New ferry service
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Turasóireacht Acla and O'Malley Ferries (Clare Island) Limited have announced a new summer service connecting Achill Island with Clare Island via a twice weekly ferry service.
Read more ...Inishbofin day trip
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A day trip to Inishbofin Island is planned for Sunday June 27 departing at 10am from Westport Tourist Office.
Read more ...New health forum chair is old chair
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The process of electing a new chairman of HSE West, the health forum that represents Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Clare, and Limerick, took all of 30 seconds at the AGM this week when sitting chair Cllr Padraig Conneely, Fine Gael, and former Mayor of Galway, was re-elected unanimously without contest.
Read more ...HSE West received forty seven queries on miscarriage intervention
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
HSE West has received 47 queries from women in relation to induced miscarriages carried out following the advice of consultants.
Read more ...ISSU hits out at cheating and exam mix ups
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
As Leaving Cert students continue to toil away through their final year exams this week, the unfortunate incidence of cheating has raised its ugly head. Responding to the discovery of a number of cases of cheating by students in some of the earlier exams of both the Junior and Leaving Cert, the Irish Second Level Student Union (ISSU) has called for any student who may have witnessed cheating to report it to the relevant authorities.
Read more ...Westport gardaí delivering ‘good work’
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Superintendent in Westport has congratulated local gardai for the “great deal of good work” they do. At this week’s meeting of Westport Joint Policing Committee, Supt. Mick Murray reported that all major criminal incidents which took place in Westport over the past year have led to convictions or cases currently being processed or pending through the courts.
Read more ...Barrett calls for clearance of NCT backlog
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Labour Party Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has called for a clearance of the log jam in the NCT waiting time. “Someone must act and address the current chaos in the National Car Testing system,” he said.
Read more ...Ballinrobe musical award celebrations
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Celebrations were ongoing in Ballinrobe this week after Ballinrobe Musical Society put in a star performance winning four awards at the HB Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS).
Read more ...Mayo Student triumphs in Digital Hub competition
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
A Mayo student was celebrating this week after he and his team-mates were named overall winners in The Digital Hub’s Best in Show competition, bagging a €1,000 cash prize and work placements in one of Ireland’s leading digital media companies. Aaron Chalke from Ballintubber – who has just finished his final exams in the BSc in multimedia course at Dublin City University – entered the competition along with three of his classmates from DCU. Their team was announced as category winners in the film and video production category of the Best in Show competition last week. This meant all four students will get work placements this summer with Red Diamond Media, a digital media group based in The Digital Hub which focuses on TV, radio and web production, and digital content creation.
Read more ...West council makes case for retention of WDC
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
The Council for the West— a voluntary, independent, non-political lobby group — is to continue to fight for the retention of the Western Development Commission following what it termed a “positive meeting” with Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs Pat Carey in Dublin this week.,
The deputation was led by chairman Sean Hannick, who along with other members expressed his concerns at any attempt to lessen the role of the commission, as the rationalisation of some State bodies was proposed by An Bord Snip Nua.
Read more ...Almost two hundred Mayo motorists scrap their old cars for new
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Nearly 200 Mayo motorists scrapped their 10-year-old cars and purchased a brand new 2010 model in the first five months of the year. The scrappage scheme was brought in by the Government to help the ailing motor industry, which had seen a number of high profile closures of dealerships and massive job losses since the economic downturn.
Read more ...Pontoon Road upgrade welcomed
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
Castlebar town councillor Harry Barrett has welcomed improvement works on the Pontoon Road, however his fellow town councillor Ger Deere has called on the town council to make further improvements to another section of the Pontoon Road.
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