.
Read more ...Suspended sentence for former HSE social worker who stole client’s cards
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A former HSE social worker who stole and used bank cards from a client’s family member was given a six months prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...€80,000 spent on homeless in county
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Eighty thousand euro is spent annually in the county dealing with homelessness, county councillors were informed during their monthly meeting on Monday.
Read more ...Festival go-er stole bottle of vodka
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
An 18-year-old Castlebar woman who came to Ballina for the festival and who stole a bottle of vodka was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...WDC important for Mayo
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
The Western Development Commission, which was established in 1998 in response to the widening gap in economic and social decline in east and west, “is now more than ever of increasing importance,” according to county manager Peter Hynes.
Read more ...Castlebar River clean-up attracting crowds
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
The commencement of dredging work in the Castlebar town river created a new spectator sport for locals this week as people stopped to stare at a number of diggers clambering up and down the main channels.
Read more ...Politicians’ three-month recess is ‘shameful’ — Ruane
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
The three-month Dáil recess at a time when unemployment is soaring has been described as shameful and completely unacceptable by a local councillor.
Read more ...Woman drove drunk with children in car
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A mother of three who was detected drink driving while she had her children in the car was disqualified from driving for two years at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...Jail for man who has four drink driving convictions in two years
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A 27-year-old Crossmolina man was disqualified from driving and sentenced to three months in prison this week, after he was convicted of drink driving for the fourth time in less than two years.
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