Opening of town centre gate to Westport House

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Westport House will hold an Open Day kicked off by a special ribbon cutting celebration to mark the opening of their new town centre gate and ticket office at 1pm on October 20.

Increased demand for Mayo Sports Partnership Services in 2012

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Providing physical activity opportunities for some 8,000 people through 76 locally delivered sports programmes, an additional 7,000 females through 12 Women in Sport initiatives, 400 people with a disability participating locally, supplying information to 520 clubs / organisations and some 11,000 people contacting the Partnership for general and sports specific information were just some of the highlights of the 2012 annual report presented to board of the Mayo Sports Partnership recently. The boards function is to oversee the workings of the Sports Partnership and comprises representatives from local agencies, community and sporting organisations within the county.

Mayo people urged to make their will

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Eighty charities who are all members of the MyLegacy organisation, in partnership with 400 solicitors, are joining forces for the third year running to encourage the people of Mayo to make a will and consider leaving a gift to their favourite charity, regardless of size and after family and friends have been looked after.

Attymass National School scoops top Repak award

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Attymass National School scooped this year’s Repak/An Taisce Recycling Primary School of the Year award despite tough competition at the 2013 Repak Recycling Awards which took place in The Westin Dublin last week. Attymass National School is a five teacher school located near Ballina with a total of 60 students. A comprehensive review carried out by the committee highlighted the need to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill through intensive waste minimisation practices and a drive toward recycling and composting. Overall, a 77 per cent reduction in the number of plastic bottles was made, a huge achievement to the school.

Breaffy House Resort hits the market

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

According to reports Savills have been appointment to sell the Breaffy House Resort in Castlebar, with a guide price of €2.9 million.

Drunk man found hiding in Christmas tree

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

A man who was found hiding in a Christmas tree in a house where he was trespassing was before Ballina District Court this week where trespassing and criminal damage charges were dismissed by Judge Mary Devins.

Mulherin pays tribute to Mayo football legend Tom Acton

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Fine Gael TD for Mayo, Deputy Michelle Mulherin, last week spoke of her sadness at the death of Mayo and Ballina Stephenites footballing legend, Tom Acton.

Grid West project announces preferred corridor for high capacity power line

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

EirGrid has announced the emerging preferred route corridor for the Grid West project. The chosen 1km wide corridor, which will accommodate a new power line, starts north west of Moygownagh, runs west of Ballina, east of Foxford and Swinford, south of Charlestown and Ballaghaderreen before linking into the existing Flagford substation, near Carrick-on-Shannon.

Fuel poverty must be tackled—Ruane

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane, has welcomed the move by Electric Ireland to freeze its prices until January 2014 but warns that more needs to be done to tackle fuel poverty. She is calling on Labour to deliver on their party's promise to tackle fuel poverty and to use Budget 2014 to give some hope to families to make ends meet.

MEP calls for immediate Seanad reform group

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

If the government refuses to bring forward proposals to reform the Seanad Fianna Fail which led opposition to its abolition should make reform a central plank to its manifesto for the next General Election.

Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has announced the call for entries to their annual Leading Lights in Road Safety Awards. Now in its sixth year, the awards recognise and honour the contribution made by people nationwide to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads.

ICA host personal finance seminar

Fri, Oct 11, 2013

The Irish CountryWomen’s Association knows that there is a unique relationship between mothers and their daughters, and on Monday, October 14, the Mayo Federation of the ICA will host the latest free seminar in the ICA’s Mother and Daughter Personal Finance Tour conducted by personal finance author and journalist, Jill Kerby. The seminar will take at 8pm in the Welcome Inn, Castlebar.

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