Global audience watches Swinford parade on Mayo TV
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Japan, Chile, America, and Singapore were just a sample of the countries with Mayo natives that logged onto www.mayotv.ie over the weekend and watched all the colour and pageantry of the 60th Swinford St Patrick’s Day parade unfold live on Mayo TV.
Read more ...Paws for Thought
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Mayo SPCA is looking for caring homes for rescued animals, some of which are shown here. Others can be viewed on www.mayospca.com. If you can offer a home then call 094 963 1888 or 086 803 2592. Telephone lines are open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm. Please leave a message if your call is unanswered and it will be returned as soon as possible. Lines are very busy. If you can help Mayo SPCA in any other way by volunteering your services, becoming a member, fostering short-term an animal in need, or assisting with fund raising for this entirely voluntary society then please do call as help is always needed.
Read more ...Ballina Town Council to meet again on new tenant purchase scheme
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
The elected members of Ballina Town Council will meet again before approving a new tenant purchase scheme for long standing tenants. The new scheme, which will run hand in hand with the existing scheme, will see tenants who have more than 10 years of tenancy with the local authority get up to a 45 per cent discount on purchasing their home. This new scheme will run alongside the existing scheme from 1995 which saw tenants being able to avail of up to a 30 per cent discount on purchasing their homes.
Read more ...Jail for woman who evaded Garda checkpoints
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A 22-year-old woman who evaded three Garda checkpoints and who led gardaí on a car chase for almost an hour, while she was accompanied by her boss, was sentenced to jail at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...Conviction for mother whose child was unrestrained
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A mother of five, who allowed her three-year-old child to be unrestrained in her car as she drove to get Calpol for her children, was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.
Read more ...Man told to stay out of Mayo
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A man who resides in Dublin gave an undertaking at Ballina District Court this week to stay out of Mayo until his case is due for sentencing in November.
Read more ...Man four times over the limit drove up one-way street
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A drunk man who, when he was four times over the limit, drove up a one-way street where he hit three cars, was disqualified from driving for three years at Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Court for men following fight outside Ballina bar
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Three men who were involved in a brawl outside a bar in Ballina were before Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Man asked garda to fight him
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A 42-year-old man, who asked a garda to remove his uniform and to fight him on the forecourt of a petrol station, was given a suspended sentence at this week’s Ballina District Court.
Read more ...Man claimed dole while working
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A Knockmore man who claimed unemployment assistance while he worked as a lorry driver was before Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Tonnes of litter dumped next to Ceide Fields
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
A large scale clean-up operation had to be undertaken next to one of the county’s top beauty and tourist spots — which included the deployment of an abseiling team — Ballina District Court heard on Tuesday.
Environmental officer with Mayo County Council Liam Rabbitte outlined that a complaint was made about illegal dumping at a site at Glenurla, Ballycastle, where 1.34 tonnes of litter had been dumped over a cliff face. The site is visible from the historic Ceide Fields.
Read more ...I’ll be coming to Ireland in three months, Obama tells Kenny
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
US President Barack Obama has confirmed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny, at a St Patrick’s Day reception in the White House, that he is to visit Ireland in May and it is hoped that he will come west as part of that trip. Former US President John F Kennedy visited Galway during his reign in office in 1963 and Galway City councillor Padraig Conneely extended the same invitation to President Obama during a visit to the US in 2009.
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