Keeping things trim

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

The issue of grass cutting in estates outside the old town council area in Castlebar in the new municipal district was raised at the Castlebar Municipal District this week. Fianna Fáil councillor Lisa Chambers said that she had been contacted by a number of people in the Kiltimagh area wondering when it would be done. However, she was informed by senior executive engineer for Mayo County Council, Anne Sweeney, that with the changeover in local government areas in the middle of the year the budgets that had been set at the start of the year did not allow for cutting at present and it would have to be allocated by the councillors in their budget for next year. Ms Sweeney also said a number of estates had been taken over in the Castlebar town area late last year after the budget had been agreed by the council, and there was not money budgeted this year to take care of them too.

Beach party shows teenagers can have fun without booze

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

More than 1,800 teenagers partied, alcohol free, at this year's Band on the Strand in Lacken.

Local travel agent wins national award

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

Westport business McDermott Travel has been named by Irish wedding couples as the Honeymoon Supplier of the Year.

Newport Greenway park opened

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

The new Greenway Activity Park in Newport is officially open.

Fifty-metre pool continues to cause ripples

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

The second meeting of the new Castlebar Municipal District saw the row over the potential construction of a 50-metre swimming pool for the town as opposed to a 25-metre pool, as had been approved by the former Castlebar Town Council, raise its head from the depths again.

Independent Cllr Frank Durcan raised the issue, saying that he believed that a 50-metre pool would create jobs for the town as it would bring people from all over the region to train and use the pool as there are only two cities with 50-metre pools in the country already, in Limerick and in Dublin. However Sinn Fein Cllr Therese Ruane, who had opposed the idea of a 50-metre pool in the former town council, said that the pool would become a “white elephant” for which the council would be left to foot the bill for the extra running costs, which she said would be in the region of €400,000 a year. Cllr Ruane said that she would love to see a 50-metre pool in the town but it would not be feasible and that other cities like Galway, Kilkenny and Derry had looked at it before and decided not to go ahead because of the running costs.

Deputy Mulherin rejects claim Taoiseach should have promoted more women

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

Mayo Fine Gael deputy Michelle Mulherin has played down any suggestion that the Taoiseach should have elevated at least one woman from the backbenches to a junior ministerial role.

Mayo group plan solidarity rally for Palestine

Fri, Jul 18, 2014

A demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine, is taking place at Market Square, Castlebar, tomorrow (Saturday) at 4 pm.

Mayo compensation payouts higher than national average

Tue, Jul 15, 2014

Thirty-one public liability claims were made in Mayo in 2013 with €888,000 paid out in compensation, according to new figures released by the Injuries Board.  

Walk in saint's footsteps on Reek Sunday

Tue, Jul 15, 2014

A walk is taking place on Reek Sunday, July 27, to retrace the footsteps of St. Patrick himself on one of Ireland's most ancient pilgrimage routes.

Hearty response to Love Castlebar's 'facelift' project

Tue, Jul 15, 2014

Love Castlebar, the voluntary group promoting pride of place in the county town, is going from strength to strength.

Mayo General impose visiting restrictions

Tue, Jul 15, 2014

Visiting restrictions are in place at Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar due to a number of patients displaying symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting usually caused by norovirus, commonly known as the winter vomiting bug.

Shell welcomes GSOC's rejection of claim that alcohol was given to gardaí

Mon, Jul 14, 2014

Shell has welcomed the decision by GSOC (Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission) that there is no evidence to support claims the oil company delivered alcohol to local garda stations.

In a two-page report published on Friday, GSOC said there was no substance to the allegations that a company called OSSL, which was employed by Shell from 2005 to 2010, supplied alcohol to gardaí on behalf of Shell.

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