Four-fold increase in Canadian working visa applications

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

With the percentage of jobless households hitting 22 per cent, equating to approximately 9,500 in Mayo, experts at www.visafirst.com say that recent changes to the Canadian Working Holiday Visa programme (WHV) coupled with the fast approaching date for the opening of next year’s quotas has led to an unprecedented demand in the number of Irish applicants looking for Canadian visas. A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has revealed that the proportion of households without a working adult in Ireland is the highest out of 31 European countries and more than double that of the Eurozone average, and this will contribute to increasing numbers emigrating to Canada next year according to migration experts.

O’Mahony welcomes €100,000 for Cystic Fibrosis in Mayo

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O'Mahony, has paid tribute to the commitment and perseverence of the Cystic Fibrosis organisation within Mayo as it edges closer to raising the €1m funding required for the construction of a specialised CF Unit at Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar.

Objections to Royal Theatre dance licence

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

There were two objections to the renewal of the Royal Theatre’s dance licence at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

Drunk man kicked elderly woman’s door

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

A Polish man who randomly kicked and banged on a 71-year-old woman’s door while he was drunk was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Women stole groceries

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

Two women were before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday in relation to theft of €29 worth of groceries from Casey’s Centra, Castlebar.

Granny hit security man in head

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

A 62-year-old grandmother who belted a security guard in the head was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Mechanic put off the road for three years

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

A 32-year-old man who was detected drink driving was disqualified from driving for three years by Judge Denis McLoughlin.

Man was threatening and abusive after night out

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

A 23-year-old man who was observed to be threatening and abusive on a Castlebar street as he attempted to fight a man was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Man stole child’s wallet from car

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

A 39-year-old man was before Castlebar District Court this week where he admitted breaking into a Jeep parked outside the cinema in Castlebar and stealing a child’s wallet.

Women stole children’s clothes from Castlebar shop

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

Two Romanian women pleaded guilty at Castlebar District Court this week to stealing €294 worth of goods between them from Guiney’s, Castlebar.

Transport Minister says West on Track project will be reviewed post 2016

Fri, Dec 21, 2012

It was a rocky week for the West on Track campaigners who seemed to have taken a severe blow on Tuesday when the Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport Leo Varadkar was quoted in The Irish Times as saying that the line would not be extended from Athenry to Tuam.