Ballyvary man off the road
Wed, Oct 27, 2010
A 42-year-old Ballyvary man was disqualified from driving for three years after he was convicted on Wednesday of drink driving.
Read more ...Chef disqualified from driving
Wed, Oct 27, 2010
A 22-year-old chef was disqualified from driving for three years after she pleaded guilty to drink driving at Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...Intoxicated man tried to headbutt Garda car
Wed, Oct 27, 2010
A married father of two who tried to headbutt the back window of a patrol car was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.
Read more ...Don’t become a road death headline, warns local safety chief
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
Gardai and the Road Safety Authority along with AA Roadwatch are stepping up their life-saving campaigns this weekend in a bid to halt the trend of deaths on the country’s roads during Bank Holiday breaks. In a concerted effort between the parties to ensure it is a weekend to remember for all the right reasons, pedestrians and cyclists using roads around Mayo are also to be issued with complimentary high-visibility vests by gardai who are to carry a supply in their vehicles.
Read more ...New job and training service launched in Mayo
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
JobFit, a new local initiative to support people to upskill or retrain and get a job or move on to further education or training, was officially launched today (Friday October 22) by Mayo manager James Horan and Mayor Ger Deere in a celebration event in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar.
Read more ...Warm welcome for new jobs at Hollister
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
The good news story of 250 new jobs to be created at Hollister ULC in Ballina, plus an additional 200 short-term jobs for construction workers over the next year, has been warmly welcomed this week. The US based healthcare company is investing €65 million in expanding its current manufacturing facility in Ballina with an additional 75,000 square feet by end of 2011.
Read more ...Money stolen from barber shop
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
A Lithuanian man (42), who in the space of two years has clocked up 25 theft convictions, was before Castlebar District Court this week for another theft charge.
Read more ...Taoiseach meets Mayo deputation on N5 concerns
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
Beverley Flynn TD met with An Taoiseach Brian Cowen recently to press the case for urgent improvements to the N5 between Mayo and Longford.
Read more ...‘Free runners’ before court for trespassing
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
Two men who took part in free running — a form of urban acrobatics, where runners use landscapes to perform movements — were before Castlebar District Court for trespassing charges.
Read more ...Christmas festival helps branding of Westport
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
Spraoi na Nollaig will once again take place in Westport this Christmas following its successful debut last year and in the process will add to the growing calendar of events in the town, it was announced at the town council’s October meeting.
Read more ...Death of Mayo man leads to census
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
The death of a man from Mayo in 2008, whose body was not discovered in his New York home for a week, has led to a census of elderly Irish people in the New York borough of Queens being launched.
Read more ...Sligo County Enterprise Board funding allocation
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
Sligo County Enterprise Board was allocated €62,000 as part of the national CEBs’ €3.3 million funding package recently announced by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, rather than the zero funding reported in a story in last week’s Mayo Advertiser story.
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