Funding for Kilmaine Community Alert

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Kilmaine Community Alert has just been awarded €3,185.70 of €123 million donated to 23 groups under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People. Announcing the news, Pat Carey TD, Minister at the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, added that the scheme is now closed to applications and has been replaced by the new Seniors Alert Scheme.

New skills training for jobseekers

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

County Mayo VEC has just been announced as a provider of training for jobseekers wishing to learn new skills and build on previous experience by progressing to further training and future employment.

‘Vulgar’ language used by mother in fight

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

A mother of nine who when involved with an incident with family members shouted “I’m going to take the head off her and beat her”, was before court in Castlebar on Wednesday for being threatening and abusive.

Belmullet local authority offices should not be downgraded

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Belmullet Electoral Area councillor Rose Conway-Walsh is opposed to any downgrading of the local authority offices in Belmullet, which may be affected with all the reforms in local government.

Cllr Coyle elected Chair of Belmullet Area

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Fine Gael councillor Gerry Coyle is the new Chair for the Belmullet Electoral Area after he was elected at this week’s area meeting.

Cllr Coyle was proposed by Cllr Rose Conway-Walsh and seconded by the outgoing Chair, Cllr Michael McNamara.

Kenny makes donation of Parliamentary Debates to County Library

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny has donated his personal collection of parliamentary debates to Mayo County Library. The bound Volumes of Dáil debates contain the official transcript of Dáil Éireann since the late 1970s as well as records of many interesting debates from the Dáil chamber over the years. The donation represents a genuine effort to make Parliament more accessible to the ordinary public and records will be completely accessible to the public in Castlebar Library. The debates contain the contributions of the various Teachtaí Dála who have represented the Mayo constituency and former constituency of Mayo West over the past three decades.

Three month prison sentence for man who kicked in door of clothes shop

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

A Ballyhaunis man who pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a clothes shop in Ballyhaunis and two public order charges was given a three month prison sentence in Ballyhaunis District Court. Simon McDonnagh, 45 Toraree, Ballyhaunis, pleaded guilty in court to all the charges laid against him. Garda John Paul O’Connor told the court that on Saturday June 19 2010 at 6.50pm, Eddie Murphy jnr of Eddie Murphy Menswear called to the Garda Station in Ballyhaunis, he had part of the side door of the premises with him which had just been kicked in. Garda O’Connor went to the business premises with Mr Murphy where he found Simon McDonnagh inside the shop in a highly intoxicated state with another man. There were between 10 or 12 other people in the shop at the time, and McDonnagh was being abusive towards the people in the shop. Garda O’Connor told the court that he got McDonnagh outside the shop and eventually McDonagh calmed down and the Garda let him go home with a relative who was passing by the street. Garda O’Connor went on to say that when he reviewed the CCTV footage from the shop he could clearly see that McDonnagh kicked in the side door of the premises, and he then arrested McDonnagh at a later date on foot of his investigations. Solicitor for McDonnagh, Evan O’Dwyer, told the court that his client had been in trouble before, but had kept himself out of trouble for the last three years. On the day in question McDonagh was upset after someone close to him had died and he paid €900 compensation towards the damage caused. For the criminal damage he was convicted and fined €500 and sentenced to three months in prison, for trespassing he was convicted and fined €250, committing threatening and abusive behaviour in a public place and being intoxicated in a public place were both taken into consideration. Recognisance was fixed in lieu of an appeal.

Tips for budding writers

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

As a nation of writers/wannabe writers/bloggers and would-be authors, Irish people have always had a hunger to know how best to present themselves in print. One of the leading communication experts in the country, Terry Prone of Carr Communications, has now updated her best-selling Write and Get Paid for It advice book, which includes up-to-the-minute tips on getting published in today’s hugely competitive market.

Time delay in Garda vetting questioned

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, TD, has questioned the Minister for Justice, Dermot Ahern, TD, regarding the number of applications being processed and the length of time being taken for such processing by the Garda Central Vetting Unit.

Women stole whiskey from shop

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

Two women who took three bottles of whiskey from a shop in Castlebar were before Castlebar District Court this week.

Call for entries for Irish Healthcare Awards 2010

Fri, Jul 09, 2010

The Irish Medical Times has issued a call for entries for this year’s Irish Healthcare Awards, which recognise and acknowledge originality, excellence, and innovation in the fields of education, pharmaceutical innovation, healthcare collaboration, and patient support, and apply to anyone working in acute and primary care, public health, the private sector and IT.