Education Minister will not reverse St Anthony’s SNA cuts
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe has said he will not reverse the decision to cut four special needs assistants from St Anthony’s Special School in Castlebar. The Minister was approached by Fine Gael deputy John O’Mahony outside the Dáil on Wednesday night, while at the same time a public meeting was being held in the Castlebar school to protest against the proposed cuts.
Read more ...Man kicked in head outside Supermac’s
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A 20-year-old man who kicked a man who was lying on the ground in the head, was given the Probation Act at this week’s sitting of Ballina District Court after he was before the court for a disorderly conduct charge.
Read more ...Gritting of roads will impact on regional and local roads grants
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
The announcement this week that €20,370,746 has been granted to Mayo County Council under the 2010 Regional and Local Roads Programme, the third highest allocation in the country, which was welcomed by Mayo TDs Dara Calleary and Beverley Flynn, was described as a shortfall by the acting director of services with Mayo County Council, Michael Mongan, who outlined that in the past two years that this grant has seen a dramatic decrease.
Read more ...Priest offers quickie Masses
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A Ballyhaunis priest has a novel approach to making sure that parishioners who are stuck for time are able to attend Mass by offering a 15-minute Mass.
Read more ...Crossmolina man threatened sergeant that he is a ‘dead man’
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A 21-year-old man who threatened a garda sergeant was convicted of being threatening and abusive at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...Mayo Marist brother convicted of sexually abusing four schoolboys
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A former Marist brother and primary school teacher has been convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of 35 charges of sexually abusing four young boys at a Sligo school over 40 years ago.
Read more ...CRC Oireachtas broadcast to be repeated tomorrow
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Community Radio Castlebar made history this week when it became the first community radio station to broadcast live from the Communications Unit of the Houses of the Oireachtas on Kildare Street in Dublin.
Read more ...If women had been involved, as they are now, the response to clerical sex abuse would have been different
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
The Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Michael Neary, has told the priests of the diocese that Pope Benedict asked for the forgiveness of the clerical sex abuse victims during a meeting with Irish bishops on February 15.
Read more ...€3.2 million for St Colman’s Day Care Centre
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
The HSE has sanctioned funding of €3.2 million for St Colman’s towards the provision of a new day care centre in Bunnacurry, Achill, according to Minister of State Dara Calleary.
Read more ...Ballina man called gardaí ‘pigs’
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A 31-year-old man who shouted abuse at gardaí was before Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Reek pilgrim drove drunk
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A 53-year-old, married father of six who, after climbing the Reek, went for a few beers and then drove back to Ballina, was disqualified from driving at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...N26 refused — road would have been intrusion of Moy River Valley
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
The decision yesterday (Thursday) by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the long awaited stage two N26 Ballina to Bohola scheme has been met with shock and disbelief.
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