Mayo GAA and soccer grants for pitches
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
Mayo GAA and the Mayo soccer league are to receive two substantial grants under the 2012 Sports Capital Programme.
Read more ...Funding of €254,400 for community organisations in Mayo
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
Fine Gael TD for Mayo, Michelle Mulherin, has confirmed that a number of community and voluntary groups in Mayo have benefited from fresh funding awarded by the Department of Health from the Department’s National Lottery Fund.
Read more ...Four-fold increase in Canadian working visa applications
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
With the percentage of jobless households hitting 22 per cent, equating to approximately 9,500 in Mayo, experts at www.visafirst.com say that recent changes to the Canadian Working Holiday Visa programme (WHV) coupled with the fast approaching date for the opening of next year’s quotas has led to an unprecedented demand in the number of Irish applicants looking for Canadian visas. A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has revealed that the proportion of households without a working adult in Ireland is the highest out of 31 European countries and more than double that of the Eurozone average, and this will contribute to increasing numbers emigrating to Canada next year according to migration experts.
Read more ...O’Mahony welcomes €100,000 for Cystic Fibrosis in Mayo
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O'Mahony, has paid tribute to the commitment and perseverence of the Cystic Fibrosis organisation within Mayo as it edges closer to raising the €1m funding required for the construction of a specialised CF Unit at Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar.
Read more ...Objections to Royal Theatre dance licence
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
There were two objections to the renewal of the Royal Theatre’s dance licence at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.
Read more ...Drunk man kicked elderly woman’s door
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
A Polish man who randomly kicked and banged on a 71-year-old woman’s door while he was drunk was before Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...Women stole groceries
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
Two women were before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday in relation to theft of €29 worth of groceries from Casey’s Centra, Castlebar.
Read more ...Granny hit security man in head
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
A 62-year-old grandmother who belted a security guard in the head was before Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...Mechanic put off the road for three years
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
A 32-year-old man who was detected drink driving was disqualified from driving for three years by Judge Denis McLoughlin.
Read more ...Man was threatening and abusive after night out
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
A 23-year-old man who was observed to be threatening and abusive on a Castlebar street as he attempted to fight a man was before Castlebar District Court this week.
Read more ...Man stole child’s wallet from car
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
A 39-year-old man was before Castlebar District Court this week where he admitted breaking into a Jeep parked outside the cinema in Castlebar and stealing a child’s wallet.
Read more ...Women stole children’s clothes from Castlebar shop
Fri, Jan 04, 2013
Two Romanian women pleaded guilty at Castlebar District Court this week to stealing €294 worth of goods between them from Guiney’s, Castlebar.
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