Parents concerned about speed limits outside schools

Fri, May 15, 2009

Concerned parents of school children have contacted Castlebar Town Council and Mayo County Council election candidate Councillor Blackie Gavin to voice their concerns about the danger of speeding cars outside national schools in Mayo.

‘Enough is enough’ - Rose Conway-Walsh

Fri, May 15, 2009

Rose Conway-Walsh has described Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s decision to cut Child Benefit payment across the board as “another shameful attack on families”.

McAllister opposed to plans for Colonel Woods

Fri, May 15, 2009

Fergus McAllister, Green candidate for Westport Town Council, said that he is opposed to “last century” plans to develop tourism accommodation in Colonel Woods, as currently proposed in the Town Development Plan and has sent in a strong objection to the proposal which allows for small scale tourism accommodation under the area's designation as a tourism/amenity zone.

The young pretender

Fri, May 15, 2009

With Fianna Fáil facing the ire of the public opinion in the media and on the streets, deciding to throw your hat in the ring for the very first time as a local election candidate for the party was never going to be an easy task. However, one young Castlebar man has decided to throw his lot in with the soldiers of destiny and try and take a seat on Castlebar Town Council in the upcoming elections. Stephen Lavelle who at 23 is the youngest candidate in the field has been knocking on the doors around Castlebar asking the people to put their faith in him on June 5 and despite some angry responses to him when he tells the people who he is running for he has enjoyed the canvassing process so far.

Heston calls for stimulus package to focus on job creation

Fri, May 15, 2009

Urgent action is required to tackle the jobs crisis in Castlebar town according to Noreen Heston as she calls upon the Town Council to act without delay in putting a plan in place to address the situation. A cohesive package must be put in place involving all the appropriate state agencies including FÁS and the IDA, said Ms Heston.

Westport councillors incensed with vandalism of posters

Fri, May 15, 2009

Two candidates in the forthcoming County Council election have roundly condemned the vandalism and destruction of public property occasioned by persons involved in defacing election posters and road signs outside Westport over the weekend. The graffiti, which appeared to have been designed to pit two of Westport’s popular town councillors against each other, has had the opposite effect with both Peter Flynn and Keith Martin coming together to remove the posters early Sunday morning and condemn the cowardly act which they believe to have been politically motivated.

Barrett condemns county library cut

Fri, May 15, 2009

“Libraries around the county will not be able to buy any more new books or daily newspapers later this year due to funding cuts,” according to Labour councillor Harry Barrett.

Mayo is off-line when it comes to broadband — Ruane

Fri, May 15, 2009

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane insists that high speed access to broadband must be made a priority for our local businesses and communities. This State not only lags far behind the EU average in broadband rollout, it also has some of the highest costs and lowest speeds in the EU.

Beard shave in Erris

Fri, May 15, 2009

A local businessman will have his beard shaved off on Friday May 15 in the Western Strands Hotel at 9.30pm in aid of the Erris Cancer Support Group. Please support.

Westport Civic Trust outing

Fri, May 15, 2009

The annual outing will take place on May 23 to Castle Leslie in Monaghan.

Photo comp

Fri, May 15, 2009

TOP just launched its call for entries to its annual photography competition and is urging all budding photographers from Mayo to pick up their camera and start snapping.

Any amateur photographer can enter the competition by submitting any photograph, of any subject, that they have taken in Ireland to [email protected]. Entrants stand the chance of not only being published in TOP’s 2010 calendar, but to also to win a fantastic prize. More information can be downloaded from www.top.ie. Deadline is May 31.

National student awards for Mayo students

Fri, May 15, 2009

William Doherty, a 17-year-old student at Our Lady’s Secondary School, Belmullet, was named Senior Student of the Year 2009 for Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Bank of Ireland National Student Awards. Mayo celebrations heightened when footballer Shane Nally from St Colman’s College, Claremorris, was also called to the stage to accept the title of Senior Sport Student of the Year 2009.

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