New enterprise centre for Westport

Fri, Oct 25, 2013

A new enterprise centre for Westport has been secured and should be operational at the beginning of 2014.

Belmullet businessman secures national position

Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Derek Reilly, well known Belmullet businessman, has been elected as the 2014 president of JCI Ireland (Junior Chamber International). Mr Reilly recently returned from Japan Leadership Academy and the JCI Malta National Convention where he was the guest speaker and trainer.

Castlebar FG picks candidates for selection convention

Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Last week the Castlebar branch of the Fine Gael party met to pick candidates to go forward for the selection convention ahead of next year’s local elections. The Castlebar branch selected sitting county councillors Cyril Burke and Eugene McCormack along with current Castlebar Town Council councillors Brendan Heneghan and Ger Deere. The four selected nominees all spoke to the meeting and will now go forward to the party’s Mayo convention next month.

Patients waiting on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital has fallen by fifteen per cent

Fri, Oct 25, 2013

Mayo Fine Gael TDs John O’Mahony and Michelle Mulherin have welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health that the number of patients waiting on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital has fallen by 15 per cent in the first nine months of this year as compared to 2012, evidence of the commitment by staff at the hospital in ensuring that patients always come first.

Community Diary

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Christmas Catwalk
Enjoy and evening of fashion, food and fun in Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar on Friday November 15.

Ballina councillors want revenue raised in the town to stay in the area

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

The members of Ballina Town Council passed a motion on Wednesday night calling for the revenues raised in the town from rates and parking charges and other levies usually imposed by the town council to be spent in the town following the abolition of the council next year.

Setback for the Shell Corrib gas pipeline

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

The Commercial Court on Tuesday granted an order quashing a revised licence which was issued for the Shell gas terminal in north Mayo.

Group appointed to develop marketing plan for Ballina

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Moy Valley Resources has won a tender competition for a three month contract valued at €10,000 (including VAT) to prepare a marketing and promotions plan for Ballina. The members of Ballina Town Council were informed of the news at the October monthly meeting of the authority this week, by town manager Paddy Mahon. There was some surprise among a number of councillors who had assumed that the council would appoint an individual to the post using funding they had set aside in their budget for this year.

Mulherin urges intervention to improve Mayo tapwater

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Fine Gael Mayo TD for Mayo Michelle Mulherin has urged the Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, to intervene to ensure the improvement of the quality of water in certain communities in Mayo where tapwater is not fit for human consumption.

Austerity is greatest threat to jobs — Ruane

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Reacting to the closure of Homebase in Castlebar last weekend and the loss of 30 jobs in Castlebar, Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane, said that austerity is undermining the domestic economy and making the crisis in the retail sector worse by the day.

Minister of State Ring welcomes progress on Westport Primary Care Centre

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has been informed by Minister for Health, James Reilly, that a planning application will be lodged with Westport Town Council in the coming days for the new Westport Primary Care Centre.

Ballina moving towards purple flag application

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Ballina is moving closer to following the lead of the likes of Ennis and areas in Dublin city centre in attaining a purple flag award, which is an international award that recognises the excellence in managing town centres with a focus on the night-time economy. A briefing was held between Ballina Town Council and a number of traders earlier this week, with a follow up presentation by a member of the purple flag accreditation body to take place next week, before a number of delegates from the town will attend a conference in Ennis on the purple flag the following weekend.

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