Interaction language camps this summer at Gord Ard

Fri, May 18, 2012

Gort Ard’s interaction language camps for secondary school students are a great way to make progress in French this summer. The camps are a blend of language teaching and activities, together with French students attending a parallel English language course.

St Louis Community School launches 2012 further education (PLC) courses

Fri, May 18, 2012

St Louis Community School in Kiltimagh is offering 12 further education (PLC) programmes in five subject areas for the 2012 academic year.

Free iPad up for grabs during Mayo Healthy Living Month

Fri, May 18, 2012

Transition year and fifth year students in Mayo are in with a chance to win some top prizes in a school essay competition launched by the local heart and stroke charity Croí and Mayo PCCC, HSE West, as part of ‘Mayo Healthy Living Month’.

Letter to Taoiseach on Sacred Heart Hospital was not sent

Fri, May 18, 2012

A heated debate at the May meeting of Castlebar Town Council on Tuesday night in relation to the future of the Sacred Heart Hospital took a twist the following morning when town clerk Marie Crowley issued a letter to the nine members of the council regarding an oversight on her behalf. At the April meeting the members had agreed following a vote of five to four to send a letter to Enda Kenny calling on him to “give a firm commitment to make the Sacred Heart Home fully operational and furthermore that he guarantees that the Sacred Heart Home will not be downgraded or closed.”

Condemnation for killing of white-tailed eagles in Mayo

Fri, May 18, 2012

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan has condemned the apparent poisoning of white tailed Eagles in Mayo, as well as a similar recent incident in Donegal.

Minister Ring welcomes equality for women funding

Fri, May 18, 2012

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has welcomed the announcement of funding from Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch under the ESF Equality for Women Measure 2012.

Under Strand 1 – Access to Employment, The South West Mayo Development Company has been allocated the sum of €33,333. Under Strand 2 Fostering Female Entrepreneurship: The Mayo Intercultural Action Ltd was allocated the sum of €33,152.

The Linenhall makes its case for survival

Fri, May 18, 2012

The cost of the arts and keeping an arts centre running was laid out for the members of Castlebar Town Council on Tuesday night. Marie Farrell from the Linenhall Arts Centre, gave the members a presentation on the work carried out by the centre over the past 12 months and funding it receives both nationally and locally.

Tributes paid to outgoing Cathaoirleach

Fri, May 18, 2012

Numerous tributes were paid to outgoing Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Cllr Austin Francis O’Malley, at the May monthly meeting of the local authority. The Louisburgh based councillor brought a meeting of the local authority to his heartland for the first time in history this week. The meeting was held in the Ocean Lodge, in the village of Killadoon just outside Louisburgh, where one councillor joked before the meeting as he looked out on the Atlantic Ocean, “next stop is the Statue of Liberty”. Padraic McNamara, chairperson of the Killadoon Community Council, welcomed the 31 members of the council and the officials to the area at the start of the meeting.

Millions spent on design and planning of N5 to date

Fri, May 18, 2012

Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne queried this week how much had been spent so far on the design and consultation stage for the N4 Westport to Turlough road project. He and the other members of Castlebar Town Council were given an update on the project by Mr Paul Hyland from the Mayo National Roads Design Office. When Cllr Kilcoyne posed the question he was told that in the region of €3 million so far including consultant costs had been spent.

Speaking to the Advertiser after the meeting, the independent councillor said: “We’ve seen €3 million spent on it so far and not a route formally decided or a shovel in the ground. It once again raises the concerns of the management of the NRA of projects like this. We are moving ahead as we can, but there is no guarantee that we won’t have to spend another €3 million before we see anything done on this road.”

British camping and caravan enthusiasts to read all about Mayo

Fri, May 18, 2012

More than 250,000 camping and caravanning enthusiasts around Great Britain will read all about holidays in Mayo and the west of Ireland later this year in the popular Camping & Caravanning magazine.

Full attendance urged for Fianna Fail AGM

Fri, May 18, 2012

The annual general meeting of Mayo Fianna Fail Dail Ceantair will be held at the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, on Monday May 28 at 8.30 pm.

Outgoing chairman Sean Staunton has asked for a full attendance at this meeting, stressing that all party members, in addition to nominated delegates, are invited to attend.

Crew members of Achill RNLI honoured at retirement function

Fri, May 18, 2012

Achill RNLI hosted a function in Johnny Pattens, Dereens, recently to honour four crew members who stepped down from lifeboat service – Paddy Kilbane, Cloughmore, Robert Gogan, Dereens, Patrick English, Cashel and Bernard Briody, Polranny. Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM), Tom Honeyman, paid tribute to the four men for their commitment, selfless and generous sacrifice of their free time as RNLI volunteers. Each member received a commemorative plaque and certificate in recognition of services to Achill Island Lifeboat Station. The former LOM, Bob Kingston and the former DLA, Anthony Gielty, made the presentations.

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