Westport selected to take part in Heritage Towns Initiative

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has announced that Westport is one of three towns to take part in a pilot Heritage Towns Initiative.

Planning for smart cities and regions of the future

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

The Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research in collaboration with the College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway is hosting a one-day conference for public and private sector planners, decision makers, engineers, technology entrepreneurs, SMEs and start ups on ‘Planning for smart cities and regions of the future’.

Mayo JCI winners go forward to national awards

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Four Mayo winners have been selected in the JCI Mayo and Mayo Advertiser TOYP Awards in association with AIB Bank Claremorris, as follows — Aisling Neary, Dara Calleary, Darren Cawley, and Olwen Dawe, who will now go forward to the national awards.

Ballina man stole wine on Good Friday

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

A man who stole two bottles of Wally’s Hut Chardonnay from a Centra shop in Killala on Good Friday was before Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

Mark Murphy, 54 Ridgepool Village, Ballina, entered Centra in Killala on April 6 2012 where he went under the taped off area at the off-licence and placed two bottles of wine in a hold-all which he had with him. The shop assistant noticed that the wine had been taken and she located him up the street and recovered the bottles.

Man had two front teeth knocked out in brawl

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

A man who was drinking at the canal in Ballina had two of his front teeth knocked out following an altercation with a friend, Ballina District Court heard on Tuesday.

Castlebar Young Fine Gael AGM

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Castlebar Young Fine Gael will hold its annual general meeting this Saturday April 28 at 7.30pm in the TF Royal Hotel. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and John O’Mahony TD will be guest speakers on the night.

Smoking ban outside hospitals will be rolled out nationally in 2015

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

The issue of smoking outside public hospitals in Galway was raised at the Health Forum West meeting this month once more by chairman, Padraig Conneely, who stated there were problems for smokers wanting to have a cigarette since the ban was introduced last month.

Sinn Fein welcomes rise in support

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Mayo Sinn Fein councillor Rose Conway Walsh has welcomed the latest MRBI Poll showing Sinn Féin as the second most popular political party on 21 per cent.

Mulherin's 'fornication' statements described as primitive

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

Mayo Fine Gael TD and solicitor Michelle Mulherin, whose puzzling contribution during a Dáil debate on the X case yesterday, in which she declared that “fornication . . . is probably the single most likely cause of unwanted pregnancies in this country” has sparked a furore that continues to run and run this weekend.

Dulux Let’s Colour Project

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

The Dulux Let’s Colour Project is open to all Irish communities giving them the opportunity to make positive change transforming grey and neglected public community spaces into bright positive places.

So come on Mayo, rally the troops and submit your local project by logging on Dulux.ie.

Family Centre programmes

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

For a variety of reasons many people feel disillusioned and disconnected with the Catholic Church — yet they are sincere in wanting to find ways of connecting with God and other Christians in their community. This discussion will take place in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar on Wednesday April 25 from 8pm to 10pm.

Erris enterprise and employment exhibition

Fri, Apr 20, 2012

Iorras Le Chéile, Community Development Project and Mayo Ideas Lab will run an Enterprise and Employment Exhibition on May 1 in Belmullet Civic Centre from 4pm to 8pm.

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