EU progress on youth unemployment strategy

Fri, Aug 19, 2011

MEP for the North West, Jim Higgins, has welcomed continuing progress by the EU in addressing youth unemployment under its Europe 2020 strategy commitments, but says citizens want to see real results.

Is Mayo super fan Cliona Mulvaney Ireland’s number one real GAA supporter?

Fri, Aug 19, 2011

The All Ireland Football Championship is entering its final stages and as both Mayo and Roscommon prepare to line-out in Croke Park on Sunday, supporters in the west of Ireland are gearing up for a great day of football. But there is another competition that is heating up, the SuperValu Search for Ireland’s Number 1 Real GAA Supporter, and Ballaghaderreen native Cliona Mulvaney has been named one of the four finalists in this year’s competition.

Postal vote for presidential elections essential says Higgins

Fri, Aug 19, 2011

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West has said that the Government needs to review the legislation which bans people born in Ireland but now working abroad from voting in the presidential elections.

Main parties blaming each other for suspension of major road schemes

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

The news that work on all major roads projects in the country is being suspended because of spending cutbacks across the country, including a number of high profile projects in Mayo, saw both the major parties in the country blaming each other for the stalling of the works.

Mayo journalist raises the hackles of Ulster Unionist leader

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

A Mayo journalist who writes a regular column in a Northern Ireland newspaper has been the focus of a number of letters of opposition from Unionist leaders in recent weeks asking for her column to be removed.

IWAK looking forward to busiest year in airport’s history

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Ireland West Airport Knock experienced its second busiest July in its 25 year history with 73,237 passengers travelling through the airport in the month. This is the seventh consecutive month of passenger growth at the airport. Some 367,000 passengers have travelled through Ireland West Airport Knock in the first seven months of the year, a 16 per cent increase over the same period last year, the largest passenger increase of any airport in Ireland in 2011.

Gardaí appeal for information on two conmen

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Superintendent Ronan Galligan from Swinford Garda Station appealed to the public to relay any information they may have in relation to two conmen who are operating in the Mayo region.

Warning by DFA to avoid areas of England during riots

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Anyone travelling from Mayo to England this week has been advised by the Department of Foreign Affairs to avoid certain areas due to the riots.

Ballina man gets eight months for shocking incidents

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Judge Conal Gibbons sentenced a Ballina man to a total of eight months in prison after convicting him of a number of offences. Derek Humber, 31 Trawley Terrace, Ballina, had appeared before Judge Gibbons the previous week where evidence was given in relation to two incidents which occurred earlier this year, one at Mayo General Hospital on February 20, and another at his home in Ballina on February 6 where he had to be arrested by gardaí for being threatening and abusive, and for being intoxicated in a public place and in possession of a broken bottle. He also faced a charge of failing to appear in court while on bail in Ballina on March 8, Humber pleaded guilty to all charges.

Mayo man to take part in Strasbourg Freedom Drive

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

Newport man Tom Chambers is once again heading to Strasbourg in September in order to participate in the Strasbourg Freedom Drive campaign which is organised by the European Network on Independent Living and the Centre for Independent Living in Dublin.

Main Street in Castlebar closed following falling debris

Fri, Aug 12, 2011

The Main Street in Castlebar was closed off for a period of time on Wednesday evening after a large quantity of stone work from a chimney on a building fell off.

According to Gardaí, the incident happened at around 6pm and the street was closed off for a short period of time while repairs were carried out. There were no injuries caused by the falling debris, but a car parked in the vicinity was damaged.