Evening classes at Westport College of Further Education

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Westport College of Further Education is providing a range of night classes for the the spring programme. There are lots of surprises in store with courses catering for popular demand.

Renew yourself and improve your health with homeopathy

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

January is usually a time when we want to make positive changes in our lives for the year ahead. If improving your health is on your list of New Year’s resolutions then attending a homeopathy workshop may be just the thing to get you off to a good start.

Holistic approach to education at St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

St Louis Community School, Kiltimagh is a co-educational school with a current enrolment of 644 pupils. With an exceptional history in second level education, current programmes on offer include TY, JCSP, LCVP and LCA while still maintaining an outstanding record in the traditional Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate programmes. A recipient of numerous national awards for individual academic performances in several subject areas, St Louis is now a pilot school for the new Junior Cycle framework. In addition, existing opportunities in preparation for third level education include successful Fetac, City and Guilds and PLC programmes spanning a wide variety of areas including pre-nursing, sports and recreation, business, childcare and hairdressing.

Get the points with Tutor Doctor

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

If you are studying for your leaving cert and feel the pressure getting to you at this stage, don’t worry. Tutor Doctor is at hand. You can sign up for an agreed amount of teaching hours with Tutor Doctor for a range of different subjects, depending on where you require that extra bit of help.

Ballina councillors keep commercial rates the same

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Following their second public meeting and after a number of behind closed doors sessions the elected members of Ballina Town Council finalised their budget for 2013 on Wednesday evening. Following the protracted discussions, the members agreed to keep the commercial rate the same in the town as the previous year at a figure of €64.52 in the euro, but made a number of changes to the spending priorities in the budget.

Supreme Court rules against Shell pipeline challenge

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the validity of compulsory acquisition orders for the Corrib gas pipeline project in Mayo.

Jail for man who assaulted customer and licensee of Ballina pub

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

A 39-year-old man who threw a patron of a pub across tables and threw a pint glass in the direction of the owner of the pub was before Ballina District Court this week.

Ballina looks to curb the blight of poor signage

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Ballina Town Council will be putting new draft signage bye-laws out to public consultation in the next few weeks. Town architect, Kevin Keegan gave a presentation to the members of the council on the issue of poor and unattractive signage in the town and its surrounds and the impression it gives. Mr Keegan told the meeting that the council had problems in trying to get certain businesses to comply with the council’s requests to remove or replace poor signage as there were no bye-laws in place.

Civic reception for Westport sport stars

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Three sport stars will be honoured in Westport at a Civic Reception to be held on Friday February 1.

Burglaries up, but thefts and public order down in Castlebar

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Inspector Joe McKenna told the January meeting of the Castlebar Joint Policing Committee that good work was being done on prosecuting criminals in the town. At Monday’s meeting the Garda Inspector said, “I was prosecuting cases in Castlebar last Wednesday and it was a full day’s sitting. Good work is being done here in the town, Castlebar is a big town.”

Anti-social policy should allow for expulsion from local authority houses

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

Councillor Myles Staunton made a proposal at the Westport Joint Policing Committee meeting this week that a provision should be put in the Anti-Social policy document which will enable the “immediate expulsion from local authority housing” of anyone who lives in social housing and who allows someone who is involved in anti-social behaviour to stay with them.

CCTV application for Westport submitted to Garda HQ

Fri, Jan 25, 2013

An application for CCTV for Westport has been forwarded to Garda Headquarters. According to Superintendent Aiden Foley the application has been sent and he hopes to be called to present to the Garda CCTV committee at the next quarterly meeting. However, the superintendent could not give the town’s JPC meeting a date when CCTV would be up and running.

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