Major improvement for Westport to Mulranny road

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

A major improvement scheme to the Westport to Mulranny road was discussed at the Belmullet Electoral Area committee this week.

Castlebar town centre works set for a sprint

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

Castlebar town manager Seamus Granahan told the Mayo Advertiser this week that while works were slow on the refurbishment of the town centre the pace would be picked up by the crews working on the refurbishment. The slow progress of the works had drawn a number of complaints from traders, and the issue was raised at the monthly meeting of the local town council by a number of councillors.

ATMs to stay in Achill and Foxford

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

Whatever about the crisis in regard to inflows and outflows of money in Irish banks, customers in Mayo are still to enjoy the usual access to their in-cash accounts.

Achill sewerage scheme still on course

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

The new Achill sewerage scheme is on course to be open and operational by October, the monthly meeting of the Belmullet Electoral Area committee was told this week.

Club served even though it had no extension

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

The licence of the Erris House Hotel, Geesala, was endorsed by Judge Seamus Hughes this week, after patrons were found to enter the premises after closing time and were served alcohol past closing time.

Terrific outing for Mayo Scouts at Westport House

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

Over 200 children with 50 adult supervisors camped out in Westport House over the beautiful sunny bank holiday weekend as part of the Mayo Scouts annual county outing.

Staff losses at Mayo County Council

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

More than 170 people have stopped working for Mayo County Council since December 2008, according to Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny. Commenting on figures received in respect of the numbers employed by Mayo County Council from the Environment Minister, John Gormley, Deputy Kenny said they showed that permanent staff in the council has decreased from 1,115 in December 2008 to 1,061 in March 2010. The biggest decrease is in the area of temporary and seasonal staff which has severely decreased from 182 in December 2008 to 65.

Ross beach bathing test failure no surprise

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

The failure of Ross beach in Killala to meet the required EU bathing water standards comes as no surprise according to Fine Gael councillor Jarlath Munnelly who said it was a direct result of the failure to provide a sewage treatment in the town. Apart from Ross beach in Killala, there was good news for the vast majority of the beaches in Mayo which were included in the report. There were 15 Mayo beaches in the county tested, with Ross beach being the only one to come in with a poor result. Old Head in Louisburgh had a sufficient water quality status, while the 13 others in many of the tourist hotspots in the county were all found to have a good standard of water quality.

Belmullet student took his teacher’s car for a ‘spin’

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

A man who stole car keys from his teacher and then took her car “for a spin”, was before Belmullet District Court on Wednesday.

Free car parking for both Ballinrobe and Claremorris

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

Both the towns of Claremorris and Ballinrobe will offer free parking in the middle of the towns in the coming weeks as part of a three month trial. The county councillors from the areas had been lobbying Mayo County Council for some time now to get some free parking spaces in the towns, to help boost the economy in the south Mayo towns.

Continuing bail for social worker who stole bank cards

Fri, Jun 11, 2010

An HSE social worker who stole and used bank cards from a client’s family member was remanded on continuing bail to July 13 for sentencing following her appearance this week at Ballina District Court.