Activity day in aid of Haiti

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A fun activity day in aid of the Goal Haiti appeal will take place on February 7 in Clonbur, Co Galway, where you are asked to walk, run or cycle Mount Gable.

Newport Harbour bye-laws fall between two stools

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

It was a tale of two electoral areas at the Belmullet electoral area meeting this week, with the new Newport harbour bye-laws being placed as an item on the agenda for the meeting of the north Mayo councillors. Following the redrawing of the electoral areas in Mayo prior to last June’s local elections, the village of Newport was spilt in two with the bridge being the dividing line between the Westport area and the newly extended Belmullet area.

NRA give the nod to reduced Tiernaur speed limits

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

The elected members of the Belmullet electoral area committee welcomed the news that the NRA have agreed to reduce the speed limit around Tiernaur village in Mulranny. The members were told that the NRA have given approval for the reduction and the council now had to enact bye-laws to bring them into action. The council has already written to the Garda for submissions on the issue, to which the Gardaí has 30 days to reply. The proposed bye-laws will then go on public display for 30 more days, and the public will have the opportunity to make submissions on it. Director of Services for the area Peter Hynes told the meeting: “Once all the steps are followed the issue will come before the members of the committee again for ratification before being put before the full council for the final vote.”

Man spun his van 180 degrees in front of gardaí

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A Ballina man who, at a packed funfair, pulled a handbrake turn in front of a garda car, was convicted of dangerous driving at Ballina District Court this week.

Ban on recruitment means rural gardaí not being replaced

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the public sector means that Ballycastle garda station is without any garda personnel. In fact rural garda stations across Mayo have been severely impacted by the number of officers retiring in the county.

CRC programme meeting

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

Community Radio Castlebar, the non profit radio station owned, controlled, and managed by the community, is having a programme meeting on Monday February 1 at 8pm in the CRC Studios Mosaic Centre, Harlequin Plaza, Stephen Garvey Road.

Colonel’s Wood to be zoned as woodland in Westport development plan

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

At a Westport Town Council meeting held last Thursday, to consider the manager’s report on submissions on the amendments to the Westport Town and Environs Development Plan, a proposal was carried that Colonel’s Woods would be zoned as woodland and that any development carried out in the area would be subject to a design brief agreed by elected members following a period of public consultation.

Have your say

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

Age Action, the older people’s charity, is seeking the public’s assistance to gauge the impact of the Fair Deal nursing home payment scheme since its introduction.

Bird talk

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A talk on Mayo’s Twite – Ireland’s Forgotten Bird, will take place on Wednesday February 3 from 7.30pm in GMIT, Castlebar.

Mayo TD calls for ban on head shop ‘highs’

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

Property owners who are anxious to lease out vacant premises have been warned by a Mayo TD to be wary of the types of businesses approaching them. This comes as head shops, which sell legal drugs which enable people to get highs without breaking the law, are cropping up all over the country, including in Castlebar and Ballina.

Handbrake turns in Ballina carpark lead to driving conviction

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

A 19-year old apprentice plumber who was detected by gardaí driving dangerously in Diamond’s carpark, Ballina, was before Ballina District Court this week.

Straide news

Fri, Jan 29, 2010

All those interested in getting involved the Straide adult badminton group are asked to go along to the Michael Davitt Hall on Tuesday February 2 at 8.30pm.

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