Erris Special Olympics

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

The club meets every Wednesday night at 7.30pm in Belmullet Sports Complex.

Manual handling course

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

A manual handling and patient handling course will be held in the IWA centre, Logmore.

Creative writing group

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Starting on Monday January 23 and following on alternative Mondays until Easter there will be a quiet writing time in Áras Inis Gluaire in Belmullet.

Ballinrobe Tidy Towns

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

A meeting of the Tidy Towns will be held on Wednesday February 1 at 8pm in the parish centre to discuss plans for 2012. New members are encouraged to come along and get involved.

Kenny named Mayo Person of the Year

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny was announced as the Muintir Mhaigh Eo Mayo Person of the Year yesterdat at a reception in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The Muintir Mhaigheo Dublin Association has been running since 1905 and the Mayo Person of the Year has been awarded to a number of notable Mayo sons and daughters, including former president Mary Robinson and former taoiseach Charles J Haughey. Last year’s winner was Castlebar hotelier Pat Jennings.

Shop assistant tied up in armed robbery

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

A female shop assistant was subjected to a terrifying ordeal last Sunday night (January 15) at 9.40pm in the Top Oil Service Station, Ballina, after two masked raiders entered the premises and confronted the woman. One of the raiders was carrying a knife.

Handover of keys to new MRI scanner at Mayo General Hospital

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Mayo General Hospital has announced that the keys to the new permanently based MRI scanner were handed over to Mayo General Hospital by representatives of the fundraising groups at a ceremony at the hospital recently. The funding for the MRI scanner had been raised by a number of established cancer charities and the core groups involved were Cancer Action Mhaigh-Eo and the Bright Eyes Campaign.

Warmer Homes scheme backlog must be cleared – Conway-Walsh

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

It is unacceptable that more than 700 applicants for the Warmer Homes scheme are still waiting for the work to be carried out, according to Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh.

Cllr Conway-Walsh stated: “Some of these applicants have been waiting since 2010 to have the insulation works done. I submitted a number of parliamentary questions regarding the waiting times for this scheme through Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley in the last month. Minister Phil Hogan has been asked to immediately allocate sufficient resources to both Clar ICH, Claremorris, and Mayo North East LEADER Partnership to enable them to continue with the work. These are the two community based organisations in Mayo contracted to implement the scheme in the county. I have further asked the Minister to allocate some of the outstanding works to contractors in local areas to clear the backlog and create local employment.

Westport ‘bucking the national trend’

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Following the “brilliant news” that Allergan is investing millions of euro in Westport, Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council, Councillor Christy Hyland, said the town is “bucking the national trend”.

Mayo Advertiser Christmas Art Competition winners

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

The winners of the Mayo Advertiser Christmas Art Competition will be presented with their prizes today (Friday Jan 20) at a presentation in the Breaffy House Hotel.

Day of action to take place in Castlebar

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Mayo Sinn Féin is organising a Stop the Handover day of action on Wednesday January 25 in Market Square, Castlebar, at 12.45pm.

Welcome for payment on pre-budget CE scheme grants - O’Mahony

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Fine Gael TD for Mayo John O’Mahony has welcomed the commitment this week by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton,to honour CE Scheme grants that were awarded before budget measures were introduced.

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