Belleek Woods investment to improve access and environment
Fri, May 07, 2010
An investment of €96,700 will be made in improving both the access and the environment of Belleek Woods, a meeting of the Ballina Electoral Area committee was told this week.
Read more ...International mental health seminar in Mayo
Fri, May 07, 2010
Leaders in the field of mental health will meet in Mayo on May 17 and 18 next to meet providers, service users, carers, and family members and to overview the services and share information on how inclusion at all levels, clinical, operational, and strategic is being promoted within the service.
Read more ...All lands will be frozen until route selected for Crossmolina bypass
Fri, May 07, 2010
“All lands will be frozen until a route is chosen and accepted by the council,” was the stark reality that senior engineer for Mayo County Council, Noel Burke, told members of the Ballina Electoral Area this week. The members of the committee had been debating the issue of the new Crossmolina bypass which has caused plenty of debate in the area over the past number of months. When the route chosen by the council executive for the proposed new bypass was rejected by the council, all potential routes and lands around them were frozen for development.
Read more ...Fine for man who refused to give name after high speed chase
Fri, May 07, 2010
A Galwayman who was a passenger in a car which was involved in a high speed chase by gardaí in which a number of suspicious items was found, along with a bag containing cutting equipment, was fined €250 in Ballyhaunis District Court this week after pleading guilty to not giving gardai his name.
Read more ...Six months detention for woman convicted of public order offences
Fri, May 07, 2010
A mother and daughter were before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for a string of public order offences, with the daughter sentenced to six months detention in the Dóchas centre.
Read more ...Castlebar man disqualified for drink driving
Fri, May 07, 2010
A man who when observed by gardaí to be on his mobile phone, was followed and observed to drive at high speeds and who was then arrested on suspicion of drink driving, was convicted and fined €550 and disqualified from driving for two years.
Read more ...Cannabis plants grew in Shrule bedroom
Fri, May 07, 2010
A man who had four cannabis plants growing in his bedroom was given the Probation Act at Ballinrobe District Court last week.
Read more ...Quiet Man pub patrons had pints after close
Fri, May 07, 2010
The licensee of Pat Cohan’s Pub, Cong — which is better known as the Quiet Man pub — was before Ballinrobe District Court last week for permitting people on the premises after closing time.
Read more ...Castlebar woman assaulted man
Fri, May 07, 2010
A woman who punched a man in his face, ripped off his T-shirt, and pulled his trousers down, was before Castlebar District Court this week for the section two assault charge.
Read more ...Man stole computer games from Tesco
Fri, May 07, 2010
An illegal immigrant from Georgia who removed computer items from Tesco in Castlebar and who attempted to do the same from Tesco Ballinrobe was before Ballinrobe District Court last week.
Read more ...EBS launches family day event
Fri, May 07, 2010
To mark UN International Day of the Family on May 15 next One Family and EBS Building Society are inviting everyone in Mayo and across the country to celebrate families by hosting a Big Night In. Big Night In is a new fundraising event in aid of the askonefamily national helpline, which supports people who are parenting alone or sharing parenting.
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