Notes from Charlestown

Fri, Aug 08, 2008

Charlestown Farmers’ Market
A wide variety of organic foodstuffs is available from the farmers’ market which is held on Thursdays from 9am to 2pm at Murphy’s Londis car park.

The Castlebar Tidy Towns Committee are asking the public to please only dispose of bottles at the bottle banks in the town as there have been some complaints about the dumping of other material at these facilities.

Farmers Market

Fri, Aug 08, 2008

An exciting new venture is happening in Erris this weekend, with the launch of Margadh Feirmeoirí Iorrais (Erris Farmers Market). The enterprise is being launched by Ann Marie Healy (Erris Person of the Year) at 12noon on Saturday August 9.

Blue Flag beach talks

Fri, Aug 08, 2008

Mayo County Council are inviting children and adults to join in and enjoy their free annual summer series of walks and talks on Clare Island and Mulranny beaches.

Enjoy a Watersports Day

Fri, Aug 08, 2008

On Sunday August 10 Connemara’s Watersports Day in aid of ISPCC/Childline will be held on Glassilaun Beach, Renvyle, which will allow all ages to partake in activities such as scuba diving, kayaking, boat and pony rides.

WTO breakdown could affect top Mayo industries

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

The Irish Farmers’ Association in Mayo are expressing their relief this week at the breakdown of the World Trade Organisation talks, but the lack of a deal could have serious implications for Mayo’s largest employers who export €3bn worth of products every year and employ 3,000 people.

Popular Ballyheane man dies in US road accident

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

The only son and eldest child of popular Castlebar photographer Michael Donnelly has died tragically in the USA.

Gardaí investigate Castlebar body find

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

Gardaí have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in Castlebar yesterday.

Three-year-old boy laid to rest

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

The three-year-old boy who died in a tragic quad bike accident in Ballycastle on Tuesday night is being laid to rest today (Friday).

Ring calls on An Post and O Cuív to save Inishbiggle postal service

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

Fine Gael TD Michael Ring has called on An Post and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív TD to save the postal service on Inisbiggle. “An Post are getting rid of the rural post office by stealth, they are not paying people to make it a viable service. The post office on the island was ran by the O’Malley family for over 60 years and Bridget O’Malley, who was the person running it as an agency up to now, was getting only 36 cent per transaction,” he told the Mayo Advertiser this week.

Ring calls on Fine Gael to step back from Lisbon unless there are changes

Fri, Aug 01, 2008

“The people have spoken,” is Michael Ring’s view on the current discussions about what to do next in relation to the Lisbon Treaty. The Westport-based Fine Gael TD, who is one of the most popular public representatives in the county, is urging his party to distance themselves from the treaty if it is put before the people again. “The people have spoken on the treaty, and if it is put in front of them again without any changes I think we have to step away from it. If there are concessions made and it’s a new document then we can look at it again, but not as it stands.”