Gavin threatens Deere on air over VEC Headquarter comments
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s commitment to his home town of Castlebar and County Mayo has been questioned by a local Fianna Fáil councillor leading to a war of words, and the threat of a punch up between two elected members of Castlebar town council, on the local airwaves.
Cllr Blackie Gavin’s comments at a recent meeting of Mayo VEC escalated and led to an exchange of words between him and Deputy Kenny’s personal assistant Castlebar town councillor Ger Deere on CRCfm’s Saturday Forum last weekend.
Read more ...Mayo pilgrimage trust group looking for carers for Lourdes visit
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Earlier this year, the IHCPT — the Irish Pilgrimage Trust — celebrated its 40th anniversary. Each Easter Sunday approximately 1,000 pilgrims in various different groups leave Ireland destined for a fun-packed week in Lourdes including the Mayo group known as Group 95.
Read more ...Dangers when trick-or-treating - not from ghosts and goblins
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
The major dangers at Halloween are not from ghosts and goblins, but from falls and pedestrian/vehicle collisions.
Read more ...New hoard of Early Bronze Age gold from Coggalbeg opens at museum
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
The hoard of Early Bronze Age goldwork which formed part of the contents of a pharmacy safe stolen from Sheehan’s Chemists, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, in March 2009 was officially opened by Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, yesterday (Thursday). Safe Secrets: the Story of the Coggalbeg Hoard will be on display until Summer 2012.
Read more ...Manger emphasises that no guarantee can be given on retention of offices
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
County manager Peter Hynes has once again emphasised the fact that in the current economic climate no guarantee can be given on the retention of any area office in the county.
Read more ...Mayo businesses urged to look at public procurement options
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
November’s Mayo Open Coffee Club meeting will take place on Wednesday November 2 at 11am in the TF Royal Hotel, Castlebar, and this month the club will be focusing on the Public Procurement Process. Annually the market for public procurement in the EU amounts to approximately €1,800 billion.
Read more ...Durcan calls for debate on Leader investigation
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Independent councillor Frank Durcan wanted to have a debate on the ongoing Department of Environment, Community and Local Government investigation into the management of the Mayo North East Leader Partnership, following a recent complaint.
Read more ...Flooding concerns for councillors following downpour
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
A number of councillors expressed their concerns about flooding that occurred on Monday after the first heavy shower of rain of the winter. Fine Gael councillor Johnny O’Malley told the meeting: “I’m very concerned about the flooding in Newport today. There was a lot of money spent there recently and it has flooded again. I got a call at 10am this morning about this from a person and I spent a couple of hours trying to get in touch with someone in the council to get some pumps or something in, but I could not get anyone. At 1pm I went over there myself and I could see how bad it had got for the people, we need to have something done again on it.”
Read more ...Mayo schools progress further towards Our School’s Got Talent
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
The second of the Mayo semi-finals for the Special Olympics Our School's Got Talent, in association with Supermac’s, took place this week in the McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris, where 20 acts took to the stage, all hoping to clinch a place in this year's Mayo county final.
Read more ...Belmullet elderly housing plan gets go ahead after vote
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
A development consisting of three dwellings for elderly people and a commercial unit to be used by the St Vincent De Paul Society was given the go ahead at the October monthly meeting of Mayo County Council.
Read more ...Tidy Town committees praised for enhancing their communities
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Local volunteerism was commended at the annual West Region Tidy Town Competition awards ceremony which took place in the Wyatt Hotel, Westport, on Monday evening.
Read more ...Market Lane envisaged as a sustainable hub
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
A group of innovative business owners from Westport have come together to create a plan which will see the Market Lane area of Westport become Ireland’s first sustainable neighbourhood in the west of Ireland.
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