Weekly picket against head shops to be conducted by Fine Gael councillors

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The four Castlebar Fine Gael town councillors Ger Deere, Noreen Heston, Eugene McCormack, and Brendan Henaghan, have decided that they will conduct a weekly picket to protest against the rise of head shops in the town.

SPC calls for cheaper bills for energy efficient public lighting

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The roads and transportation SPC is to write to the Commission for Energy Regulation to see if tariffs could be reduced if the local authority becomes more energy efficient in its provision of public lighting.

Policy makers on sustainable travel ‘need to get into the real world’

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Chair of the roads and transportation SPC, Cllr Jarlath Munnelly, said that as much as he welcomes the national sustainable transport initiative, those on a national level “need to get into the real world” as “we are a million miles” from increasing the usage of public transport in the county, due to the sparse service which is currently in existence in the county.

Claremorris man presented with National Volunteer Award

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

A farmer from Mayo was one of 11 recipients of National Awards to Volunteers in Irish Sport on Wednesday.

Shell to Sea call on Minister for Environment to protect estuary

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Shell to Sea has called on the Minister for Environment John Gormley to protect the environment and turn down Shell's application for a foreshore license which would entail carrying out destructive surveying works in Sruwaddacon estuary.

Convictions for no L plates

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

A 19-year-old man whose car had a loud exhaust, non conforming registration plates, and who did not display L plates, was convicted of these road traffic offences at Ballina District Court this week.

Barrett welcomes Labour head shop Bill

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Labour councillor Harry Barrett has welcomed draft legislation aimed at preventing head shops opening across the State without planning permission.

North Mayo waters could facilitate wave energy test site

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The Ocean Energy Development Unit (OEDU) of Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has deployed a weather buoy off the coast of north Mayo to monitor wave and weather conditions. The buoy, which is 10km off Annagh Head on the Atlantic coast of the Mullet Peninsula, was launched last week and will transmit information collected via satellite link to the OEDU at the civic offices in Belmullet. This information is the first of its kind available in Ireland and will facilitate the development of a full scale wave energy test site off the coast of north Mayo.

Mayo native smashes world record for cancer charity

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

On Thursday last Mayo barber, John McGuire, now working in Galway broke the world record for the number of heads shaved in one hour as part of the Cancer Society of Ireland and Today FM’s ‘Shave or Dye’ campaign.

Never too late to volunteer in Africa

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The collapse of the Celtic Tiger and the focus on the disaster in Haiti has had an unexpected effect on the street children and orphans of Africa. An inability to access help and funding is crippling the efforts of orphanages and rehabilitation centres to help some of Africa’s most vulnerable children.

Mayo Facebookers are party animals

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Mayo Facebookers are party animals according to a survey commissioned by 3, Ireland’s market leader in mobile broadband. The 3 Mobile Broadband Survey shows that 26 per cent of Mayo natives surveyed say ‘Party Animal’ is the type of Facebooker that best describes them while 25 per cent admitted to being the ‘Bad Speller’. The survey also detailed that Facebook is the most popular social media tool with 76 per cent of those surveyed voting in its favour, with Bebo (40 per cent) and Twitter (16 per cent) second and third respectively.