Crossmolina man threatened sergeant that he is a ‘dead man’

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

A 21-year-old man who threatened a garda sergeant was convicted of being threatening and abusive at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

Mayo Marist brother convicted of sexually abusing four schoolboys

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

CRC Oireachtas broadcast to be repeated tomorrow

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

If women had been involved, as they are now, the response to clerical sex abuse would have been different

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

€3.2 million for St Colman’s Day Care Centre

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

Ballina man called gardaí ‘pigs’

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

A 31-year-old man who shouted abuse at gardaí was before Ballina District Court this week.

Reek pilgrim drove drunk

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

N26 refused — road would have been intrusion of Moy River Valley

Thu, Feb 25, 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.

Fine Gael councillors to conduct weekly picket against head shops

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.

Gardaí to clamp down on double parked taxis

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Superintendent Willie Keaveney gave an undertaking to deal with the issue of double parked taxis in Castlebar at a meeting of the joint policing committee for the town.

Castlebar town FF AGM

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The Castlebar Town Fianna Fáil Cumann will meet in Lough Lannagh Holiday Village tonight (Friday) at 7.30pm with AGM afterwards at 8.15pm.

New members are welcome.

Mayor calls on Kenny to bring in private member’s bill on head shops

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Mayor of Castlebar Town Council Michael Kilcoyne laid down a challenge to Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny to introduce a private member’s bill to enact legislation to regulate head shops in the country. Mayor Kilcoyne led a protest organised by town councillors in Castlebar which protested outside the two head shops in the town last Wednesday. When it was put to him that the protest was outside two premises which were acting inside the law as it stands he said: “I accept they are not breaking any law and we need to highlight the lack of any regulation. We have two government TDs in this constituency and we also have the leader of the opposition who can put down a private member’s bill to force a vote in the Dáil.”

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