Polish man pleads guilty to cannabis possession

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A 41-year-old Polish man pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis in Ballinrobe District Court last week.

Jobs gained for sixty nine people in Mayo Gaeltacht in 2009

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

At a time when job losses are at a high in the first recession since 1983 a ray of light came for 69 people who gained employment in the Mayo Gaeltacht in 2009.

Flashing signs and spotlights on badly damaged N59

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

The elected members of Mayo County Council for the Belmullet area expressed their outrage at the condition of the N59 from Belmullet to Castlebar at a meeting of the electoral area committee this week, after they were informed that the NRA had requested a report on the damage caused to the N59 during the spell of freezing weather. “I’m dismayed, I don’t know where to start or finish,” Fine Gael Councillor Gerry Coyle told the meeting. “I was out on that road the last day and there are flashing signs warning people of potholes ahead and spotlights pointing at nothing, they’re not pointing at the potholes. Between Bangor and Belmullet there are potholes that you would need a lifeguard on because they are so big. You have to have an NCT for your car, but you could leave the house and your car would be fine for the NCT, but when you get to Ballina it wouldn’t pass because of the potholes you’ve hit. I want to know how much these lights and signs are costing.”

Activity day in aid of Haiti

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A fun activity day in aid of the Goal Haiti appeal will take place on February 7 in Clonbur, Co Galway, where you are asked to walk, run or cycle Mount Gable.

Newport Harbour bye-laws fall between two stools

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

It was a tale of two electoral areas at the Belmullet electoral area meeting this week, with the new Newport harbour bye-laws being placed as an item on the agenda for the meeting of the north Mayo councillors. Following the redrawing of the electoral areas in Mayo prior to last June’s local elections, the village of Newport was spilt in two with the bridge being the dividing line between the Westport area and the newly extended Belmullet area.

NRA give the nod to reduced Tiernaur speed limits

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

The elected members of the Belmullet electoral area committee welcomed the news that the NRA have agreed to reduce the speed limit around Tiernaur village in Mulranny. The members were told that the NRA have given approval for the reduction and the council now had to enact bye-laws to bring them into action. The council has already written to the Garda for submissions on the issue, to which the Gardaí has 30 days to reply. The proposed bye-laws will then go on public display for 30 more days, and the public will have the opportunity to make submissions on it. Director of Services for the area Peter Hynes told the meeting: “Once all the steps are followed the issue will come before the members of the committee again for ratification before being put before the full council for the final vote.”

Man spun his van 180 degrees in front of gardaí

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A Ballina man who, at a packed funfair, pulled a handbrake turn in front of a garda car, was convicted of dangerous driving at Ballina District Court this week.

Ban on recruitment means rural gardaí not being replaced

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the public sector means that Ballycastle garda station is without any garda personnel. In fact rural garda stations across Mayo have been severely impacted by the number of officers retiring in the county.

CRC programme meeting

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

Community Radio Castlebar, the non profit radio station owned, controlled, and managed by the community, is having a programme meeting on Monday February 1 at 8pm in the CRC Studios Mosaic Centre, Harlequin Plaza, Stephen Garvey Road.

Colonel’s Wood to be zoned as woodland in Westport development plan

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

At a Westport Town Council meeting held last Thursday, to consider the manager’s report on submissions on the amendments to the Westport Town and Environs Development Plan, a proposal was carried that Colonel’s Woods would be zoned as woodland and that any development carried out in the area would be subject to a design brief agreed by elected members following a period of public consultation.

Have your say

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

Age Action, the older people’s charity, is seeking the public’s assistance to gauge the impact of the Fair Deal nursing home payment scheme since its introduction.