Castlebar Tidy Towns

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Castlebar has been selected as one of 13 towns to be shortlisted for Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition 2009. The next meeting of the Tidy Towns committee will be on Monday June 8 at 8pm in the TF Hotel. All are welcome.

Castlebar Tidy Towns

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Castlebar has been selected as one of 13 towns to be shortlisted for Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition 2009. The next meeting of the Tidy Towns committee will be on Monday June 8 at 8pm in the TF Hotel. All are welcome.

Election aftermath promises more excitement than campaign

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Tomorrow’s polling day marks the culmination of a three month campaign to fill our MEP and local council seats. By any standards it has been one of the dullest. Barely a proper insult traded.

Public opinion, as measured by polls, is broadly the same as a month ago. Fine Gael is hovering above 30 per cent with Labour and FF tussling for the second berth at around 20 per cent. In the last general election and polls of a year ago Fianna Fáil obtained 42 per cent.

€56k for Killala welcomed — Loftus

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Mayo County Council election candidate Michael Loftus has welcomed funding of more than €56,000 to the Killala Historic Town Trail project.

Calleary welcomes new initiatives for the unemployed

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Minister for Labour Affairs, Dara Calleary TD today has welcomed the announcement of the details of the Work Placement Programme and a pilot Short Time Working Training Programme. Both of these activation programmes, which are aimed at assisting the unemployed and those on a reduced working week, were contained in last month’s Supplementary Budget.

McHale proposal could save council €3.8 million

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A proposal from Fianna Fáil local election candidate in Mayo County Council Gerard McHale could save Mayo County Council €3.8 million over the term of the council.

No more council houses for six to 10 years — Barrett

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

There will be no council houses built in Castlebar for the next six to 10 years, according to Labour Councillor Harry Barrett.

No more council houses for six to 10 years — Barrett

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

There will be no council houses built in Castlebar for the next six to 10 years, according to Labour Councillor Harry Barrett.

Civic reception for newly appointed Ballina Minister

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

A civic reception was accorded to Minister of State Dara Calleary last night (Thursday) by Ballina Town Council.

Local authority projects offered funding lifeline from EU - Higgins

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has confirmed that the European Union is set to announce details of a €14 billion package that will allow Ireland and other EU countries to claim 100 per cent of the cost of projects funded by the European Social Fund and the European Structural and Cohesion Funds for the years 2009 and 2010.

Voters should protest at FF tax hikes as new levies hit home – O’Mahony

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Pay packets have shrunk further this week as Brian Lenihan’s latest round of tax cuts hit home, with the average family now paying €7,700 more tax compared to 12 months ago, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O'Mahony said.

Lack of broadband affecting business start up and growth

Fri, Jun 05, 2009

The lack of proper countywide broadband has shown how Mayo has been let down by central Government according to one candidate in the Ireland North West constituency.

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