Man caught driving without insurance twice in the same day

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

A man who was twice detected driving with no insurance by the same garda in the space of 24 hours was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Mayo North East LEADER going over legacy files from Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

Mayo North East LEADER Company which has taken over the responsibility for a large portion of the work of Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta which dealt with LEADER schemes in the Gaeltacht area and which closed in 2011, is currently going through the ‘legacy files’ from the area and hopes to have the work on these files completed by the middle of the month and then open up for new applications which will be paid out by the end of the year. The members of the Belmullet Electoral Area were informed of this news at their September meeting this month.

€850,000 allocated so far this year from Community Gain Investment Fund

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

The Erris area and Kilcommon in particular has seen an allocation of €875,000 this year in local projects under the Community Gain Investment Fund which was part of the planning permission for the Corrib Gas project. Declan Turnbull from the Community and Enterprise section of Mayo County Council which manages the fund, gave the members of the Belmullet Electoral Area Committee an update on the progress made this year with the fund. Along with the €875,000 allocated so far this year, he also informed the meeting there were three other programme groups that still had to be allocated funding this year, and he hoped that these groups would see funding allocated by the end of September.

Festival of the Pirate Queen

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

Come to Louisburgh on Saturday September 14 for the Festival of the Pirate Queen.

Concerns over the increase of non authorised collection and recycling of WEEE

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

WEEE Ireland, the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling, has raised its concerns over the increasing number of non-authorised collections and recycling of WEEE being carried out across Mayo and the whole country.

Man found with cannabis

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

A passenger in a car who was searched and found with €15 worth of cannabis in his possession was convicted and fined at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

Console opens new service in Ballina

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

Console, the national suicide charity, officially opened a new Outreach Service in the Family Resource Centre, Ballina last week.

Fine for having no driving licence

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

A Ballyhaunis woman was convicted and fined in her absence of having no driving licence and failing to produce their licence within 10 days at Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Garda Brian Guerin gave evidence in court this week that he stopped Heile Vlasevica, 36 The Maples, Ballyhaunis, on January 29, 2013 at Hazel Hills, Ballyhaunis, and demanded the production of her driving licence, she failed to do so when stopped and he then ordered her to produce it within 10 days at a Garda station of her choice, which she failed to do.

Four year ban for man with a number of no insurance convictions

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

Judge Mary Devins banned a Ballyhaunis man from driving for four years after he was convicted for a third time for driving without insurance at Ballyhaunis District Court. Tommy Webb, Cornageachta, Aghamore who represented himself in court said that he had believed he was insured to drive the car he was stopped driving under a different insurance policy, but following investigations by the Gardai this proved not to be the case.

Host a coffee morning for hospice

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

Ireland's Biggest Coffee Morning with Bewley's takes place on September 19 next where all money raised locally stays locally to fund local hospice services.

Work so far on Mulranny footpaths praised

Fri, Sep 06, 2013

The work that has been carried out to date on the footpath and road safety scheme in Mulranny village was this week praised by the members of the Belmullet Electoral Area Committee. Steve Verity, senior executive engineer with Mayo County Council gave the members an update on the progress of the project. The works from the church to the hotel in the village are underway and nearing completion, the second stretch from Moynish House to the tourist office has seen the land acquisition agreed and construction is expected to start once the first stretch of works is completed this month.