Warm welcome for €7m Ballyhaunis school project

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

There were celebrations aplenty in Ballyhaunis last week following the announcement that the community school is to benefit from a €7 million refurbishment and extension project in 2015.

Father who tried to rob four premises in one day gets jail sentence

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

A Mayo father of two who tried to rob four premises in the one day, by handing staff a note telling them it was a raid, has received a four year sentence with the final 12 months suspended.

Arthur Boland (36) of Lough Mask Road, Ballinrobe, also raided a post office in Dundalk, Co Louth, five days earlier by using a similar note. He later told gardai? he travelled from Dublin that day for the purpose of robbing somewhere.

Mayo snappers launch charity calendar

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Members of the Mayo Photographic Club have captured some of Mayo’s most stunning scenery on camera to create a calendar in aid of Western Care, which provides a wide range of services to people with disabilities and their families in Mayo.

Householders urged to reduce Christmas food waste

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Mayo County Council’s environment department is urging householders across the county to try to cut down on food waste this Christmas. “More food is thrown out during the festive season than at any other time of the year and buying too much can have a big impact on your pocket and the environment,” said a spokesperson for the authority’s environmental section.

Government TDs welcome road funding

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, has welcomed the allocation of €19,109,576 to Mayo County Council under the 2015 National

Roads Allocations. The funding announced by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, TD, will be provided to the local authority for national road improvements and maintenance works in Mayo next year. The largest allocation is €6 million allocated for the N5 Westport to Turlough section. The Taoiseach said last week: “I have also discussed this matter

Stroke nurse Anna Mai honoured for tireless work

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

A Bonniconlon nurse who was one of the main drivers behind the setting-up of Galway’s first dedicated stroke unit in 2006 has been honoured with a national award for her champion work by the Irish Heart Foundation.

Road fatality in Kilmaine

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

A 73-year-old man was fatally injured after being struck by a car at Kilkeeran, Kilmaine, on Sunday evening at approximately 8pm.

Animal welfare funding announced for five Mayo organisations

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

Five animal welfare organisiations got a boost this week with the announcement of €47,600 in Government funding for their services.

High petrol pump prices questioned

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

A Mayo politician has questioned the high price of petrol at the pumps despite fast falling crude oil prices.

Dara Calleary, the Fianna Fa?il spokesperson on jobs, enterprise and innovation, is now calling on the newly established Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to look at the issue.

Christmas comes early for Westport pupils

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

While many children around the country were scribbling Christmas wish lists to Santa for a coveted Frozen doll or the latest Lego kit, 315 young pupils at Scoil Phadraig, Westport, composed a heartfelt festive wish of a very different kind - addressed to the Minister for Education, Jan O’Sullivan.

Homeowners not acting on radon risk

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

A grant scheme has been mooted to assist householders in Mayo to protect themselves against the deadly, cancer causing gas - radon.

State lab prioritising petrol stretching tests

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

The number of complaints of suspected petrol stretching in Mayo has almost doubled since the end of September with the Revenue Commissioners and gardaí now investigating 222 from this county alone.

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