Garda update
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Mother and son injured in collision
A woman in her sixties and son in his thirties were injured on Monday afternoon when the car in which they were travelling was in a collision with a lorry near Foxford.
Child knocked down near realigned Castlebar junction
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A child who was knocked down near the newly realigned Sacred Heart junction in Castlebar on Tuesday sustained minor cuts and bruising.
Read more ...Man with ‘blatant disregard for the law’ jailed
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A Lithuanian national who Judge Mary Devins said “has a blatant disregard for the law and people using the roads” was jailed and disqualified from driving for a total of six years for drink driving, careless driving, and for having no insurance.
Read more ...Lunatics have taken over the asylum - Flynn
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Westport based Fine Gael councillor Peter Flynn has hit out at the industrial action being taken by the members of the public service unions in Mayo County Council in their dispute over pay cuts saying, “The lunatics have taken over the asylum”.
Read more ...Casual trading by-laws to be introduced in Ballinrobe
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Casual trading by-laws will be introduced to Ballinrobe in the near future to try to curb the unregulated on-street trading that is currently happening in the town.
Read more ...Jail for man who shot bird through car window
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A security officer who shot and subsequently killed a cormorant at Bachelor’s Walk, Ballina, in front of his son, was sentenced to 28 days in prison for recklessly discharging a firearm.
Read more ...By-pass route back in Kiltimagh area plan
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
The threat of a huge proportion of the town of Kiltimagh being sterilised for planning, as a result of an amendment which was made to the Kiltimagh local area plan, was averted at the monthly meeting of Mayo County Council this week.
Read more ...Minors caught drinking alcohol in Ballina bar
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
A Ballina publican who permitted the sale of alcohol to a minor was convicted and fined by Judge Mary Devins and ordered to close his premises for 48 hours.
Read more ...Woman ‘concerned about street cred’ did not display L plates
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Judge Mary Devins said that a woman who had her L plates not clearly visible and whose number plates were in bold lettering was more concerned about her “street cred” than obeying the rules of the road.
Read more ...Council not ruling out judicial review of N26 refusal
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Mayo County Council have not ruled out taking a judicial review against the refusal of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the long awaited phase two of the N26 to Bohola.
Read more ...€3.7 million allocated to housing repair grants
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Mayo County Council has received an allocation of €3.7 million for the housing repair grants for the elderly for 2010. This year’s allocation is an increase from the €2.9 million allocation in 2009. But it comes nowhere near meeting the requirements to pay out the number of applications that have been received for the grants according to Fine Gael councillor Patsy O’Brien at the Claremorris Electoral Area this weekend. “This allocation is nowhere near half enough,” Cllr O’Brien said. “There are people who are over a year waiting for this money to come through after they submitted their allocations.”
Read more ...Lottery scratch card withdrawal is ‘another attack’ on rural post offices
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
The Rural Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív TD has been called on to intervene in a dispute which is brewing between the National Lottery and rural post offices.
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