Man found with four cannabis plants
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A Claremorris man who was found in possession of four cannabis plants was ordered to pay €200 towards Mayo Mountain Rescue by Judge Mary Devins.
The court was told that Garda Russell Gibbons searched the home of Dylan Joyce at Bariel, Claremorris, Co Mayo at 6.30pm on August 1 2009 and in the search he found four cannabis plants with a value of €1,200. Joyce told the gardaí on the night in question the plants were his and for his own personal use.
Read more ...Game set and match at mock wedding
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A very eventful wedding took place at Castlebar Tennis Club on February 19 where two distinguished tennis players came together to tie the knot.
Read more ...Castlebar Town Council to spend more than €200,000 on roadworks this year
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Castlebar Town Council has allocated €216,000 to be spend on the roadworks programme in the town this year. The programme was down for approval at the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week.
Read more ...Five years off the road for man caught driving while banned
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A Claremorris man was given a five year disqualification from driving after being convicted for driving while disqualified in Claremorris District Court, sitting in Kiltimagh this week.
Read more ...Teacher convicted of drink driving
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A teacher was disqualified from driving for three years at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court after he pleaded guilty to drink driving.
Read more ...Heston questions length of time Newtown traffic lights were out
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
At the monthly meeting of Castlebar Town Council last week, Fine Gael councillor Noreen Heston raised the issue of why the traffic lights in Newtown were out of order for so long. Cllr Heston told the meeting: “It is an important issue, I know it’s a county council matter, but the lights were left out of order for a very long time and there were a number of accidents there. There should have been a member of the Gardaí or a traffic warden placed at the lights because it was very dangerous.” Cllr Heston said that she had been in contact with the gardaí about the issue and was told that it was a matter of resources that they couldn not post someone there all the time, while the council said it was a similar issue for them.
Read more ...€40,000 for Claremorris Golf Club entrance
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A sum of €40,000 has been allocated from Mayo County Council’s Low Cost Safety Fund for improvement works at the entrance junction to Claremorris Golf Club. The works will help to alleviate what has been described as the “dangerous situation that exists there for many years”.
Read more ...Gardaí commend locals as search of River Moy continues
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
A full scale search and rescue operation is continuing in Ballina for a man who was seen in difficulty in the River Moy at around 6.30am last Sunday morning.
Read more ...Kenny answering ‘Ireland’s call’
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
“Honesty is not just our best policy, it is our only policy” — poignant words echoed by the new Taoiseach of the country, Enda Kenny, as he made his acceptance speech at the first session of the 31st Dáil.
Read more ...IWA in Ballina
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
The Irish Wheelchair Association in conjunction with Ballina Family Resource Centre is operating a new day service in Ballina Family Resource Centre every Thursday from noon to 4pm.
For further information contact Martina at 087 678 9843.
Read more ...Parenting alone
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
Ballina Family Resource Centre will be running a six-week programme for parents who are parenting alone. This programme will be held on Wednesday mornings 10am to 12 noon.
Read more ...Community orchard for Castlebar
Fri, Mar 11, 2011
Are you interested in playing your part in Castlebar’s first community orchard? If so, why not go along to Lough Lannagh tomorrow (Saturday) and be part of a team of volunteers planting fruit and nut trees at Lough Lannagh as part of a new dynamic project.
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