Murray calls for retention of farm grants
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Murray has called on the Government to retain the Early Retirement Scheme and Young Farmer Installation Aid Scheme, which were scrapped in the recent Budget announceemnts.
Read more ...Social Welfare offices unable to cope with influx of claims – Ring
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Fine Gael Deputy Michael Ring, spokesperson for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has today claimed that Social Welfare local offices and regional offices are currently unable to cope with the influx of claims they are receiving.
Read more ...O’Mahony slams Government’s betrayal of parents and children
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
A Mayo secondary school will lose five of its teachers, cease all extra-curricular sports activities and send children home from school if a teacher reports sick once the cutbacks announced in last week’s budget are enforced. Field work, which is compulsory for pupils studying certain Leaving Certificate subjects such as geography, biology, agricultural science, home economics and history, are also set to cease with immediate effect in the school.
Read more ...Councillor Martin welcomes CIS office for Westport
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Councillor Keith Martin, Labour's County Council candidate for Westport, has warmly welcomed the planned Citizens’ Information Service (CIS) Office for Westport, which is due to open in December.
Read more ...Kenny encourages people to check if they’re registered to vote
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD, has encouraged every person in Mayo who is eligible to vote to check if they are on the Register of Electors. In advance of every election, many people believe they are on the register, however, when they receive no polling card, they realise that they are not on the register and it may be too late to be added.
Read more ...Briefs
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Westport Film Club
Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh and will be shown in the Westport Cineplex on Wednesday November 5 at 8:45pm.
Castlebar Tidy Towns
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
The Castlebar Tidy Towns Committee welcomes the recent report of Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) which showed Castlebar achieved eighth place nationally out of the 55 towns surveyed.
Read more ...Be an angel and buy an Angel Pin
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
The Irish Wheelchair Association, Belmullet launched its Angel Campaign 2008 in the day resource centre, Logmore, Belmullet. The campaign was launched by Erris Person of the Year Anna Marie Healy, and Erris Young Person of the Year Nicolle Geraghty, both of whom are members of the Irish Wheelchair Association.
Read more ...CARI thanks you
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
On behalf on CARI (Children At Risk in Ireland), Karen Conway would like to thank everyone who attended its fundraising table quiz recently.
Read more ...Workshops for Rural Social Scheme participants
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
The HSE’s Health Promotion Services in Mayo and South West Mayo Development Company are holding two one-day seminars in November (on November 6 and 20) to further strengthen their partnership in promoting the health and wellbeing of the Rural Social Scheme participants.
Read more ...Three men convicted for arson attack on Garda’s house
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
Three Ballina men who caused a “callous”, “cowardly” and “vicious” crime against a Ballina garda when they performed an arson attack on his premises were convicted at Ballina District Court this week.
Read more ...Suspended sentence for man found urinating in laneway
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
A Ballina man with 39 previous convictions appeared before Ballina District Court this week on foot of public order charges after an incident occurred after he was observed urinating in a laneway.
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