Celebrity Mr and Mrs Belmullet style

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

How well do you know your husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner? Could you answer 10 questions about him/her, his/her likes, dislikes, what his/her habits are?

Drunk driver thought a patrol car behind him was an ambulance

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A 51-year-old man was disqualified from driving for three years at Castlebar District Court this week.

Drunk man sat in car waiting for garda to come back

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A man who was arrested for drink driving had his case dismissed at Castlebar District Court on Tuesday.

Pub served underage girl

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A pub in Shrule is to be closed for 48 hours after the previous licensee was convicted for allowing a 16-year-old to consume intoxicating liquor in the pub.

Man took out loans in other people’s names to fund his son’s education

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A former employee of a credit company took out four third party loans in the names of previous customers for his benefit and also failed to lodge payments made by clients.

Bronzer and DVDs stolen

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A mother of two in her twenties was sentenced to prison this week for stealing DVDs and bronzer in two separate incidents which occurred within a matter of minutes of each other.

Man failed to see pedestrian crossing the road

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A German national who almost hit a pedestrian crossing the road was convicted and fined at Castlebar District Court this week.

Man bought illegal traps online

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A member of a local hunt club was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday as he imported 12 illegal animal traps over the internet. The prosecution was brought by the Department of Arts, Heritage and The Gaeltacht.

Westport councillors condemn town council abolition

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

The impending abolition of the town councils was discussed by the Westport councillors at last week’s annual budget meeting. Cllr Christy Hyland first raised the issue by saying: “Westport is a good example of a town council and now people will have to go over to the new municipal authority with cap in hand like Oliver, asking please sir can I have more?”

Graphic road safety show to leave school pupils aghast

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

A hard-hitting road safety show to alert young people to the human cost of dangerous driving will take place at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Thursday, February 7, at 10.45am.

Knock airport row rumbles on

Fri, Jan 11, 2013

The long term future of Knock Airport was pushed to the front of political debate once again this week, even causing the suspension of standing orders at the annual budget meeting of Mayo County Council so it could be discussed before the €120 million budget was even considered, and later in the week necessitated a Government Minister’s department to issue a denial that he advised an airline to fly into Shannon rather than Knock.