Tasty homemade food at The Pantry

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

The Pantry, off Market Square, Castlebar, is the newest most exciting eatery in town.

Mulherin welcomes legislation to enable local authority tenants to purchase their homes

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Fine Gael TD for Mayo Michelle Mulherin has today welcomed confirmation from the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Jan O'Sullivan, that the Government is preparing legislation to replace the Tenant Purchase Scheme which expired at the end of 2012. It was confirmed to Deputy Mulherin in response to a parliamentary question which she tabled, that the General Scheme of a Housing Bill will enable local authority tenants to purchase their homes. An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, subsequently confirmed to Deputy Mulherin in Dáil Eireann this week that the legislation may come to Cabinet before the end of this year.

Deputy Mulherin said: “This is an issue I have been raising and I am delighted that the Government is preparing legislation to replace the Tenant Purchase Scheme which expired at the end of 2012. Since that time, there has been no scheme in place to enable tenants to purchase local authority homes and the news that the scheme is being renewed will be strongly welcomed by would be buyers of local authority housing.

Pedestrian crossing urgently needed on ring road — Ruane

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane has put out an urgent appeal to the National Roads Authority to put in place a pedestrian crossing on the ring road in Castlebar at the junction of John Moore Road and the ring road. She raised the issue at the recent Castlebar Town Council meeting and a letter will now be written to the NRA requesting this.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce welcomes free car parking

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the move by Castlebar Town Council to provide free car parking at designated times in the run up to Christmas.

Communities against pylons

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

An information event for all concerned residents and landowners in Knockmore and Foxford, who oppose Eirgrid's intended overground line and pylons, will take place in Knockmore Community Centre, on Monday November 25 at 8.30pm.

JCI beauty, hair and party event

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Let JCI Mayo help you jingle your way through Christmas looking and feeling your best. On Thursday November 28, JCI Mayo is starting off the Christmas season with tips and advice on party hair and make-up, beauty tips for the run up to Christmas and staying stress free this season.

Cannabis found on passenger in car

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

A man who was found in possession of €16 worth of cannabis was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday

O’Mahony welcomes maintenance of pay and file deadlines

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Fine Gael Mayo TD John O’Mahony has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, not to introduce any changes to the pay and file regime for next year.

Balla Secondary School to stage Matilda

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Showtime is just around the corner for the students of Balla Secondary school as they prepare to stage their production of Matilda but, with their own unique twist.

WDC Micro-Loan Fund

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has launched its fifth call for funding applicants under its Micro-Loan Fund for Creative Industries. The fund has already had four very successful calls and has disbursed €160,000 to creative businesses in the western region and looks forward to increasing its disbursals into 2014.

Jackie Clarke Collection wins design award

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

The Jackie Clarke Collection has won Institute of Designers in Ireland – Design Award 2013 – for Exhibition Design. The award ceremony was held in Vicars Street, in Dublin last week. It was a great night for the designers Martello Media and the Mayo County Council. The winning of this award is very prestigious, as some 220 separate submissions were shortlisted to the final of 109 for all types of design in Ireland during the past year from products to app design. An exhibition of the short listed projects is currently on display in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

Luisne Art Project works on view

Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Luisne Art Project is an arts disability project run for the users of Crann Mor Centre in Ballinrobe. The group meet at an art studio in TACU Family Resource Centre in Ballinrobe on a weekly basis. The workshops are facilitated by the artist Breda Murphy who has worked with the group from its foundation. The project has been running for eight years and during that time a huge range of artistic media has been explored by the artists and a number of collaborations with other groups have taken place.

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