Westport Greenway nominated for LAMA Award

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

Westport Town Council has announced that the Westport Greenway project has been shortlisted for the 2011 LAMA Awards.

Plasterer whose van was involved in accident had wrong vehicle insured

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

A plasterer whose van was involved in a traffic accident and who only found out following he accident he had insured another van he had sold rather than the one he intended to insure, was in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Fourteen public order incidents over festive period

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

Fourteen public order incidents occurred in the Castlebar area over the festive season.

Seniors Alert funding for Mayo groups

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

Mayo Minister of State Dara Calleary has welcomed the allocation of a combined total of almost €20,000 for four local community and voluntary groups under the Seniors Alert Scheme. In conjunction with the previous Scheme of Community Support for Older People over €1.947m has been approved under the schemes this year, with 445 groups receiving funds nationwide. “I am delighted four Mayo based groups will be receiving significant financial assistance under this latest tranche of funding and that many local older people can now benefit from the scheme. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the local organisations in promoting and fostering community activity at a local level. I would ask them to continue to look after the older people in their communities,” said Minister Calleary. The organisations to receive funding are: Crossmolina Community Council €13,271.50; Clar ICH Claremorris €5,720.40; Louisburgh Lecanvey Community Alert €717; and Glencastle Church Area Community Alert €323.50.

Drunk man stole radio on way home

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

An intoxicated man who stole items from a hospital on his way home from a night out was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Students needed for survey

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

As part of a BT Young Scientist project being carried out by St Gerald’s College, Castlebar, students are asked to take part in a survey which is researching the trends in numbers of students taking Higher Level Maths and Irish for the Leaving Cert.

Art competition

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

The search to find Ireland’s top young artists of 2011 is under way as brochures for the 57th Texaco Children’s Art Competition are arriving at primary and second-level schools throughout the county.

Dinner for Mayo Person of the Year

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

The Mayo Person of the Year 2010, Joe Kennedy, is to be honoured at a dinner to be held in the Castlecourt Hotel, Westport, on Saturday January 22 at 8.30pm.

Erris notes

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

Short shore-based courses are currently available in navigation or VHF radio. These courses can be completed in two days or across four evenings.

Through a Swedish Lens: Images of early twentieth-century Irish life

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

This new exhibition, on loan from the National Folklore Collection in University College Dublin, features photographs taken by a number of Swedes who visited Ireland in the early decades of the 20th century.

Mayo Cancer Support programmes

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

A new eight week free programme for patients post-cancer diagnosis and treatment called The Well is now running at Mayo Cancer Support Association, Castlebar.

Alleged assaults took place at a Castlebar taxi rank

Fri, Jan 07, 2011

At Wednesday’s sitting of Castlebar District Court two men were before the court on assault charges arising out of an incident which took place on December 14 2009. Andrew Morris, 35 Castlegrove East, Castlebar, and Morris Agboerha, 52 Chestnut Grove, Castlebar, claim that each was assaulted by the other on the night in question.

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