Spending on agency staff in HSE west area soars by twenty one per cent in first quarter
Fri, May 31, 2013
Spending on agency staff in the HSE west area has increased by 21 per cent in the first quarter of this year when compared with the first quarter of 2012. In the first four months of 2013 HSE West spent €5.275 million employing agency staff compared to €4.354 million for the same period in 2012.
Read more ...Belcarra Gathering festivities
Fri, May 31, 2013
Belcarra Community Council has set aside the week of Friday August 23 to August 30 to celebrate The Gathering.
Read more ...Operation Slow Down this Bank Holiday weekend
Fri, May 31, 2013
From 7am on Friday May 31 to 7am on Saturday June 1, An Garda Síochána, along with other stakeholders, will run Operation Slow Down. The objectives of the operation are to raise awareness of the dangers of inappropriate and excessive speed, reduce the number of speed related collisions, and therefore save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
Read more ...Funding boost for Ballinrobe Courthouse welcomed locally
Fri, May 31, 2013
Ballinrobe Courthouse is to benefit from an allocation of €8,000 funding as announced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan.
Read more ...Clew Bay half marathon for July
Fri, May 31, 2013
The third annual Clew Bay half marathon will take place on Saturday July 20, starting and finishing in Louisburgh. The race will be run over a variety of landscapes and will feature breathtaking scenery of mountains, boglands, sea, and the islands of Inishturk, Clare Island, and the many other islands of Clew Bay. The course is challenging and exhilarating, its winding roads and ever-changing scenery making it a very enjoyable run.
Read more ...New music bank for youngsters in Mayo
Fri, May 31, 2013
The County Community Forum Instrument Music Bank, in the ownership of Mayo County Community Forum, is a new resource for young musicians in Mayo. Instruments from this bank can be borrowed by young people (up to 18) in the south west Mayo area for a period of up to one year.
Read more ...Balla Holy Trinity Church Gathering
Fri, May 31, 2013
Balla No Name Club is hosting a gathering on Sunday, June 9, 2.30pm in the grounds of the Church of Ireland Holy Trinity Church in Balla.
Read more ...Fisheries officers claim man swung hammer at them
Fri, May 31, 2013
Three people were before court on Tuesday to face prosecutions by Inland Fisheries Ireland. The three, John Ferguson jnr, 14 St Muredach’s Terrace, Ballina; Declan Hopkins jnr, 12 Mount Assumpta Place, Ballina; and Margaret Hopkins, 12 Mount Assumpta Place, Ballina denied the charges brought against them.
Read more ...Drunk man at wedding shouted abuse at gardaí
Fri, May 31, 2013
A man who shouted abuse at gardaí after they were called to a disturbance at a wedding was sentenced to community service at Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Four men deny stealing lobsters
Fri, May 31, 2013
Four men from Lithuania were before Ballina District Court on Tuesday where they denied the theft of a total of 16 lobsters from a lobster pot in Rathlacken Pier, Carramore-Lacken, on May 23 2013.
Read more ...Charges of assault withdrawn against GAA player
Fri, May 31, 2013
A section three assault charge was dropped against a GAA player at Ballina District Court on Tuesday after the complainant player on an opposing GAA team withdrew his statement of complaint last month.
Read more ...Six year disqualification for Crossmolina farmer
Fri, May 31, 2013
A farmer who drove drunk while he was attending his land was disqualified from driving for six years at this week’s sitting of Ballina District Court.
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